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Kaya Biz

At the helm of Gauteng’s biggest business radio show, Kaya Biz, is Gugulethu who will be leading the conversation on what is next for the Afropolitan business landscape. The show presents local and international business news, entrepreneurship, corporate and investment banking. Since its inception in May 2006 Kaya Biz has grown from a half-an-hour daily finance update to an hour show bringing compelling business news and market reviews to listeners.
Daily English South Africa Business News · Investing
5,097 Episodes
1840 – 1860

SANParks, Sanlam launch R10m SMME support programme

GUEST – Ray-Ann Sedres is the Chief Transformation Officer at Sanlam SA National Parks (SANParks) and Sanlam this week launched a R10 million programme to provide access to market, finance and business development support to small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs) from communities surrounding South Africa’s major national parks. SMMEs…
3 Jul 2023 2PM 12 min

De Beers and Government of Botswana sign last minute agreement

GUEST – Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond analyst Paul Rowley is the Executive Vice President, Diamond Trading at De Beers [Clips] Botswana and diamond miner de beers announced on Saturday they had reached an ‘agreement in principle’ on a new 10-year sales agreement. this came hours after the previous sales…
3 Jul 2023 2PM 7 min

CAREERS CORNER: Mid-year resets and career reflections

GUEST - Hetty The Entrepreneur A mid-year reflection is when you take the time to go through all of the goals and intentions that you set at the beginning of the year and evaluate everything. A mid-year reflection allows you to become aware of what is working and what isn’t…
3 Jul 2023 2PM 19 min

Transnet’s board vacancies hold lessons for corporates and SOEs

GUEST – Parmi Natesan, CEO, Institute of Directors in South Africa (IoDSA) Futuregrowth Asset Management recently raised concerns about the inordinate time it is taking to fill six vacant positions on the Transnet board. These concerns are valid and point to governance issues that should be seriously considered by all…
3 Jul 2023 2PM 10 min

INTEVIEW - Black Business Council hosts the 2023 annual summit

GUEST – Kganki Matabane - Black Business Council (BBC) chief executive The Black Business Council (BBC) will hold its annual Black Business Summit, Gala and Awards Dinner on the 29th and 30th of June 2023 at Radisson OR Tambo Hotel and Convention Center in Kempton Park, Johannesburg. The BBC continues…
29 Jun 2023 2PM 10 min

Just Share study highlights SA’s yawning pay gap

GUEST – Tracey Davies, executive director of shareholder activism organisation, Just Share Shoprite’s CEO earned 1,081 times more than the company’s internal minimum wage in 2022 Several of South Africa’s largest publically-listed companies have major pay discrepancies between their highest- and lowest-paid employees. According to Just Share, wage gap disclosure…
29 Jun 2023 2PM 11 min

Post KZN Floods – How do insurance companies manage climate change risks?

GUEST – Lizo Mnguni, spokesperson for Old Mutual Insure & Relebogile Mashego - Assistant Ombudsman Natural disaster? It’ll never happen to me. That’s a common perception among millions of South Africans – but with natural catastrophes on the rise across the world, you could be making a costly mistake if…
29 Jun 2023 2PM 15 min

EKASINOMICS - Ifreecan Timepiece

GUEST – Lufuno Lisoga, Ifreecan-time pieces The first Ifreecan product was a snake’s skin leather wallet handcrafted handstitched the founder’s grandfather over 99 years ago, where he killed a python that invaded his home, and turned it into a wallet. When the founder inherited the wallet in 2017, a conversation…
28 Jun 2023 2PM 8 min

10 Years of YOCO: Leadership lessons

GUEST - Katlego Maphai, Co-founder and CEO of YOCO Yoco is an African technology company that builds tools and services to help small businesses get paid, run their businesses better and grow. When Yoco went live with its card machines in 2015, it wasn't just a late entry to market,…
28 Jun 2023 2PM 21 min

Plan to reduce ESKOM debt will improve liquidity & cut funding risks, says Moody's.

GUEST – Dr Azar Jammine, director and chief economist at Econometrix South Africa’s plan to provide its struggling power utility debt relief and potentially write off municipalities’ arrears to Eskom will ultimately improve liquidity and cut funding risks for the government, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The proposed R254 billion…
28 Jun 2023 2PM 9 min

Credit Ombud Annual Report 2022: Received more than 30,000 calls in 2022

GUEST - Howard Gabriels - The Credit Ombud The Credit ombud says that they have received more than 30,000 calls in 2022. This is according to their latest annual report which revealed that they saved consumers R3.85m in 2022. If a sense of uncertainty pervaded the Office in 2020, followed…
27 Jun 2023 2PM 18 min

ITS MY HOUSE – Advantages and Drawbacks of Refinancing Your Home

GUEST - Grant Smee, MD of the Only Realty Group Refinancing a home is seen as a last resort for many, but the recent succession of interest rate hikes and the rising cost of living has left many consumers in search of financial relief. Here’s what you need to know…
27 Jun 2023 2PM 16 min

97 000 jobs have been lost between March 2022 and March 2023.

GUEST – Koketso Mano, FNB Senior Economist Employment in the formal non-agricultural sectors of the economy, as shown by the Quarterly Employment Survey, contracted by 21 000 jobs or -0.2% q/q in 1Q23. Many of jobs shed were in trade, in line with post-festive season layoffs. Relative to a year…
27 Jun 2023 2PM 10 min

Global internet group Naspers profit plummets by R147 billion.

GUEST – Jan Vermuelen, mybroadband editor Naspers has released its annual financial results, reporting an over 46% decrease in profit from $18.5 billion (R318 billion) to $9.95 billion (R171 billion). Sister company Prosus posted a similar performance, with its annual profit decreasing from $18.6 billion (R319 billion) to $10.0 billion…
27 Jun 2023 2PM 10 min

The role of the Innovation HUB

GUEST: Nothile Mpisi the Acting CEO of The Innovation Hub and General Manager of The Innovation Hub’s eKasiLab Programme The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of the Gauteng Province is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. The Innovation Hub offers a number of incubation programmes…
26 Jun 2023 2PM 18 min
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