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Small Business Conversations

Small Business Conversations with Akhona Matshoba offers a fresh take on critical conversations that impact South Africa’s small business sector. This weekly podcast offers interviews with ground-breaking entrepreneurs and industry experts, extracting the gems they have to offer to those wanting to take their businesses forward.
Daily English South Africa Business · Careers
70 Episodes
20 – 40

PO crowdfunding helping hard-up SMEs' cashflows

Crowdfunding platform The People’s Fund looks to raise R200m to plug the capital funding gap for entrepreneurs doing business with government and corporations, one purchase order at a time.
31 Aug 2023 12AM 20 min

SME success: It's all about who you know

Heavy Chef’s Louis Janse van Rensburg shares findings from the latest Entrepreneur Networks Report, which suggests that strong entrepreneur networks can be as vital as access to funding and resources.
17 Aug 2023 12AM 16 min

Transformation is good business – bpSA CEO

Taelo Mojapelo, the boss of bp Southern Africa, and Mxolisi Matshamba the CEO of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) speak about their partnership to fund black-owned businesses wanting to enter the multi-billion-rand fuel retail industry.
10 Aug 2023 12AM 23 min

Entrepreneurial opportunities in tourism

Fedhasa chair Rosemary Anderson highlights areas that can be explored, discusses the association’s recently launched incubator programme, and explains why the tourism economy needs the boost the digital nomad visa can provide.
27 Jul 2023 12AM 24 min

Cannabis profits hindered by uncertain laws for SMEs

Luke van der Nest of MG Health says returns for investors in the medical cannabis industry are at least five years off as the poor regulatory environment makes competing with illicit traders difficult.
29 Jun 2023 12AM 20 min

Could your feeble legal foundation sink your business?

Monisha Prem, from M Prem Attorneys, discusses the launch of eLegl, a legal resource centre for entrepreneurs, emphasising how the platform aims to clarify complex business law issues and address the problem of legal illiteracy among entrepreneurs.
15 Jun 2023 12AM 18 min

Jacob’s Jam: A story about how resilience pays off

Co-founder Nigel Jacobs lifts the lid on how the family-owned business managed to ink a deal with SA’s largest retailer Shoprite, with three more leading grocery retailers set to follow suit.
1 Jun 2023 12AM 28 min

Formalising insurance for informal businesses

A partnership with data-free platform MoyaApp makes it easier for small and informal businesses to access a newly launched emerging business Insurance product from Santam. Dave Gould explains.
25 May 2023 12AM 17 min

Carving a slice of the halaal township market

Young agricultural entrepreneur Sbu Napaai has already won the Regent Business School redHub Business plan pitch competition for his ideas and is now looking to take the practical steps to tap into the underserved market.
18 May 2023 12AM 27 min

Business rescue: How to protect your SME

Southern African Advisory Company BRP Tiaan Herbst says the outlook for South African SMEs remains bleak with more businesses enquiring about the business rescue process as the tough economy sees small enterprises take on water.
11 May 2023 12AM 25 min

Beauty on TApp: From online retail to flagship Mall of Africa store

Mathebe Molise, founder of niche beauty and skincare retailer Beauty on TApp, speaks about the opening of the brand’s flagship store at Mall of Africa as well as the state of the beauty industry and opportunities for local manufacturing in the sector.
4 May 2023 12AM 27 min

CIPC company deregistration: How to do it right

CIPC senior manager of companies and close corporations Christa Klokow unpacks the deregistration process and what to do when company directors pass away or can't be traced.
20 Apr 2023 12AM 20 min
20 – 40