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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
3040 – 3060

Hundreds of NUMSA-affiliated mineworkers gather at Impala mine for strike.

Hundreds of workers affiliated with metalworkers' union Numsa have gathered near shaft 8 of the Impala Platinum Mine in Freedom Park near Rustenburg on the second day of the indefinite strike over the alleged exploitation of workers at three companies contracted to supply services to the mine. Numsa claims that…
21 Jun 2022 5AM 10 min

Edgars makes big delivery push in South Africa.

Edgars, recently acquired by the Retailability group, has announced a major new delivery push in South Africa. The retailer said this will include a partnership with last-mile logistics company Pargo for nationwide click-and-collect services
21 Jun 2022 5AM 4 min

Omnia declares R1.4bn dividend, boasts 123% growth in operating profit.

JSE-listed chemicals manufacturing group Omnia Holdings experienced favourable market conditions in the agriculture and mining sectors in the financial year ended March 31, including high commodity prices, which helped boost its operating profit by 123% year-on-year to R1.7-billion. The board declared a total shareholder distribution of R1.4-billion, comprising an ordinary…
20 Jun 2022 4AM 11 min

Retail sales show resilience amidst high inflation rates.

While predictions were for retail trade sales to slow quite considerably, Stats SA’s latest retail trade sales figures released last Wednesday show there has only been a very small decrease in retail in April (A lower decrease rate than what was seen in February and March of this year), and…
20 Jun 2022 4AM 14 min

Young employees happier, but highly financially stressed.

As South Africa celebrates Youth Day, a local fintech start-up found that younger employees are generally happier at work than their older peers. In fact, if the young ones are happy, your bottom line will smile too. Andisa Liba, chief people officer at Floatpays, says their recent state of employee…
20 Jun 2022 4AM 11 min

Metropolitan collaborates with Uber to take young job seekers to interviews.

Johannesburg, June 2022 - African countries including South Africa have a youthful population that represents tremendous potential for future economic growth in terms of job seekers and entrepreneurs. However, this next generation of innovators, societal and business leaders, struggle to overcome hurdles of finding job, resulting in a record high…
16 Jun 2022 5AM 8 min

US recession fears set to close funding tap for African start-ups.

The flood of venture capital into African tech companies over the past three years is drying up as western investors retreat amid the global market downturn. Some 80% of last year’s record $5 billion put into companies on the continent came from international funds like Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital,…
16 Jun 2022 5AM 14 min

Top 16 YOBA Awards celebrated youth entrepreneurs.

The Top 16 Youth-Owned Brands Awards (YOBA) is an initiative by Pat on Brands. It has recruited 10 award-winning leaders in the marketing and communications industry, academia and entrepreneurship to evaluate and shortlist 482 nominations. According to the awards, the judges are seasoned professionals and have distinguished careers in marketing…
16 Jun 2022 5AM 12 min

Priority sectors: sectors where opportunities exist for young people now.

We too often think of resilience as something that individuals have, but rarely stop to consider resilience in relation to organisations and the sectors in which they operate, who must also be able to consistently adapt and change, to bounce back from adversity to survive hardship and crisis. Although we…
16 Jun 2022 5AM 10 min
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