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On this episode of Build Better Brands, Danielle Clarke is joined by Emma Glover, founder of Victress Digital, a social and paid media agency to talk about all the amazing stuff she does in digital marketing and social media.KEY TAKEAWAYSAll I wanted to do was do an ethical business. I'd been in an agency for a long time and I always wanted to try and be the boss that I never had. It's my goal to have a team – not necessarily a big team – I like to refer to us as a micro-agency, bridging the gap between a freelancer and a 60-80-man agency. It's quite personal in that regard, but I like managing people and being around people.From the minute I started freelancing I never referred to the business as me, it's always been Victress throughout, which made an easier transition between me as an entity on my own and growing the team. Always in the back of my mind I wanted to grow it at some point and that would be an easier transition. The need to grow the team came from the demands of my clients, they were asking things of me I couldn't deliver on my own. I created the agency around what the clients were asking for.Naming the company Victress future proofed me. I wanted to work very hard, but I wanted to allow the time and freedom that comes with working for yourself. If clients didn't meet other people they would always rely on me being the only person they could talk to which puts you in the position of not having a holiday or a break, which is problematic when you're the only person people can rely onWe predominantly focus on social media and paid media, but with the freelancers we have we can service other types of marketing. We focus predominantly on SaaS brands and B2B brands, not a lot with eCommerce brands because they need to be serviced by people with that specialism. We're more numbers people, getting into data and getting into strategy. Predominantly we look at lead generation, so if you're a business that needs to get more leads down into your sales pipeline or you've got a sales team that needs to have more leads to handle, we look at creating those leads from a combination of either organic or paid media. It tends to be LinkedIn focussed and PPC – Google search, Microsoft search – though we handle a little bit of Facebook and Instagram for a couple of brands. BEST MOMENTS‘There's a lot going on in the world, especially with Gen Z where you need to have a work/life balance, which I completely appreciate and, if I'm honest, I don't want my team to have to think about work when they're not at work. But it's what I signed up for and chose, so if I need to work on a weekend that's fine.'‘Previously people wanted to go into shops and wanted things they could hold, now in a digital marketing space, the world has become more obsessive about how we make everything digital now.'‘A lot of the brands we work with are not doing something no one else is doing, they're doing something that 10-12 other people are doing, but they're marketing it slightly differently and they've found a gap they can get in with.'‘I wanted to set the standard that this is a female-owned company that is going to give heavy weight to females at director level. I had a vision of female founder female led company. It wasn't and isn't something I've seen before in this industry, so I'm flying the flag for that.'ABOUT THE GUESTEmma Glover is a social media specialist with more than a decade of digital marketing experience. She's managed the accounts of Kellogg's South Africa, Dulux, and Barclays Africa, and worked as the lead social advertising strategist on multi-million dollar SaaS brands.Website: https://victressdigital.co.uk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmakglover/ABOUT THE HOSTDanielle Clarke is a Brand and Marketing Consultant, University Lecturer and Business Owner.Since 2006 Danielle has provided brand design and marketing support for clients including Škoda, Gtech, UK Biocentre, UK Mail and GIRLvsCANCER Danielle is committed to helping brands that want to have a positive impact on people's lives. She spends her time consulting and working with business owners to help them attract and retain their best customers.The Build Better Brands Podcast is a labour of love created each fortnight by our small team of committed editors and producers. If you love the show, we hope you'll consider supporting our work – for just the cost of a cup of coffee (or tea): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danielleclarkeInsta - @danielleclarkecreative | [https://www.instagram.com/danielleclarkecreative/]LinkedIn - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-clarke-creative/]Twitter - @D4nielleCl4rke |  [https://twitter.com/D4nielleCl4rke]Email - hello@danielleclarkecreative.comWebsite: www.danielleclarkecreative.comThis show was brought to you by Progressive Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has unveiled the names of the much-anticipated new Eskom board, which includes five engineers and a trade unionist, and which will to be led by Mpho Makwana, who was appointed executive chairperson at the utility in late 2009 following a previous leadership crisis. The board, whose three-year appointment begins on October 1, comprises 13 nonexecutive directors, including Dr Rod Crompton who has been retained from the previous board, and two executive directors, CEO André de Ruyter and CFO Calib Cassim. The five engineers included on the board are: Dr Busisiwe Vilakazi, who holds a DPhil in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and who is also head of research and innovation at government information technology agency SITA; Lwazi Goqwana, who has 25 years of working experience in manufacturing, construction, financial services, logistics, energy and government, and who has worked at Unilever, Tiger Brands, Barclays Africa, Transnet, and the Department of Public Enterprises; Clive Le Roux, who is an former Eskom chief nuclear officer and who also previously served as a power station manager at Matimba and Koeberg; Mteto Nyati, who holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and who is the former CEO of JSE-listed Altron; and Dr Tsakani Mthombeni, who has a PhD in electrical engineering, is a past chairperson of the Energy Intensive Users Group and who is currently the sustainable development executive at Implats. Former Congress of South African Trade Unions general-secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali is an interesting new inclusion. His appointment coincides with recent industrial relations difficulties at the utility, which contributed to the implementation of Stage 6 load-shedding in June and July when some workers at the coal stations embarked on an illegal strike for higher wages. The other members of the board are accountants Fathima Gany, Ayanda Mafuleka and Tryphosa Ramano, as well as lawyer Leslie Mkhabela and former Institute of Internal Auditors of South Africa CEO Dr Claudelle von Eck. Makwana succeeds Professor Malegapuru Makgoba and takes up a role that he occupied previously as an executive chairperson; an appointment made after then CEO Jacob Maroga and then chairperson Bobby Godsell both stepped down following a public dispute over Maroga's proposed future strategy for the utility, which was rejected. Gordhan said that the board had been appointed following a Cabinet meeting and a vetting process that had not involved any other structur, including the African National Congress deployment committee. "I appeared before the Cabinet, we compile these names from various sources and professional bodies and what I'm announcing today is the result of carefully checking out all the candidates that we thought are able to make a contribution and that's what we have in front of us."

