Podcasts
PODCAST: No Ordinary Wednesday Ep113 | The new era of cyber risk
Deepfakes that fool the eye. Voices that sound real. Attacks that never sleep. As artificial intelligence reshapes both offence and defence, cyber risk has gone mainstream. In this episode of No Ordinary Wednesday, Jeremy Maggs speaks with Investec cybersecurity experts Nomalizo Hlazo and Tash van der Heever.
Dominique Olivier
Why do we love being scared?
We’re the only species that screams for fun. From haunted houses to horror movie festivals, humans have turned fear - evolution’s greatest red flag - into entertainment. But why do we like it? And why do only some people like it? Dominique Olivier explores the science of being scared.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #80: Taming the herd – how to navigate bubbles, biases and big market moves
Kingsley Williams is the Chief Investment Officer at Satrix, which means he has built his career around being a student of the markets. He started working right before the dot com bubble, so Kingsley has seen exactly what happens when you have herd mentality in the markets.
Bubbles. Biases. Big market moves and the way they make people behave - it's all here in this great conversation around how to stay sane in a market that is driven by emotion, and one of the most dangerous human traits of all: greed.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #79: Fintech meets frontier markets – now on the JSE
Optasia is listing on the JSE, which means that South African investors will have the opportunity to invest in this exciting fintech business. With a proprietary platform and extensive relationships across numerous emerging and frontier markets, Optasia builds bridges between financial institutions and traditionally unbanked consumers seeking airtime credit and microfinance solutions. To explain how the business works, Salvador Anglada (CEO, Optasia) joined me for this detailed discussion.
Unlock the Stock
UNLOCK THE STOCK: Redefine Properties
In the 62nd edition of Unlock the Stock, Redefine Properties joined the platform to talk about the recent numbers and the strategic outlook for the business.
Sponsored
The Ascent of Alternative Lending: Navigating the Private Credit Market in South Africa
The expansion of private credit is not a cyclical phenomenon, but a structural shift driven by an evolving and more sophisticated investor universe couple with a cost sensitive issuer base. While the inherent challenges of illiquidity, complexity, and valuation opacity remain central to the asset class, the South African market presents compelling opportunities for institutional investors who possess the local expertise to navigate its complexities. Intengo Market showcases the private credit phenomenon.
Dominique Olivier
Outwit, outplay, outproduce: the day TV got real
A tropical island experiment, a writers’ strike, and a collapsing TV economy gave birth to modern day reality television. Get ready for a shot of nostalgia into your veins with the story of Survivor - and the fortunes made by TV networks. Dominique Olivier tells the story.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #78: Buying a house? Buy smarter with data
We all need somewhere to live, but that doesn't mean that buying property should be the default decision. Most of all, it doesn't mean that buying any property at any price is sensible. Data-led decision making is crucial when buying a home, especially in South Africa where house prices don't automatically go up. Hayley Ivins-Downes of Lightstone Property joined me to discuss the facts around property values and trends in South Africa.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #77: What AI means for real-world business – and for your job
AI has dominated the headlines this year and is the cause of seemingly bottomless investment in markets like the US. This is technology theatre at its finest, accompanied by flashy presentations and even flashier share prices at the world's biggest tech companies. But what impact is it actually having on the corporates on the ground who are the eventual users of the service? And what does it mean for jobs? Shane Cooper of Forvis Mazars in South Africa joined me to unpack these topics.
Podcasts
PODCAST: No Ordinary Wednesday Ep112 | IMF Special – Signals from Washington
In this special IMF edition of No Ordinary Wednesday, Cumesh Moodliar, CEO of Investec South Africa, and Ruth Leas, CEO of Investec UK, unpack the signals from this year’s meetings in Washington – from the “three Ts” shaping investor sentiment (Trump, technology and tariffs) to the cautious optimism surrounding South Africa’s reform momentum.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #76: How private cloud prepares you for a rainy day
Steve Porter gets out of bed every day to make sure that the clients of Metrofile Cloud can keep their businesses running when disaster strikes. In a world of public cloud offerings with all the bells and whistles, Metrofile Cloud's private cloud business takes a no-nonsense approach to delivering cloud services to South African businesses of all sizes - and with a real person on the other end of the phone when you need help. In this podcast, he explains how private cloud differs to public cloud.
