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IoT.nxts Nico Steyn and André Jacobs on the value of innovation - TechCentral

Promoted In the third of a series of podcasts with IoT.nxt, the company's CEO, Nico Steyn, and chief of product engineering, André Jacobs, join TechCentral for a discussion on innovation.

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