This edition of South Africa’s Freshest Business & Tech podcast – “No Free Lunch” features an insightful conversation between host Greg Stewart and Dion Harvey, the regional General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Red Hat. 

The discussion centres around the transformative potential of open source software in Africa, particularly in the context of AI and digital transformation. Harvey, with over 25 years in the technology sector, shares insights on how open source can drive innovation and address Africa’s unique challenges, such as cost-effective cloud migrations and AI ethics in resource-constrained environments. He emphasises the collaborative nature of open source, which allows for a broader range of contributions and enhances software security by exposing bugs and malicious code more effectively than proprietary models.