Business Day Spotlight

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at how South Africans can invest in property internationally through the use of technology.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Scott Picken, founder and CEO of Wealth Migrate, a digital real estate marketplace.

The discussion touches on global property trends,;background and history of Wealth Migrate; funds versus stockvels versus Wealth Migrate’s model; trends during the lockdown; size and scope of the industry at the moment; and an outlook for the sector

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at how technology is being used to give consumers access to the best deals for financial products.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Michael Bowren, CEO of Fincheck, an online financial and loan comparison website for SA.

The discussion focuses on Fincheck’s business model, a recent partnership with Dashpay to compare products using point of sale machines, the effects of Covid-19 on the industry, consumer technology adoption, whether there’s enough room have more players in the market and an outlook for lending in SA.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at the week’s top economics news.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Ndumiso Hadebe, chief economist at Pax Africana, to discuss the issues.

The discussion focuses on employment and manufacturing data released this week by Stats SA, President Ramaphosa’s speech earlier this week, rising infections in developed countries and the impact the US Election on SA.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at how businesses can reduce the cost of developing mobile apps at a time when digitalisation is on the rise.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Nick Durrant, founder and CEO of Bluegrass Digital, a local web, mobile and software outfit.

The discussion touches on the benefit of digital skills in the digital economy, how the business model for developers has changed over time, whether companies should build their own mobile apps or outsource to firms like Bluegrass Digital, how to reduce development costs and an outlook for online business going forward.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at the development of Islamic Banking in SA.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Amman Muhammad, CEO of FNB Islamic Banking, to discuss the issues.

The discussion touches on the history of Islamic banking, trends during the lockdown, size and scope of the industry at the moment, collaborating with other parts of the Firstrand Group, awards given to FNB Islamic Banking, and Muhammad time in the industry.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking back the week’s top economics news.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Peter Bauer, a professor at the University of Johannesburg’s School of Economics, to discuss the issues.

The discussion focuses on the possible of US election on SA, manufacturing data through the Absa PMI released earlier this week, thoughts around ratings agency,Moody’s take on finance minister Tito Mboweni’s recent mid-term budget speech and what could this mean for future ratings decisions.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re focusing on how companies are trying to make fingerprint access more safe at a time when it has been discouraged due to the Covi-19 pandemic.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Marius Coetzee, CEO of Ideco Biometrics.

The discussion explores how biometrics technology works, Ideco business model, the impact of Covid-19 on operations and other biometric technologies.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking back at the mid term budget speech given by finance Minister Tito Mboweni earlier in the week.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Nicky Weimar, chief economist at Nedbank, as well as Annabel Bishop, chief economist at Investec, to discuss the issues.

The discussion also touches on highlights from the speech, bond markets, implementation risk, effects of the global economy, the drag of hospitality and tourism on the economy when not in operation and how the budget speech has influenced forecasts for GDP.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at how supply chain financing and working capital are affecting businesses in an economy ravaged by Covid-19.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Tokelp Matlalou from Addendum Financial Technologies, a supply chain financing specialist company.

Matlalou talks to us about the business model, relationship with suppliers and buyers, their financing programs, their use of technology and an outlook for working capital issues, given the state of the economy.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at how consumer behaviour and indebtedness are being helped by startups using the “buy now pay later” model.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by PayJustNow’s CEO Craig Newborn and Mark McChlery, chief data and analytics officer.

The team discusses PayJustNow’s business model, ways in which data is being used to improve the system, other firms doing similar business, PayJustNow’s entry into physical shops, the future of consumer retail and an outlook for the economy.