What's the Story? SA regulator cracks down on Big Tech

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joined the podcast to discuss why global online platform giants Google, Apple, Booking.com and Uber Eats as well as local online retailers and classifieds are in trouble with South Africa's Competition Commission.

Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor

August 7, 2023

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joined the podcast to discuss why global online platform giants Google, Apple, Booking.com and Uber Eats as well as local online retailers and classifieds are in trouble with South Africa's Competition Commission.

The tech giants have been told to change some business practices to improve competition for smaller players. We discuss what that means both for the larger companies as well as local and Black-owned businesses.

For a lightly edited transcript, please click the caption button in the video toolbar.

Here are a few topics we covered:

  • Tech giants under fire from South Africa's Competition Commission. (00:56)

  • The impact that the Commission's remedial requests could have on Google and Apple. (02:59)

  • Requirements to improve inclusivity and provide more opportunity for Black-owned businesses. (06:20)

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— Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Senior Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

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