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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
5,365 Episodes
2120 – 2140

Plan to reduce ESKOM debt will improve liquidity & cut funding risks, says Moody's.

GUEST – Dr Azar Jammine, director and chief economist at Econometrix South Africa’s plan to provide its struggling power utility debt relief and potentially write off municipalities’ arrears to Eskom will ultimately improve liquidity and cut funding risks for the government, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The proposed R254 billion…
28 Jun 2023 5PM 9 min

Credit Ombud Annual Report 2022: Received more than 30,000 calls in 2022

GUEST - Howard Gabriels - The Credit Ombud The Credit ombud says that they have received more than 30,000 calls in 2022. This is according to their latest annual report which revealed that they saved consumers R3.85m in 2022. If a sense of uncertainty pervaded the Office in 2020, followed…
27 Jun 2023 5PM 18 min

ITS MY HOUSE – Advantages and Drawbacks of Refinancing Your Home

GUEST - Grant Smee, MD of the Only Realty Group Refinancing a home is seen as a last resort for many, but the recent succession of interest rate hikes and the rising cost of living has left many consumers in search of financial relief. Here’s what you need to know…
27 Jun 2023 5PM 16 min

97 000 jobs have been lost between March 2022 and March 2023.

GUEST – Koketso Mano, FNB Senior Economist Employment in the formal non-agricultural sectors of the economy, as shown by the Quarterly Employment Survey, contracted by 21 000 jobs or -0.2% q/q in 1Q23. Many of jobs shed were in trade, in line with post-festive season layoffs. Relative to a year…
27 Jun 2023 5PM 10 min

Global internet group Naspers profit plummets by R147 billion.

GUEST – Jan Vermuelen, mybroadband editor Naspers has released its annual financial results, reporting an over 46% decrease in profit from $18.5 billion (R318 billion) to $9.95 billion (R171 billion). Sister company Prosus posted a similar performance, with its annual profit decreasing from $18.6 billion (R319 billion) to $10.0 billion…
27 Jun 2023 5PM 10 min

The role of the Innovation HUB

GUEST: Nothile Mpisi the Acting CEO of The Innovation Hub and General Manager of The Innovation Hub’s eKasiLab Programme The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of the Gauteng Province is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. The Innovation Hub offers a number of incubation programmes…
26 Jun 2023 5PM 18 min

Why Local government struggles to retain critical skills and engineers

GUEST – Steven Kaplan – President of the SA Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) Senior professional civil engineers in local government have progressively been replaced by young graduate technicians and technologists who are not being properly mentored to gain the experience necessary to perform the work, says SA Institution of…
26 Jun 2023 5PM 16 min

Why chaos in Russia could spell trouble for the global economy

GUEST – Isaah Mhlanga - RMB chief economist After the pandemic and war in Ukraine, and the inflation shock that followed, the global economy is in a precarious state. The last thing it needs right now is another nasty surprise. That’s what it nearly got at the weekend as disaffected…
26 Jun 2023 5PM 11 min

INTERVIEW: The IDC urges young people to become industrialists

GUEST: Manyatsa Nkutha – Youth Segment Lead at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, (IDC) The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, (IDC) is urging young people to become industrialists, and take full advantage of the various funding mechanisms that the IDC can support them with. He said: “The…
22 Jun 2023 5PM 13 min

PIVOT POINT – In conversation with Lerumo Maisela CEO at Kena Group

With an innovative mind and a burning passion for success, Lerumo Maisela is a mogul with an appetite for building businesses that change the landscape within their varying fields. As CEO of Kena Group, he administers a diverse portfolio of companies, namely Kena Outdoor, The Digital Plug, Mzala Print &…
22 Jun 2023 5PM 21 min

SA’s competitiveness takes a dip

GUEST – Dr Leroi Raputsoane - Productivity SA Chief Economist South African Businesses have cited energy security, inflationary pressure, global recession and socio-economic disparity as major obstacles to South Africa ‘s competitiveness. This is according to the 2023 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) released today by the Swiss based Institute of…
22 Jun 2023 5PM 10 min

Economic and reputational ramifications of corruption

GUEST – Solly Moeng is brand reputation management advisor and MD of strategic corporate communications consultancy DonValley South Africa lost R1.5 trillion through corruption in just years between 2014 and 2019, according to the Unite 4 Mzansi's first case study titled State Capture 101. Unite 4 Mzansi - an initiative…
22 Jun 2023 5PM 10 min

EKASINOMICS: PrimHive, a cleaning services tech start-up

GUEST: Mbali Primrose Skosana - PrimHive founder PrimHive is an online on-demand cleaning service platform created to connect cleaning service providers to customers. The platform, marketing, and advertising costs are managed by PrimHive, which allows cleaning service providers to focus on their business offerings and ultimately grow their customer base…
21 Jun 2023 5PM 12 min

INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS – Telling your story and positioning your brand in Africa

GUEST –Thuli Phiri, the founder and managing director of The African Storyteller Africa is a fast-growing market offering unlimited growth prospects for its local and international investors. In the last decade, the continent has seen an improvement in the number of investors making Africa their next investment bet. What are…
21 Jun 2023 5PM 13 min
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