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Why your next car will be Chinese. Plus: The Lab’s big biotech experiment

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In this episode, Bruce speaks to Peter Mountford, CEO of Super Group, about navigating a fast-changing vehicle market as Chinese and Indian brands surge in South Africa. Bruce also chats to Jo Farah, founder and CEO of The Lab, about turning a Cape Town sneaker-care start-up into a global biotech fashion-care business. Farah explains how probiotic-based cleaning tech has helped win major international clients, including Nike, New Balance, Dior and Karl Lagerfeld. The episode wraps with Deon Gouws, CIO at Credo, on the market shake-up sparked by the viral “Zetrini” report and the rotation out of big tech. He argues the doom narrative is overdone. This podcast is sponsored by Capitec.To catch every episode, click the follow and subscribe buttons on News24’s Spotify, Apple, and YouTube podcast channels. Editions drop on Thursdays at 17:00.
26 Feb English South Africa Business · News

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