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Toby Shapshak

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Johannesburg
As seen in: Financial Mail, Forbes, Stuff (South Africa), Medium, Quartz, eNews Channel Africa, Daily Maverick, Business Day, iono.fm
Covers:  Technology, innovation and mobile in Africa, consumer electronics, electric vehicles, mobile.
Doesn't Cover: Anything about soccer.
@Forbes | @StuffSA

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Toby Shapshak’s Biography

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I write and speak about how technology has fundamentally changed the way we work and play, especially since the Covid-19 lockdown dramatically changed the world.
My day job is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Stuff magazine, but also a small business owner who has weathered the worse economic storm of this century.
I’m is a senior contributor to Forbes and write a weekly column for the Financial Mail and Daily Maverick.
My passion for the last decade has been how innovation is better in A…

Toby Shapshak’s Journalist Portfolio

Toby Shapshak

Toby Shapshak

I write about how innovation is better in Africa.

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Toby Shapshak

Toby Shapshak

Toby Shapshak is editor-in-chief and publisher of Stuff and a Forbes contributor. He writes a weekly Financia…

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Toby Shapshak | Daily Maverick

Toby Shapshak | Daily Maverick

Toby Shapshak is publisher of Stuff (Stuff.co.za) and Scrolla.Africa.

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Articles

Pollard returns after shock Bok defeat at Ellis Park

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By Toby Shapshak Verified
| Stuff (South Africa) Verified
After the Springboks failed to score more than one try and blew their scrum dominance, Rassie Erasmus has called in his get-it-done general, Handre Pollard, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak. Now, Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry has a new sense of competition after this unexpected upset. The Boks are always better when they are the underdogs… Andy Capostagno has been talking and writing about South African rugby for more than three decades.
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Nonu’s haka the highlight after All Blacks’ first two Greatest Rivalry matches

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By Toby Shapshak Verified
| Stuff (South Africa) Verified
New Zealand coach Dave Rennie should be worried after the Stormers and Sharks’ opening games, Andy Capostagno tells Toby Shapshak, who loved the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of the new Sharks signing Ma’a Nonu’s one-man Haka in response to the team he played 103 times for. A magic moment. Andy Capostagno has been talking and writing about South African rugby for more than three decades.
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How to prevent your WhatsApp from being hacked

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By Toby Shapshak Verified
| Stuff (South Africa) Verified
Having your WhatsApp hacked is bad news. But there is an easy way to prevent someone from stealing your account, and it will take you three minutes to set it up. It’s a simple PIN code that you use to verify it’s you logging into your WhatsApp account. On Android, go to Settings, then Account and tap on Two-step verification. On Apple, you tap on your profile picture at the bottom right to see your profile, then tap Account and Two-step verification. Please do it now.
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Awards

ICT journalist of the year

2002
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