Episodes 82
Avg. Duration 24m
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Since Jan 2017
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Stuff is South Africa's premier consumer technology website, and the home of this tech news podcast, hosted by Toby Shapshak. Everything you want to know about everything you want.

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S2E18 Boks are anything but makeshift for Wales

Nov 28, 2025 23m

Wales are the final Test of the year, in more ways than one. Coach Rassie Erasmus picked a 7-1 nuke squad because he only has one extra backline player, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Read more…

S2E13 How Teljoy pioneered subscriptions, with CEO Jonathan Hurvitz – Stuff

Oct 23, 2025 31m

Are you paying to own something or to have access to it, Teljoy CEO Jonathan Hurvitz tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. The South African company pioneered the subscription model decades…

S2E11 Microsoft invests R5bn for AI in Africa, with Microsoft's Brad Smith – Stuff

Mar 07, 2025 24m

Microsoft will invest R5.4bn over the next two years in South Africa on AI and cloud infrastructure. Vice chair and president Brad Smith , tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak it will help the…

S2E10 AI in Africa, with Microsoft's Scott Hanselman and Lelapa AI’s Pelonomi Moiloa – Stuff

Feb 10, 2025 30m

“We have to push back on the idea that AI is smarter than us,” Scott Hanselman, Microsoft’s vice-president of developercommunity, tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. “It’s artificial but it’s…

S2E6 How fairytales can teach us about cybersecurity, with Standard Bank’s Belinda Rathogwa – Stuff

Nov 14, 2024 24m

As scammers lean into the psychology of human nature to scare or shame people into giving up security information, Standard Bank is using another form of psychology to upskill people to avoid…

S2E6 Tech startups are flourishing, with Old Mutual’s Vuyo Mpako – Stuff

Oct 30, 2024 23m

Given how the startup space in South Africa has blossomed, Old Mutual has launched its own tech venture fund to support this dynamic sector, says Vuyo Mpako, who is MD of Next 176 at Old Mutual. Two…

Innovation in risk, yes risk, with FNB’s chief risk officer Emma Mer – Stuff

Jul 16, 2024 20m

Risk isn’t a word that consumers often use, but banks are obsessed with it – as they should be, Emma Mer, Chief Risk Officer at FNB, tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.

S2E4 Why contactless payments are more secure, with FNB Card’s head of fraud Chris Boxall – Stuff

Jun 26, 2024 23m

Digital wallets have rapidly become the default means for anyone with a smartphone to use for contactless payments. But are these payment methods have become more sophisticated, so have the…

S2E3 The future of AI, with FNB's chief data officer Christoph Nieuwoudt – Stuff

May 13, 2024 31m

Any conversation with Dr Christoph Nieuwoudt – FNB’s chief data and analytics officer – is always a meandering journey across a range of fields. He delves into how artificial intelligence is a game…

S2E2 The future of payments is contactless, with FNB's Ashley Saffy – T2S2

Apr 18, 2024 25m

Where credit cards replaced cheques, virtual cards have replaced plastic ones. But the evolution of payments isn’t over yet, as its contactless future shows, as Ashley Saffy, head of spend and…

S2E1 How to nav-igate your life, with FNB's nav chief Jolandé Duvenage – Stuff

Apr 02, 2024 21m

Jolandé Duvenage is the chief imaginer for FNB’s nav» offering. The bank wants to make it easier to buy or sell a car or a house, value them and insure them, whiel hopefully increasing your financial…

Talking folding glass with Samsung’s Justin Hume and Zahir Cajee – Stuff

Aug 07, 2023 18m

Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold 5 and Flip 5 have folding glass screens, an engineering innovation that still delights Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Mobile executives Justin Hume and Zahir Cajee…

Stuff sits down with Samsung Consumer Electronics’ Director Michael van Lier

Jun 13, 2022 34m

Stuff editor Brett Venter sat down with Samsung Consumer Electronics’ Director Michael van Lier (more than once, as it happens). On the menu was everything Samsung’s Electronics division is bringing…

Cybersecurity: “Prepare our laziness in advance” with Toby Shapshak

Jun 07, 2022 17m

Using free public WiFi has its risks, not least other users snooping on your data. It may seem like a convenience, especially while travelling overseas, but you should never use it without a VPN.…

Toby chats to Sonos' Jeff and Joe from New York City

May 12, 2022 20m

The Sonos Ray has just been released. Listen to Toby Shapshak chat with Jeff and Joe from Sonos in New York City. They talk shop about everything Sonos.

Toby Shapshak chats with Ben Amadasun, Netflix's Director of content in Africa

Apr 11, 2022 20m

Stuff's Toby Shapshak chats to Africa's Netflix Ben Amadasun.

How Sonos products found their way to South Africa

Mar 11, 2022 36m

Stuff's publisher and editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak sat down with the director of Planetworld, Maurice Van Heerden, to chat about how he came to bring Sonos products (among others) to SA. Planetworld…

How HMD Global and its Nokia phones have positioned themselves in the South African market

Mar 08, 2022 18m

Stuff's publisher and editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak spoke to HMD Global CEO Florian Seiche while he was in the country. They touch on some of the ways HMD Global and its Nokia devices impact the…

Samsung's Note-worthy Galaxy S22 Ultra and friends

Feb 10, 2022 21m

Stuff's publisher and editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak sat down with the head of Samsung South & Southern Africa mobile business Justin Hume ahead of the launch of the new Galaxy S22 range. They…

The state of the gaming industry with MSI's Michael Chang

Feb 09, 2022 16m

Brett and Duncan are joined by Michael Chang, marketing manager of MSI South Africa, to discuss the state of the gaming industry. They talk about the growth of the industry and where it's headed.…

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