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has unveiled the names of the much-anticipated new Eskom board, which includes five engineers and a trade unionist, and which will to be led by Mpho Makwana, who was appointed executive chairperson at the utility in late 2009 following a previous leadership crisis. The board, whose three-year appointment begins on October 1, comprises 13 nonexecutive directors, including Dr Rod Crompton who has been retained from the previous board, and two executive directors, CEO André de Ruyter and CFO Calib Cassim. The five engineers included on the board are: Dr Busisiwe Vilakazi, who holds a DPhil in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and who is also head of research and innovation at government information technology agency SITA; Lwazi Goqwana, who has 25 years of working experience in manufacturing, construction, financial services, logistics, energy and government, and who has worked at Unilever, Tiger Brands, Barclays Africa, Transnet, and the Department of Public Enterprises; Clive Le Roux, who is an former Eskom chief nuclear officer and who also previously served as a power station manager at Matimba and Koeberg; Mteto Nyati, who holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and who is the former CEO of JSE-listed Altron; and Dr Tsakani Mthombeni, who has a PhD in electrical engineering, is a past chairperson of the Energy Intensive Users Group and who is currently the sustainable development executive at Implats. Former Congress of South African Trade Unions general-secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali is an interesting new inclusion. His appointment coincides with recent industrial relations difficulties at the utility, which contributed to the implementation of Stage 6 load-shedding in June and July when some workers at the coal stations embarked on an illegal strike for higher wages. The other members of the board are accountants Fathima Gany, Ayanda Mafuleka and Tryphosa Ramano, as well as lawyer Leslie Mkhabela and former Institute of Internal Auditors of South Africa CEO Dr Claudelle von Eck. Makwana succeeds Professor Malegapuru Makgoba and takes up a role that he occupied previously as an executive chairperson; an appointment made after then CEO Jacob Maroga and then chairperson Bobby Godsell both stepped down following a public dispute over Maroga's proposed future strategy for the utility, which was rejected. Gordhan said that the board had been appointed following a Cabinet meeting and a vetting process that had not involved any other structur, including the African National Congress deployment committee. "I appeared before the Cabinet, we compile these names from various sources and professional bodies and what I'm announcing today is the result of carefully checking out all the candidates that we thought are able to make a contribution and that's what we have in front of us."

