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Davos Diary Day 3: C++ coded Presidents, socialism and Donald Trump
As Davos enters the middle stretch conversation is hopscotching from automation to Donald Trump back to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Alec spent most of his day with the International Media Council, which had three presidents present. He was most impressed by one of the youngest, Canada's Justin Trudeau, who's got…
Davos Diary Day 2: Trust Barometers, Gordhan and the 21st century Renaissance
Day two in Davos and Alec Hogg’s been jumping from session to session as the town engulfs itself with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It was an early start as Alec engaged himself in Edelman’s annual trust barometer. Not the news many South Africans want to wake up to though, only…
Inspirational: Solar Impulse duo proving energy’s future, trashing nuclear
Some spectacular individuals choose to promote good causes by testing their bodies to the extreme. Like South Africa’s Lewis Pugh who regularly swims in near freezing seas to highlight the plight of the oceans. Swiss explorer/adventurer Bertrand Piccard is made of the same stuff. I first met him in Davos…
Ian Goldin: SA must adjust to world's seismic change, a new battle of ideas
Davos in January is full of fascinating people with illuminating insights. Among the best I’ve been exposed to this year is Oxford University Professor Ian Goldin’s thesis the Fourth Industrial Revolution (or, as some prefer, the Second Machine Age) should rather be called The New Renaissance. Because, like the last…
Davos Diary Day One: Leonardo DiCaprio, oceans and Motsepe selfies
Alec Hogg's back at the World Economic Forum in Davos and he was given a little crystal again, which denotes that he's been attending for ten years or more. On Day One, Alec caught up with Leonardo DiCaprio, whom is taller than he thought, talking about the ocean economy, and…
Who wants to live forever? 150 already in reach; end of death possible
South African Derek Yach is among the heavy hitters in Davos this year, leading the WEF's Global Agenda Council on Longevity. In this interview with Biznews.com's Alec Hogg he unpacks how technology is expanding a human being's lifespan to double the biblical three score years and ten. But living forever…
WEF: SA 2016 risks - jobs, social instability & infrastructure failure
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016 features perspectives from nearly 750 experts on the perceived impact and likelihood of 29 prevalent global risks over a 10-year timeframe. The risks are divided into five categories: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological. Alec Hogg is in London and he caught…
Discovery UK CEO: Taking Vitality to the Brits. Sports inspired.
Biznews founder Alec Hogg is currently in London on a short tour before tackling the alps of Davos for the next instalment of the World Economic Forum. While in London he caught up with Neville Koopowitz, CEO of Discovery UK. It's a fascinating discussion around Discovery's progress in the market,…
Prof Eli Lewis on a holy grail: a cure for type 1 diabetes
Dr Eli Lewis, professor of clinical biochemistry and pharmacology at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. His team may have stumbled across one of modern medicine's most enduring holy grails: a safe, effective way to reverse type 1 diabetes.
Andrew Canter: Foreign investor trust in SA will take years to rebuild
Bond specialist Andrew Cantor, chief investment officer at Futuregrowth, explains why foreigner investors panicked at the firing of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene - and how confidence built up over 20 years wan be destroyed virtually overnight. Canter worries trust in the fiscal prudence of the SA Government has been broken,…
Nick Binedell: SA's watershed week - what it means for the future
Founder and former dean of GIBS, Nick Binedell, joined Alec Hogg in the Biznews studios to unpack the dramatic events of the past five days. He is delighted at the unexpected turn of events which led to former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan being reappointed - and suggsts there will be…
SA’s top numerologist Sandy Smith: 2016 a bad year for Zuma, better for SA
For rational minds, the ancient art (science?) of numerology ranks right down there with sangoma soothsaying and gypsy crystal balls. But for thousands of years stretching back to the ancient Greek Pythagoras, numerology has attracted devotees who don’t make any important decision without it. South Africa’s leading numerologist Sandy Smith’s…
Russell Loubser: SAA - only voters can stop the plundering by ANC cronies
Russell Loubser doesn't know how to sugar coat - and certainly hasn't deviated from his norm in this hard-hitting interview with Biznews.com's Alec Hogg. The long-time ex-CEO of the JSE reflects on his decision to step away from South African Airways in September 2012 because he "had lost confidence in…
Futuregrowth IS developmental investing at its best.
While shocking news abounds on almost every media platform you care to engage with, Futuregrowth Asset Management located in Cape Town continues to turn out good news stories year after year. Not only are they engaged in financing and assisting the most incredible developmental projects in South Africa, but they’re…
John Battersby: Watching and hearing Malema in London - why he was a hit with UK investors
After 35 years in journalism, John Battersby became the inaugural London-based driver of Brand South Africa. During more than a decade of waving the flag for investment and tourism, he got to meet global movers and shakers. So there are few better placed than the London-based director of the SA-UK…
Jannie Mouton: So far, so brilliant. Now it’s up to PSG’s “Youth League”
Alec Hogg says being at PSG Group's 20th anniversary last night was a great privilege. In those two decades, the now R60bn group started from scratch in November 1995 by then recently fired stockbroker Jannie Mouton, has delivered compounded growth of 54% a year to shareholders. An investment of R100…
Irina Filatova: SA’s future? Moscow fantasy. Centralised. Not Nationalised.
Irina Filatova is a Russian professor who moved to South Africa in 1992 when she joined the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In this fascinating interview with Alec Hogg, the two explore the communist movement in South Africa and how it ties in with the Soviet Union. Filatova says the ideological influence…
Martin Wolf warns SA; Putin outrages at Turkey
Martin Wolf warns SA; Putin outrages at Turkey by Biznews.com
Safari's township focus on sweet spots attracts rave reviews from property investors
In this special podcast, Safari Investments CEO Francois Marais explains the unique strategy which has money managers excited about his company - despite their cautious approach to the sector in general. Safari was a pioneer in township retail shopping centres and is now in the process of building its third…
Dow Theory, AGMs and Nando's in the headlines
Dow Theory, AGMs and Nando's in the headlines by Biznews.com