DealMakers
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Balwin | Blu Label – Cell C | Coronation | KAL | Optasia – Ethos Capital Partners | Sirius Real Estate |...
Optasia released the pre-listing statement. Blu Label shareholders gave support to the Cell C plans. Sirius Real Estate announced an acquisition. Coronation, Balwin and KAL released promising updates, while Spear REIT is steady as ever. Southern Palladium is raising capital.
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 Bites
Ghost Bites (4Sight | Insimbi | Jubilee Metals | Labat | Prosus | Safari Investments – Heriot | Stefanutti Stocks | Standard Bank)
Safari Investments plans to go private with Heriot - but at a cheeky price. Prosus will get 100% of Just Eat Takeaway.com. Standard Bank's performance is consistent. Labat is a very different company now. On a busy day, we also saw updates from the likes of 4Sight, Insimbi, Jubilee Metals and Stefanutti Stocks.
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.
Dominique Olivier
The billion-dollar cameos: how do brands get themselves on the big screen?
There's a secret economy that turns movie props into million-dollar billboards. From paid placements like Heineken in James Bond through to surprisingly free exposure like Ray-Ban in Top Gun, brands and Hollywood have a fascinating relationship.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Cashbuild | DRDGOLD | Gemfields | Labat Africa | Premier – RFG | PSG Financial Services | Sanlam | Vukile Property Fund)
Premier wants to acquire RFG in a share-for-share deal. Vukile raised far more than the planned R2 billion. PSG Financial Services banked excellent numbers. Sanlam's capital markets day reflects high growth targets. Updates came in from Cashbuild, DRDGOLD, Gemfields and Labat Africa as well.
DealMakers
Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?
Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies
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