John Maytham speaks to Amol Prabhu, Country CEO, South Africa about Barclays's plan for the region and what they are offering potential clients. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am so proud to call this upstanding human being a friend and brother. I truly lucked out. Happy Ntshingila is a perfect example of a man of many talents whose influence extends beyond categories, industries and geographies. He was co-Founder of HerdBuoys - SA's first Black-owned and managed Agency. In this role, he led many clients to success and raised a few folks ( including yours truly !) He continued to lead at other high-impact organizations, such as SuperSport International, Vodacom , Barclays Africa, amongst others. Happy has many business interests and he continues to shape the South African economy with each venture. Pick up a copy of Black Jerusalema, a book in which he offers his unique take on the Ad sector. Follow him here: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/happy-ntshingila-448671129/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/happyntshingila ___________________ Follow me on Social media: https://www.instagram.com/sizakelezamarutlulle/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sizakele-marutlulle-78389a14b/

  Episode 39: Leader as Coach   Show Notes   During these unprecedented times, compassionate Leadership is in more demand than ever. Remote working and the new emerging ground rules have placed more pressure on Leaders to be agile and innovate their approach. Re-contracting boundaries and expectations together with the importance of really listening are just some of the skills Leader’s need to Coach their teams authentically through a pandemic. Dr Brian Chinsamy has provided many helpful tools and reminders to embrace coaching as a Leader.         Bio:   Brian has been involved in South Africa over the last 30 years in public education, both as a professional and an education activist, in the para-statals, as well as in corporates. In his time in the public sector he headed Educational Management and School Governance in the Gauteng Department of Education and provided leadership as Education Director for the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) implementing the District Development Support Programme (DDSP) for the National Department of Education. His experience in the para-statal world saw him extend his services as Head of Learning and Development and General Manager of HR Projects for Denel to other parastatals in the Department of Public Enterprise for training and development, including Transnet and Eskom. Brian’s venture into the corporate world was through the introduction of a new learning strategy for Absa Retail Bank in 2007 as its Head of Learning and Development. He broadened his reach to leadership and Talent management and development as Head (Director) of Learning, Leadership and Talent for Barclays Africa (12 countries in Africa). Brian has run coaching and mentoring sessions for individuals and groups, and has facilitated people deep-dives and teaming sessions in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa. Brian was on the Board of the Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance, as well as Leselo Assessments, and is presently the Deputy Chair of the ASHA Trust and a member of the Board of the Education Excellence Consortium (EEC). He has written widely and his most recent publication is contained in an international book, “The search for quality education in postapartheid South Africa, Interventions to improve learning and teaching.” Coaching and Facilitation Experience • Barclays Africa (facilitated coaching programmes, as well as leadership programmes eg Performance Management and Performance Coaching) for all countries in Barclays Africa - Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius, Seychelles, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda) • Kalleo Learning (Coaching of Senior Managers) • Diplomat South Africa (Performance Consulting, team effectiveness, leadership development, Performance Coaching and executive coaching) • NMB Bank in Tanzania - developing HR Metrics to measure HR performance and facilitating the training of the HR team • Personal Discovery and Change Management for Cooperative Bank of Kenya, sponsored by the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank programme • Leadership Development Programmes and Individual Executive Coaching.     Helpful Links   https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchinsamy/?originalSubdomain=za     If you enjoyed this episode, it will help us so much if you share, subscribe and like.   Our website www.omnicor.co.za has more episodes and blogs Show Notes Practical Mindfulness: https://practicalmindfulness.co.za/ The Book / Guided Meditations: http://bit.ly/pm-ar-bookstuff Corporate Course: http://bit.ly/pm-corp Online Course: http://bit.ly/ocssms Public Course: http://bit.ly/pm-public  

