Capitec
The Finance Ghost Plugged in with Capitec: Ep 5 (From espresso to enterprise with Bootlegger)
Ricky Ruthenberg has truly taken a ground-up approach to his career. Adapting to opportunities as they present themselves is clearly a powerful skill. From waiting tables at Col’Cacchio to helping launch the first Bootlegger in Sea Point, he’s gone on to build the team that runs a national chain of nearly 100 Bootlegger restaurants. This is the story of Bootlegger and a dream about coffee.
Podcasts
PODCAST: MTBPS 2025 | Gold’s fiscal glow
South Africa’s economic story is balancing between risk and resolve, discipline and delivery. As the country prepares for its first Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) under a coalition government, National Treasury faces a difficult equation: stabilise debt, restore credibility and still find space for growth. In this episode of No Ordinary Wednesday, Jeremy Maggs is joined by Investec’s Annabel Bishop, Tertia Jacobs, and Osa Mazwai to unpack the policy choices shaping the 2025 mini budget.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #81: Lesaka Technologies – disrupting through distribution to build a fintech giant
With a growth strategy that is grounded firmly in the belief that Southern Africa offers one of the most exciting opportunities in the world today, Lesaka Technologies is executing from a tried-and-tested playbook of disruption in the fintech space. To explain the opportunity and how Lesaka's business model is built to win, Executive Chairman Ali Mazanderani joined me on this podcast.
Sponsored
Buy the world, without the bumps
Advanced Investment Holdings Ltd is a structured product promoted by Investec that offers diversified international equity exposure, plus capital protection. This could be a smart option when markets appear to be expensive. In this article, Investec explains how they address tricky market entry points through structuring elements.
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.
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.
