Business Day Spotlight

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at the growth of e-commerce in SA, driven in part by Covid-19.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Karen Nadasen, country manager of PayU, a fintech company that provides payment technology to online merchants. She was recently appointed as chairperson for the Ecommerce Forum South Africa (EFSA).

The discussion touches on the work of EFSA, PayU's, growth of e-commerce during lockdowns, advice for businesses looking to make the most of e-commerce and an outlook for the economy.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking back at the week in economics as the country moved from Level 4 to 3 of the national lockdown.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Miyelani Maluleke, an economist at Absa Corporate and Investment Banking to discuss the issues.

The discussion touches on Absa’s economic activity tracker, effects of Covid-19 on economic policy, the performance of the Rand, where the impact of government’s stimulus plan may be felt going forward, the development of new economic data reporting standards, how SA is performing relative to other emerging markets and what Maluleke is hopeful about.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking how the local and global investment landscape has evolved due to the Covid-19 crisis. What should you be thinking about before making an investment decision as an organisation or individual?

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Chris Holdsworth, chief investment strategist at Investec Wealth & Investment SA.

The discussion focuses on how SA is performing at this stage versus its emerging and developed market counterparts in terms of high frequency measures of economic activity; capital allocation considerations; a look at the impact of the coronavirus on the tourism sector; and an economic outlook for the rest of the year.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we look at the week’s top economics news as the country gets ready to enter Level 3 of the national lockdown.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Refilwe Moloto, an economic and strategic advisor at Ambassador Advisory.

The discussion also focuses on the move Level 3 of SA’s national lockdown from 1 June, economic data released this week, findings of the financial stability review and impact of a possible fuel shortage expected in the coming weeks.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re in discussion with one of the country’s foremost business leaders about technology investment in Africa.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Cathy Smith, managing director at SAP Africa, one the world’s largest enterprise software companies in the world.

The discussion touches on the experience of leading an organisation through a crisis, areas of opportunity and threat for the African technology sector, the effects of Covid-19 on Africa’s business landscape and SAP’s attitude towards technology investment given the state of global markets.

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

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Ndumiso Hadebe, Economist and Director for Pax Africana Holdings.

The discussion also touches on this week’s interest rate decision, the strengthening of the Rand in recent weeks, and the state of global markets, an outlook for the economy and the merits of printing money as an appropriate policy response to the Covid-19 crisis.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re examining the state of the cryptocurrency landscape in SA and the rest of Africa. Has it been affected by Covid-19?

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Marius Reitz, General Manager for Africa at Luno, a crytocurrency exchange.

Reitz talks about the findings of their latest research, explains the recent Bitcoin halving event, details their new documentary; and gives details of Luno’s current trading volumes.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we take a look at how ordinary South Africans are fairing financially during the Covid-19 crisis.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Emmanuel Cristaudo, business head of JustMoney, a financial information provider.

This discussion starts with Cristaudo explaining the results their new research around the financial health of consumers in SA.

The discussion takes a look at the key findings, what the results reveal about the state of consumer finances and an outlook for the economy.

Some good news for a change.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we take a look at how local businesses have been able to adapt their operations to the winds of change brought on by the coronavirus.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Alison Collier, managing director of Endeavor SA, a management consulting firm offering services to small to medium business.

The discussion also touches on how Endeavor works, the impact of Covid-19 on businesses, other examples of business that have been able to pivot or adapt their business models, comments about the assistance offered by both public and private sector players to assist businesses and an outlook for the SA economy.

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we take a look at the week’s top business and economics news for the week, including the decline in the aviation industry and the impact of Covid-19 on government’s ability to collect taxes.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Dawie Roodt, an economist at Efficient Group.

Discussion points include the decline of the aviation industry, government ability to collect taxes, tackling poverty, a lack of credible economic data at the moment, an outlook for the country’s economic growth, government’s stimulus package and exploring a more compassionate form of economics.