Thando Gumede is an advocate pupil, serving her practical vocational training as part of the first cohort of pupils at the Pius Langa School of Advocacy of the Pan African Bar Association of South Africa. This is the first Pro-Black and Equitable Bar Association and school on the continent. She obtained her LLB degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2016. During her tenure as an undergraduate student, she was recognized by Bain and Co. as a Mbokodo: one of the top all-round performing young women in the entire Gauteng province. In 2015, she became an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Global Start-up Labs, in which she led her team to win first place for a demo of a digital educational platform called, Sky-Class: which provides children from indigent communities with equal access to the same quality of digital educational content as their counterparts living in privileged communities. Later in the same year, she was recognised by Barclays Africa as one of the top 100 brightest young minds in Africa. She created and anchored the Bashumi Street Law Show and Bashumi Business Show which aired on Africa Business Radio and garnered 70 000 downloads in a few weeks. The Bashumi Shows used unique methods to teach law and business skills to women across Africa; as well as to bring equality and dignity for women across the continent. Thando is currently a Masters student at the University of Cape Town, specialising in Human Rights Law and Social Justice, with a focus on women, children and gender non-conforming people's right to access basic and higher education. She previously served as a Judge's Research Clerk at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein; a Legal Researcher for the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit in Cape Town; as well as served as a legal researcher and contributor for the Judicial Service Commission's Judge's Appointment Report. In 2018, she became the recipient of the Hague Institute for Innovation in Law's (HiiL) Fellowship Award, as well as the Justice Challenge grant from Netherlands. In early 2019 she received the Leaders in Innovation Residential Fellowship award from the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering and the South African Technology Innovation Agency. Later in 2019, she received the Letsema Social Innovation and Impact Award. She has won these awards for her innovation called M-TETO Search Engine: which is a mobile technology application focused on addressing the current challenges related to School Related Gender Based Violence (‘SRGBV') and minimising the consequences, thereof. M-TETO Search Engine is an educational tool for children in all matters related to SRGBV whilst also improving access to resources and institutions and increasing the accountability of those same institutions. There is so much more to the work that Thando has done in the past, is currently doing and is STILL to do. Tune in to hear about Thando's exciting journey in the legal profession and why she is a true advocate for human's rights and humanity. Tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and @the_real_thando_gumede and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message

"We operate better when we engage. Look up, meet the people and understand the human being behind things". GBD55. As the AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference begins in Chicago, we talk to the Group Chief CFO of Bowmans Law, Jo-Ann Pohl. A qualified chartered accountant and professional banker (PBSA), in 2014 she was named by Euromoney as one of Africa’s top 20 rising stars. Jo-Ann is part of the 2013 South Africa Boss of the Year alumni and member of the African Leadership Network (ALN).    WE DISCUSS: The growing role of women in corporate and finance positions across fast-developing economies in Africa and beyond. Going beyond the IT: from EQ to MQ - the 'meaningfulness quotient' Practical tips for successful implementation of RPA in corporate finance. The maths of accumulated impact: Creating the “little monsters, the ‘little dominoes that can topple the empire state”. African proverbs and the 5 truths at the heart of what makes us better leaders, better colleagues, better role models, and better business-people.    OUR GUEST: Jo-Ann Pohl has held several CFO, Executive, and Non-exec Director roles in the banking and investment world. These include C-suite positions at Telesure Investment Holdings, Standard Chartered Bank Africa and a senior role heading up the Finance and Shared Services team for Barclays Africa and the Middle East. Her work with start-ups and global corporates has built pivotal expertise in change management, leadership and strategic direction, governance, oversight and external stakeholder management. Jo-Ann also chairs the Board of the Charities Aid Foundation Southern Africa, is a member of the 30% Club Southern Africa Steerco, adjudicates the Technology Top 100 (TT100) and Accenture Innovation Index and Gender Mainstreaming Awards. In addition, she counsels cancer patients and mentors young entrepreneurs and women in business. Connect with Jo-Ann via LinkedIn here.   LINKS: Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Visiting the Chicago area this Spring? Join us on the ground or online for the AICPA & CIMA "CFO Conference" in Chicago this April 24-26th 2019. Participate in the 2019 AICPA Women's Global Leadership Summit this November — and experience the support of your women colleagues along the way.   CONNECT: Share on social using these suggested links and hashtags.  #GoBeyondDisruption #Podcast  #AICPAWomenLead  @AICPANews @CIMA_News   MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. These conversations with our expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player.  Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption  @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA). All rights reserved.

