Telcos quietly having a great year

Loading player...
Schalk Louw from PSG Old Oak on Vodacom lifting its Safaricom stake and a strong year for telcos, with Cell C’s debut drawing a +15% Allan Gray stake – is there still value heading into 2026? Wesley Diphoko from Fast Company SA explores whether Africa risks becoming an AI user rather than an AI builder. And Simon’s take: if ever there was proof the stock market isn’t the economy, 2025 delivered it.
5 Dec 2025 12AM English South Africa Business News · Business

Other recent episodes

Central Bank buying puts floor on gold price

Nick Kunze of Sanlam Private Wealth unpacks Trump’s latest tariff salvo and why investors disliked Richemont’s update. Keith McLachlan from Element Investment Managers explains how AI hyperscalers are shifting from asset-light models to heavy capital spending. Absa CIB’s Craig Brewer on the gold price finding a floor, and why copper…
19 Jan 12AM 22 min

Silver: How much higher can it go?

Petri Redelinghuys of Herenya Capital Advisors unpacks silver’s sharp rally – what’s driving it, and whether investors are better off owning the metal or the miners. KPMG SA’s Frank Blackmore on the untapped potential of South Africa’s mining sector. Simon on why Donald Trump’s calls to push Jerome Powell aside…
16 Jan 12AM 20 min