Podcasts by The RIA Podcast

South Africa's new COVID-19 contact tracing app from 2020-09-15T13:49:50

On this 8th episode of the RIA podcast we are discussing COVID-19 contact tracing with Dr. David Johnson from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cape Town. David has recently c...

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The platform economy: Flexibility or race to the bottom? from 2020-08-27T13:00:50

As the so-called fourth industrial revolution unfolds, gig work driven by technology companies in the platform economy, is being promoted as the solution for the unemployment crisis as it lowers th...

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Alternative models for the digital economy - Social impact tech start-ups and platform co-operatives from 2020-07-31T08:52:59

Is South Africa’s digital economy continuing with existing patterns of extraction and exploitation? Or are there alternative models for economic development? These are the questions that RIA’s Fazi...

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Cybersecurity capacity: a discussion with Dr. Enrico Calandro from 2020-06-29T14:08:04

A discussion with Dr. Enrico Calandro Research ICT Africa Senior Associate and Co-director of the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa at the University of Cape Town on cybersecurity, ...

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The debate on contact tracing and human rights from 2020-05-28T15:47:58

Next week South Africa is to phase from Level 4 to Level 5 of the national lockdown. In the fourth episode of the RIA Podcast we have an in depth discussion about contact tracing to combat the spre...

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COVID-19 and Digital Inequality in South Africa from 2020-04-09T09:43:35

In the third episode of The RIA Podcast, we talk about #COVID-19, South Africa under lockdown, working from home in South Africa, digital inequality, alternative access strategies, lost opportuniti...

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The Right to Privacy from 2020-03-23T14:34:15

In this second episode of the Research ICT Africa podcast we talk to Professor Joseph Cannataci, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy. We talk about the challenges posed to privacy b...

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The City of Joburg Hack from 2019-11-05T11:56:13

We dial in to Harare Zimbabwe during electricity time (22:00-05:00) to speak to cybersecurity professional and penetration tester Kundai Gwatidzo (@epicpewpew) about cybersecurity issues in Africa ...

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