Business Day Spotlight

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re discussing the evolution and contribution of ladies in the economy, in celebration of Women’s Month.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by the team from Liberty - Daphne Rampersad, head of financial planning at Liberty and Babazile Mbetse, head of group public relations - to discuss the issues.

Rampersad and Mbetse talk about Liberty Blue Table Sessions, the concept of “Womenomics”, thoughts on the gains, if any, of uplifting women in the economy, and some advice on how women can master their personal finances.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re discussing how entry level banking at FNB has been affected by Covid-19 and its implications for the wider economy.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Philani Potwana CEO of FNB Easy and Robert Gwerengwe, CEO of FNB Gold.

The team provide insight on the changing spending and savings patterns in entry-level banking in the last 4 months and what the FNB is doing to address to some of the challenges being faced by customers.

Listen in to hear the full discussion and thoughts around these and other questions.

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In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re discussing what the newly approved $4.3bn (R70bn) loan to SA from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 means for the local economy.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Dr Sean Muller, a senior lecturer at the University of Johannesburg’s School of Economics to discuss the issues.

The discussion explores SA’s ability to carry more debt, the confidence in the government to execute its plans, how possible corruption continues to be a risk, whether printing money is a viable alternative for SA and how a country should be managing its debts.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re discussing how real estate investors can benefit from the recent boom in e-commerce, driven by lockdowns and the coronavirus.

To unpack the issues, our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined from the UK by Tom Walker, co-head of global real estate securities at Schroders, a British multinational asset management company.

The discussion explores how e-commerce has impacted the property market, global real estate trends, options for investing in real estate, good cities to invest in around the world, and an outlook for the sector.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re discussing the fraud taking place with government relief programmes to assist South Africans with the impact of Covid-19.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by the team from law firm, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg - Darryl Bernstein, partner and head of dispute resolution and Johan Botes, partner and head of employment, to discuss the issues.

The discussion how parties are falsely claiming from the government’s Covid-19 relief schemes, implications for the country, global fraud trends, how to increase security in an organisation and an outlook for the country.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re exploring what transaction data can tell us about the economy, in our economic news of the week.

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

Naidoo shares findings from the monthly BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for June and their recent lockdown spend report that compares cash and card transactions.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at the state of startup funding on the African continent in light of Covid-19.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Okendo Lewis-Gayle, founder and chairman of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance (HEA), a network of educated young African entrepreneurs, who shares his insights.

The discussion explores the importance of business networks, the Harambeans Prosperity Fund, the challenges of operating a small business during the crisis, the flow of venture funds to Africa and an outlook for the continent’s economy going forward.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re discussing the economics SA’s household savings .

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Kevin Lings, chief economist at asset manager, Stanlib to discuss their new Savings Report.

The discussion explores the importance of savings for a country’s economy, key insights from the report, the data used for such a study, advice for increasing savings and an outlook for the economy going forward.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re discussing the economics of SA’s media industry in light of Covid-19 with the SA National Editors Forum (SANEF).

To unpack the issues, our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Kate Skinner, executive director at SANEF and Mary B. Papayya, a founding editor at the organisation.

The conversation explores the impact of coronavirus on the press, the various business models available to media organisations trying to remain open, engagements with the President by SANEF, how entrepreneurship can assist professionals and an outlook for the industry.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at how a commodities trading outfit shifted its business to provide artificial intelligence powered helmets to aid in the fight against Covid-19.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Jeremy Capouya, founder and CEO of Granule Holdings to talk about their enterprise.

The discussion also explores story of Granule, the business model around the smart helmet, details on how the technology works, uses of the technology in other parts of the world, thoughts around the global commodities sectors and an economic outlook.