Business Day Spotlight

Tiger Brands foray into venture capital and early stage startup investing is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Barati Mahloele, director at Tiger Brands Venture Capital Fund.

Topics of discussion include: Tiger Brands’s rationale for starting a venture fund; the company’s investment philosophy; areas of interest; partners on the projects; how much capital the company has earmarked for early stage investing; and how the group is looking to differentiate itself from other capital providers in the space.

Heightened cyber security risk, driven by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, are the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Dan Thornton, CEO of GoldPhish, a cyber security training specialist firm.

The discussion focuses on the growing demand for cyber security; impact of Covid-19 on the sector; ways in which the Russia-Ukraine war is changing the cyber landscape;

potential economic risks as a results of cyber warfare; and ways in which organisations can better prepare themselves for such risk.

Results of a new study around the mood and pressures faced by consumers in SA, is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Mamello Matikinca-Ngwenya, FNB’s chief economist to discuss the results of their consumer confidence index (CCI), undertaken in collaboration with the Bureau for Economic Research.

Topics of discussion include: how the CCI is determined; results and findings of the latest study; impact of current geo-political issues like the Russia-Ukraine conflict on consumer confidence; pressures on different income groups in SA; ways in which government and private sector players can help ease the pressure on consumers and an outlook for the rest of the year.

The potential disruption of the public relations profession caused by the metaverse is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Danni Pinch, executive creative director for Atmosphere Communications, a brand and corporate communications consultancy, and co-founder of King James Digital.

Topics of discussion include: how is the metaverse going to disrupt the PR industry and why do PR professionals need to start paying attention to the metaverse space; why the metaverse could provide a more focused and strategic approach to clients building businesses and offerings; and what strategies PR professionals can employ with the rise of the metaverse.

Strategies for investors to ride out current economic headwinds caused by inflation, energy prices and geo-political risks are the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Sonja Steyn, head of wealth management strategy, private wealth and business management at Consult by Momentum.

Topics of discussion include: the biggest risks for investors in the current environment; investment strategies for hedging risk; whether market players see current factors: inflation, oil and geo-political unrest as short or long term issues; if retail investors can win in this environment or is it a game for the big guys, institutional investors; and an outlook for other factors that could affect the market.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Eerik Oja, CEO and co-founder at Planet42 and Grant Wing, COO of Planet42.

The discussion centres around the car subscriptions business model; Planet42’s differentiation in the car subscriptions market; how the business works for customers and suppliers; pitfalls with traditional vehicle financing; alternative data points that the company considers when scoring customers; and prospects for funding the business.

Understanding how people make economic decisions during the current tough times is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Emile du Plessis, a behavioral economist at Standard Bank.

Du Plessis focuses on supply and demand imbalances affecting the economy; understanding one’s individual inflation basket; softening the impact of inflation on budgets; and controlling costs .

What can new transaction data from February tell us about the health of the SA economy? That is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Shergeran Naidoo, head of stakeholder engagement at BankservAfrica, the largest automated payments clearing house on the continent.

The discussion explores the results of BankservAfrica’s recent transaction reports; how the various studies were conducted; the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on commodity prices; buying and spending patterns in the country; insights that can be drawn from the data; threats of inflation and an economic outlook for the rest of the year.

The possibility of fuel reaching R40 a litre as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wreaks havoc on global oil supplies is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Koketso Mano, an economist at FNB.

Topics of discussion include: factors currently affecting global oil prices, as well as local fuel rates; impact of higher oil prices on the global economy; the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war on emerging market sentiment; and thoughts around SA’s latest round of load shedding and rolling blackouts.

Changes to how unmarried people in long term relationships, living together, are viewed by SA’s laws is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by David Thomson, senior legal adviser at Sanlam Trust to discuss the proposed changes to the law.

Topics of discussion include: work of Sanlam Trust; explanations of the proposed amendments; defining the use and meaning of the term “co-habiting”; how the changes could affect estate planning; implications for long term relationships and advice for how people could navigate this evolving landscape.