Business Day Spotlight

MTN boss outlines strategy for growth and AI

MTN strategy for growth and AI is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Ralph Mupita, group CEO at MTN. Topics of discussion include the group’s performance over five years; plans for growth; challenges in the sector; opportunity; and thoughts around AI…

22 Aug 2024 23 min

MTN boss outlines strategy for growth and AI

MTN strategy for growth and AI is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Ralph Mupita, group CEO at MTN. Topics of discussion include the group’s performance over five years; plans for growth; challenges in the sector; opportunity; and thoughts around AI…

22 Aug 2024 23 min

MTN CFO unpacks interim results

MTN’s financial performance for the six month to end June 2024, is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Tsholofelo Molefe, group CFO at MTN. Through the discussion, Molefe outlines the company’s interim results; challenges that pulled down earnings; the impact of…

22 Aug 2024 23 min

MTN CFO unpacks interim results

MTN’s financial performance for the six month to end June 2024, is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Tsholofelo Molefe, group CFO at MTN. Through the discussion, Molefe outlines the company’s interim results; challenges that pulled down earnings; the impact of…

22 Aug 2024 23 min

Wavemaker’s push to get brand ahead with data

The use of data to to improve customer experiences, a means to push up sales and other business outcomes, is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Tammy Wilson-Schultz, chief strategy officer at Wavemaker SA Wilson-Schultz highlights Wavemaker’s business model; the trend…

21 Aug 2024 35 min

Wavemaker’s push to get brand ahead with data

The use of data to to improve customer experiences, a means to push up sales and other business outcomes, is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Tammy Wilson-Schultz, chief strategy officer at Wavemaker SA Wilson-Schultz highlights Wavemaker’s business model; the trend…

21 Aug 2024 35 min

Jorge Mendes outlines Cell C's rebrand and strategy

Cell C’s move to refreshe its brand image is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Jorge Mendes, CEO at Cell C. The discussion highlights Cell C’s rebranding; how the mobile operator is looking to position itself in the market; plans to…

19 Aug 2024 23 min

Jorge Mendes outlines Cell C's rebrand and strategy

Cell C’s move to refreshe its brand image is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Jorge Mendes, CEO at Cell C. The discussion highlights Cell C’s rebranding; how the mobile operator is looking to position itself in the market; plans to…

19 Aug 2024 23 min

SA economy expectations according to Momentum

The state of SA’s economy three months after the general election is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Sanisha Packirisamy, chief economist at Momentum Investments Group. The discussion highlights Momentum’s SA economic report for July; market perceptions of SA’s GNU; policy…

16 Aug 2024 33 min

SA economy expectations according to Momentum

The state of SA’s economy three months after the general election is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Sanisha Packirisamy, chief economist at Momentum Investments Group. The discussion highlights Momentum’s SA economic report for July; market perceptions of SA’s GNU; policy…

16 Aug 2024 33 min

Competing in Cape Town’s competitive corporate conference market

The growth in SA’s hotel and conferencing is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels (CCCCH). The discussion highlights the growth of conferencing Cape Town’s competitive market; CCCCH’s business model; investment into…

14 Aug 2024 34 min

Competing in Cape Town’s competitive corporate conference market

The growth in SA’s hotel and conferencing is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels (CCCCH). The discussion highlights the growth of conferencing Cape Town’s competitive market; CCCCH’s business model; investment into…

14 Aug 2024 34 min

Standard Banks’s technology talent strategy

Standard Banks’s technology talent investment is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Gerald Perumal, head of strategy and enablement for Standard Bank’s technology division. The banker highlights the place of hackathon’s in Standard Bank’s talent acquisition and product development strategy; the…

12 Aug 2024 34 min

Standard Banks’s technology talent strategy

Standard Banks’s technology talent investment is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Gerald Perumal, head of strategy and enablement for Standard Bank’s technology division. The banker highlights the place of hackathon’s in Standard Bank’s talent acquisition and product development strategy; the…

12 Aug 2024 34 min

54 Collective (Founders Factory Africa)’s strategy for Africa tech investment

A push to expand s is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Bongani Sithole, CEO of 54 Collective. Topics of discussion include: 54 Collective’s rebranding; strategy for investing in African startups; the state of venture capital investment on the continent; and…

7 Aug 2024 45 min

54 Collective (Founders Factory Africa)’s strategy for Africa tech investment

A push to expand s is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Bongani Sithole, CEO of 54 Collective. Topics of discussion include: 54 Collective’s rebranding; strategy for investing in African startups; the state of venture capital investment on the continent; and…

7 Aug 2024 45 min

FNB warns of criminals increasingly exploiting digital wallets

The security risks associated with digital payments is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Chris Boxall, FNB’s head of card transact and fraud detection. Topics of discussion include: the growth of digital payments; trend in payments technology; ways in which people…

5 Aug 2024 41 min

FNB warns of criminals increasingly exploiting digital wallets

The security risks associated with digital payments is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Chris Boxall, FNB’s head of card transact and fraud detection. Topics of discussion include: the growth of digital payments; trend in payments technology; ways in which people…

5 Aug 2024 41 min

The economics of tokenisation

The economics of tokenisation financial assets and instruments is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Wiehann Olivier, a partner and fintech & digital asset lead at Forvis Mazars in SA. Topics of discussion include: how tokenisation has developed over time; value…

2 Aug 2024 44 min

The economics of tokenisation

The economics of tokenisation financial assets and instruments is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Wiehann Olivier, a partner and fintech & digital asset lead at Forvis Mazars in SA. Topics of discussion include: how tokenisation has developed over time; value…

2 Aug 2024 44 min