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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
5,681 Episodes
5440 – 5460

JM BUSHA, JM BUSHA INVESTMENT GROUP

Foreign currencies are no longer acceptable as legal tender in Zimbabwe, with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube saying Monday that the Zimbabwe dollar is now the only acceptable medium of exchange for local transactions. This effectively sidelines the multiple currency regime that Zimbabwe has been using alongside the bond notes and…
24 Jun 2019 12PM 7 min

MISHECK MUTIZE, LECTURER OF FINANCE AT UCT’S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

According to Misheck, International credit rating agencies have had their fair share of controversies over the years. They have been at the centre of the major financial crises – from the financial markets collapse of New York City in the mid-1970s to the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998, the Enron…
24 Jun 2019 12PM 4 min

SANDILE ZUNGU, BLACK BUSINESS COUNCIL PRESIDENT

President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to deliver what analysts would argue is his most critical State of the Nation address (SONA 2019), as he ushers in his own philosophy into the sixth administration. When he took over the reins from former president Jacob Zuma to salvage the little bit of…
20 Jun 2019 12PM 6 min

DR RICARDO PEACH, DIRECTOR OF THE FESTIVAL

As one of the biggest festivals in the country, The Vrystaat Arts Festival has an enormous artistic offering in 2019. From music productions to experimental dance, craft, sound art, visual art and live art, there is something for everyone. The Festival is now one of the key arts festivals on…
20 Jun 2019 12PM 6 min

JOJO TSHEOLA, ITS FOUNDING MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TSHEOLA DINARE

With eleven years in the travel and tourism industry, Tsheola Dinare’s core mission still remains job creation for the youth, especially black youth within the Tourism Industry and by providing a service that exceeds clients’ expectations, always. Accolades and awards are recognition and a confirmation of where Tsheola Dinare intends…
19 Jun 2019 12PM 12 min

DR IRAJ ABIDIAN, CEO PAN-AFRICAN INVESTMENT AND RESEARCH SERVICES

The axing of Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo has sparked investor worry that SA’s second-largest insurer might use shareholder funds to pay him an exit package that runs into millions of rands. A group of pension funds with a collective shareholding in Old Mutual of less than 1% want the…
19 Jun 2019 12PM 4 min

JOHN MANYIKE, HEAD OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION AT OLD MUTUAL LIMITED

- Are South African’s saving more or less now? - What is the cost in delaying saving? - Many South African’s will tell you that, in this current environment, they are simply unable to save. How do you respond to this? - How does Old Mutual help people wanting to…
18 Jun 2019 12PM 20 min

CALVO MAWELA, MULTICHOICE GROUP CEO

MultiChoice reported a strong set of full-year results on Tuesday, with good growth coming from its lower-tier pay-television bouquets, although its DStv Premium segment remains under pressure. In the year ended 31 March 2019, MultiChoice added 1.6 million subscribers across Africa, representing growth of 12%, taking the total active base…
18 Jun 2019 12PM 6 min

RAY MHERE, ALLAN GRAY JOHANNESBURG REGIONAL MANAGER

We continue with our focus on youth in June. In our last session, we spoke of the importance of saving for the long term. With over half of millennials not saving towards their retirement, Ray Mhere from Allan Gray looks at the common hurdles to investing, such as “black tax”,…
18 Jun 2019 12PM 12 min

Madelein Smit, Managing Director at HR Company solutions

As part of the youth month, we have a recruitment expert who wants to talk about whether employers are realistic when paying the youth for entry-level jobs. Employers will continue failing at recruiting and retaining younger employees if they do not align their expectations to those of prospective job seekers,…
17 Jun 2019 12PM 14 min

VICTOR KGOMOESWANA, AUTHOR OF AFRICA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Since December, Sudan’s capital of Khartoum has been swarming with protesters demanding democratic elections and freedoms rather than autocratic rule. The government has responded with physical violence and online censorship. From December through April, the government ordered its telecommunications companies to block social media and to periodically disable access to…
17 Jun 2019 12PM 18 min

REABETSWE NGWANE, ENTREPRENEUR

Reabetswe Ngwane is the first to break into the market of seat protectors (and later masks) for miners, as a result of knocking on multiple doors and speaking to miners about their needs. When her first venture (recycling plastic into schoolbags) dissolved, she came up with an innovative idea to…
12 Jun 2019 12PM 12 min

MARCELO NICO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PHILIP MORRIS SA

Philip Morris International has recently published its fourth Sustainability Report and core to this is the company’s mission to unsmoke the world through sustainability and its business strategies. The report outlines how PMI is accelerating efforts to accomplish its mission to unsmoke the world, including its progress against a set…
12 Jun 2019 12PM 7 min

KESHIA SERAGE, UNIVERSUM SA COUNTRY MANAGER

Today, Universum SA released the findings of its annual rankings survey to reveal “SA’s Most Attractive Employers 2019”. This year, nearly 23,000 working professionals and over 45,000 students participated in the survey to share their opinions and views on career goals and ideal employers. It is clear that the tough…
11 Jun 2019 12PM 11 min

GIDEON TSHITANGA, SOUTHERN AFRICA EXPERT

Africa’s regional integration gains momentum at 54th African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Malabo. The theme of this year’s meetings is ‘Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity.” Regional integration gained momentum with the agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in March 2018 and is now at the…
11 Jun 2019 12PM 6 min

NONCEBA HLENGANI, FOUNDER AND MD OF ZURU SKINCARE

It’s youth month and we have in studio Nonceba who is a 24 year old girl, founder and MD of a skincare business called Zuru skincare. She decided to start this brand when she struggled with getting the right skin products for her skin so I decided to partner with…
5 Jun 2019 12PM 14 min
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