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Guest – Professor Adré Schreuder, Head of the Industry Chair in Customer Experience at UP South Africans demonstrate a remarkably high level of satisfaction with their life insurers, according to groundbreaking research released this week by the University of Pretoria (UP). The inaugural 2024/2025 Life Insurance Customer Experience (CE) Index…

Guest – Sibongile Maputla – Founder of Squirrel Away In a focused corner of the fintech sector, a new approach to long-term investing is beginning to take root in South Africa. It's happening at birthday parties and baby showers, with a new generation starting to replace toys and once-off vouchers…

Guest - Mohau Polo Leteka - Founder and CEO @ IDF Capital In this conversation we look at one of South Africa’s most ambitious gatherings of game-changers, investors, and innovators: The Festival of Entrepreneurship 2025, happening on 31 July at The Marriott Hotel in Melrose Arch. From mastering investor readiness…

Guest – Benay Sager, executive head of DebtBusters South Africans are notably less worried about money than they have been for the past two years, with levels of financial stress returning to those last experienced in 2022. Despite this, money stress remains a significant issue for many people. This is…

Guest – Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial Meat chokes food inflation further to a 15-month high of 4.7% y/y in June 2025, Meat was the biggest driver of food inflation after surging to a 25-month high of 6.6% y/y and monthly up by 2.2% m/m in June 2025…