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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
5,391 Episodes
2220 – 2240

The idea of a ‘rich life’ - What It Means To Live a Truly Rich Life

GUEST – Liezel Gordon, Client Engagement and Team Lead at Metropolitan GetUp Being “rich” means different things to different people — and it doesn’t always have to do with money. In fact, a 2018 GOBankingRates survey found that 49% of people surveyed defined being rich in a way that had…
30 May 2023 5PM 16 min

EKASINOMICS: South African Female entrepreneur creates own AI chatbot platform: MobileGPT

GUEST – Bertha Kgokong - Founder Tati Digital Software Development – After graduating with a chemical engineering degree in 2004 and doing stints in corporate until 2017, Bertha Kgokong decided to venture into software development. Through her company Tati Digital Software Development, she has created numerous products including MobileGPT. The…
24 May 2023 4PM 8 min

Spending habits of SA's taxi commuters unpacked

GUEST – Marilu Smith – Research consultant at Red Fox Insight Food is the biggest monthly expense for the majority of South Africa's taxi commuters, but despite high levels of unemployment, many are still able to make ends meet, either through a side hustle, a Sassa grant or through family…
24 May 2023 4PM 5 min

New regulations will allow police to use cell-phone spying tools on South Africans

GUEST - Loyiso Boyce – Cybersecurity expert and MD of CLYROFOR Justice minister Ronald Lamola, on Friday, 19 May 2023, gazetted a five-year exemption from the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act (RICA), effectively giving police the right to use a range of what would…
24 May 2023 4PM 17 min

ANALYSIS – So, where is the $8.5bn that South Africa was promised at COP26?

GUEST – Professor Mark Swilling is Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at STELLENBOSCH University In November 2021 four Western governments plus the European Union (EU) announced at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow that $8.5-billion would be made available to accelerate South Africa’s energy transition. The UK, US, French…
24 May 2023 4PM 11 min

TOP STORY – Inflation eases to 11-month low

GUEST – Dr Azar Jammine, director and chief economist at Econometrix Stats SA has published the latest inflation numbers for South Africa, showing annual consumer inflation slowed to 6.8% in April from 7.1% in March. This is the lowest reading since May 2022, when the rate was 6.5%. The decrease…
24 May 2023 4PM 11 min

Average SA consumer is highly indebted

The average consumer in South Africa is in a desperate and highly indebted position, which is significantly denting their intent to purchase either a new or used vehicle plus other products. This was one of the major themes to emerge from a webinar and panel discussion last week about the…
23 May 2023 4PM 13 min

Coronation’s profits slump 97% as Sars tax case bites

GUEST – Bernard Mofokeng, Director & Head of Tax at CMS South Africa Listed asset management firm Coronation Fund Managers suffered a 97% plunge in its headline profits as a costly tax case relating to its Irish operations ate into its earnings. The company reported its half-year financial results on…
23 May 2023 4PM 9 min

OPINION: The crisis of management in the country

GUEST – Dr Sibongile Vilakazi is the president of the Black Management Forum A simple Google search of the definition of management shows that management is the art of getting things done. It is the administration of organisations, whether they are a business, a non-profit organisation or a government body…
22 May 2023 5PM 20 min

MTN's SME Day event

GUEST – Songezo Masiso - General Manager: SME & Indirect Channels at MTN Business The MTN's SME Day event to be held from 23 -24 May 2023, is an upcoming SME event aimed at fostering growth and providing essential resources to the Mzansi’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The two-day…
22 May 2023 5PM 13 min

COMPANY RESULTS –Dis-Chem's diesel costs climb to R90m

GUEST – Rui Morais, CFO at Dis-Chem and CEO designate Dis-Chem is the latest South African retailer to report rising costs associated with load shedding, as companies attempt to shield their operations from rolling power cuts by investing in backup power solutions. The pharmacy retailer said its strategic early investment…
22 May 2023 5PM 8 min

COMPANY RESULTS – Astral Foods incurs R741m in load-shedding costs and counting

GUEST – Gary Arnold, Astral Foods Chief Operating Officer SA’s largest poultry producer Astral incurred R741m in load-shedding related costs in the six months to end-March, putting its balance sheet under significant strain. Investors reacted negatively to the results, with the share price falling 8% to R155.80 in its biggest…
22 May 2023 5PM 12 min

Africa Month: Three big shifts in African insurance

GUEST – Tharshan Moodley, Virtual Distribution Head at Metropolitan GetUp As the world weathers a growing financial crisis, socio-political instability, the post pandemic repercussions and major weather catastrophes, the impact on clients and insurers alike has been profound. South Africa has not emerged unscathed, and a combination of both global…
18 May 2023 5PM 10 min

Price of fries set to rise – a lot

GUEST – Roy Thomas, operations and logistics director at Hume International The International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) has introduced substantial import duties on imported frozen potato chips from three European countries to prevent further dumping on the South African Customs Union (Sacu) market. The final duties against Belgium, the Netherlands…
18 May 2023 5PM 7 min
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