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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
5,520 Episodes
220 – 240

The Health & Beauty Shopper Is Changing Fast… Are Brands Keeping Up?

South Africa’s health and beauty market is exploding with new shopper behaviours and the brands that don’t adapt risk losing relevance fast. Gugulethu Mfuphi speaks to Andrea Slabber, Insights Lead at Trade Intelligence, to unpack the findings of their latest Health & Beauty Shopper Report a deep dive into what’s…
25 Nov 2025 3PM 14 min

ALLAN GRAY - How to unlock value through offshore investing.

GUEST - Horacia Naidoo-McCarthy, manager in the Institutional Clients team at Allan Gray Summary: Investors in the FTSE/JSE All Share Index (ALSI) have seen impressive year-to-date returns of 31%, driven largely by a strong rebound in commodity prices as gold and other metals have regained their lustre. However, it is…
25 Nov 2025 3PM 12 min

Zeda Delivers Double-Digit Earnings Growth Despite Sector Turbulence

Global automotive disruption, supply-chain shifts, and weakening used-car prices are reshaping the mobility industry but Zeda is proving its resilience. Gugulethu Mfuphi speaks to Zeda CEO Ramasela Ganda about the group’s strong FY25 performance, delivered against one of the toughest backdrops the sector has faced in years. Ganda unpacks how…
25 Nov 2025 3PM 11 min

South Africa’s Favourite Passwords: Time to Change Yours?

South Africans are still using shockingly weak passwords and cybercriminals are loving every minute of it. In this episode of KayaBiz, Gugulethu Mfuphi speaks to Jan Vermeulen, Editor at MyBroadband, about the latest NordPass report revealing the country’s most commonly used passwords… and why many of us are still choosing…
24 Nov 2025 4PM 12 min

Takealot Sees Off Competitive Threats to Deliver Revenue Surge

South Africa’s e-commerce battleground has a clear frontrunner and it’s not the global giant many expected. KayaBiz is joined by Mudiwa Gavaza, business writer for Business Day, to unpack Takealot’s latest financial results and how the homegrown platform continues to outpace Amazon in the local market. Despite Amazon’s much-anticipated 2024…
24 Nov 2025 4PM 14 min

Sanlam Financial Confidence Index: SA reaches highest financial confidence yet.

GUEST - Lee Hancox, Head of Channel and Segment Marketing at SanlamConnect. South Africans’ financial confidence has reached its highest level in three years, rising from 47 in 2024 to 53 (out of 100) in 2025, according to the 2025 Sanlam Financial Confidence Index (FCI). The study reveals a nation…
24 Nov 2025 4PM 13 min

Leveraging Good Debt for Business Growth

In an economic climate where agility can make or break a business, understanding the difference between “good debt” and risky borrowing has never been more crucial. KayaBiz, Gugulethu Mfuphi chats to Pascalle Albrecht, Executive for Commercial Issuing, Product at Absa Business Banking, to unpack how entrepreneurs can use good debt…
24 Nov 2025 4PM 10 min

African Bank Smashes Growth Targets as Diversification Strategy Pays Off

African Bank has hit a major milestone, crossing 6.3 million customers as its Excelerate strategy delivers one of the biggest growth stories in South African banking. In studio, Group CEO Kennedy G. Bungane breaks down how the bank transformed from a mono-line lender into a diversified, data-led, full-service institution trusted…
24 Nov 2025 3PM 24 min

SA’s biggest fish producer takes a hit.

Guest: Neville Brink – CEO, Oceana Group South Africa’s largest fishing and food-processing company, Oceana Group, has taken a knock posting a 35% plunge in full-year profit as global fish oil prices collapsed from last year’s record highs. CEO Neville Brink joins us to unpack the numbers behind the headline…
24 Nov 2025 3PM 12 min

Why B-BBEE Is Not Charity, It’s Justice and an Economic Imperative

GUEST: Dr Nthabiseng Moleko – Chair, National Empowerment Fund South Africa’s economy cannot grow on exclusion and Dr Nthabiseng Moleko argues that B-BBEE remains the country’s most powerful instrument to correct structural injustice and unlock shared prosperity. In this conversation, the NEF chair unpacks why empowerment is not a political…
19 Nov 2025 4PM 12 min

Inside Your Business – What the B20 Means for Startups and SMMEs

GUEST: Vuyani Jarana – Chair, Startup20 under South Africa’s G20 Presidency (2025) South Africa’s leadership of Startup20 under the 2025 G20 Presidency has marked a defining moment for the continent’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. For the first time, Africa is steering global conversations on how startups and SMMEs can power sustainable economic…
19 Nov 2025 4PM 17 min

B20 Businesses Unite to Back SA’s Economic Future

As South Africa hosts a pivotal moment in global economic dialogue, Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala chair of the B20 Finance & Infrastructure Task Force joins us to unpack how business leaders across the world are rallying behind a unified plan to boost growth, investment, and infrastructure development
19 Nov 2025 4PM 12 min

Telkom reports strong mobile subscriber growth.

GUEST – Lunga Siyo, CEO of Telkom Consumer Telkom has posted its latest interim results and while the group’s profit dipped slightly, the real headline is the surge in mobile numbers. We spoke to Lunga Siyo, the CEO of Telkom Consumer, to unpack what’s driving the operator’s strongest prepaid growth…
18 Nov 2025 3PM 10 min

TECH & INNOVATION – Car rental platform allows vehicle owners to earn cash

GUEST – Themba Mgimeti, Co-founder of CarShareNova A South African-born start-up is rewriting the rules of car ownership and potentially the future of mobility. We’re joined in studio by Themba Mgimeti, engineer, former Bolt manager, and co-founder of CarShareNova, the new peer-to-peer car-sharing platform shaking up the rental industry. CarShareNova…
18 Nov 2025 3PM 14 min

What’s brewing: Coffee prices, preferences and patterns in South Africa

GUEST - Andrew Fulton, Director at Eighty20 A year ago, we examined the state of coffee in South Africa. Now we're checking back to see whether conditions have improved or deteriorated for the country's coffee drinkers. Eighty20, South Africa's leading consumer strategy, research and analytics company, has gathered valuable insights…
18 Nov 2025 3PM 10 min

Despite improved sentiment, consumers still face financial strain.

GUEST - Benay Sager - Executive head of DebtBusters. Although consumer sentiment continues to improve in 2025, consumers are still under severe financial strain. This is revealed in DebtBusters’ Q3 2025 Debt Index, a quarterly evaluation of debt counselling applications. Executive head of DebtBusters, Benay Sager, says that successive interest…
18 Nov 2025 3PM 16 min

CEOs wishlist for B20 - Big business priorities for 2025

GUEST – Dylan Walsh, a Partner at Oliver Wyman and Global Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking A CEO’s Wish List for the G20: What Oliver Wyman’s CEO Agenda 2025 Reveals About Global Business Priorities As the world turns its attention to the G20 meetings next week, discussions will inevitably…
18 Nov 2025 3PM 15 min
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