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Sep 2021
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#473: [African Stories #1] Beyond Techno...

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Today Simon is joined by Clive Charlton, Head of Solution Architecture at AWS, and Ian Lester, CEO of Beyond Technologies - A South African based company with a presence in close to 80 countries around the globe. Today we will learn how Beyond is using the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud technologies to remotely monitor temperatures in the vaccine supply ... Show More
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