Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk: Naspers is looking at ways to ease dominance on JSE

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Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk provides an update on how he thinks business is likely to evolve. Expect the travel sector to experience a boom as the Covid-19 pandemic moves away, with pent-up demand for hospitality and leisure companies from people who are 'dying to get out there again'. He says online payment businesses are likely to benefit when travel 'gets back on'. Naspers/Prosus businesses, that were small, are growing profits faster than Tencent - which underpins the company. Trading dynamics on the Johannesburg stock market aren't helpful in reducing the Tencent valuation gap, he notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 Jan 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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