Several well-respected voices we featured on the show last year predicted that we would see some major agtech plays happen in 2017. Sure enough, Mastercard made headlines last week for launching a digital marketplace platform called 2KUZE which connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The app allows farmers to buy, sell and receive payments for agricultural products via their feature phones. If this initiative works half as well as we hope it will, it should make a heck of a difference to small-scale farmers looking to sell their produce to the right buyers more efficiently and at the best possible prices. This week's African Tech Round-up features a conversation Andile Masuku had with Katherine Liew. Katherine is the Head of Digital Disruption at Barclays Africa. Given what's fixing to be an exciting year for fintech on the continent, he was keen to tap Katherine's mind to get a sense of how one the continent's largest banking incumbents is going about keeping up with the frantic pace of innovation within the financial services industry. Music Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution

It’s been a busy week for the continent’s fintech scene. The past week saw MTN South Africa announce that it would be discontinuing its mobile money service due to “a lack of commercial viability”. This revelation comes months after Vodacom South Africa ended it’s catastrophic attempt at copying and pasting Kenya’s M-Pesa magic. Meanwhile, Madagascar became only the second African country after Tanzania to to roll out mobile money interoperability across the country's mobile networks. But easily one of the catchiest headline stories of the past week was about Barclays Africa’s involvement in what’s being celebrated as the very first blockchain verified financial transaction in the world by a major banking institution. The pilot deal between The Seychelles Trading Company Ltd. and Ornua saw the two companies harness a blockchain platform developed by Wave to trade a letter of credit. This transaction has to be Barclays’ most overt show of confidence in the potential of blockchain technology to deliver improved efficiencies in international trade. Also in this week’s African Tech Round-up, is a discussion Andile Masuku had with the Kenyan journalist, Eric Mugendi. Eric is Editor-at-large at iAfrikan.com, and also writes for his Tumbler called Kenyan Longreads. Eric joined Andile on the show to discuss the controversy that unfolded on Twitter around the African Tech Summit happening in London on September 29th. The event’s conspicuously mostly male non-black/non-African speaker list included folks many people in the Twitterverse did not feel were representative of Africa’s tech ecosystem, and also managed to leave out many worthy participants. Andile and Eric unpacked the issues at play. Music Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Russian firm pulls out of Uganda’s $4 billion oil refinery, FG To Borrow N395bn Via Bonds, Barclays Africa appoints Peter Matlare as its deputy CEO, Power: FG Eyes Offshore, Inland Basin Gas Reserves, African Bank offers to buy back $500m of bonds, Vodacom CFO to replace Safaricom's finance chief, Taxi-hailing app Taxify sets up operations in Nairobi, New Code Will Separate Roles Of Chairman And CEO – NCC --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Russian firm pulls out of Uganda's $4 billion oil refinery, FG To Borrow N395bn Via Bonds, Barclays Africa appoints Peter Matlare as its deputy CEO, Power: FG Eyes Offshore, Inland Basin Gas Reserves, African Bank offers to buy back $500m of bonds, Vodacom CFO to replace Safaricom's finance chief, Taxi-hailing app Taxify sets up operations in Nairobi, New Code Will Separate Roles Of Chairman And CEO – NCC --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/support

Russian firm pulls out of Uganda’s $4 billion oil refinery, FG To Borrow N395bn Via Bonds, Barclays Africa appoints Peter Matlare as its deputy CEO, Power: FG Eyes Offshore, Inland Basin Gas Reserves, African Bank offers to buy back $500m of bonds, Vodacom CFO to replace Safaricom's finance chief, Taxi-hailing app Taxify sets up operations in Nairobi, New Code Will Separate Roles Of Chairman And CEO – NCC --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africanperspective/support

Nadir Thokan, Investment Analyst at 27Four Investment Managers ** Let's talk about Investment case for Barclays group Africa ** What is the outlook for global earnings growth moving forward?

Turns out Ghana’s top cop— Inspector General of Police John Kudalor thinks that blocking social media access across the country might be necessary to ensure Ghana’s national security on election day in November 2016. Mr Kudalor reckons that Ghana might do well to learn from the example set by other countries on the continent and around the world that have take similar steps in the recent past— Uganda no doubt being top of mind. It's likely that the Inspector General’s comments might have been made to test public sentiment on the issue ahead of the polls. However, if the chill we're picking up on Twitter is anything to go by, Ghanaians don’t seem to be terribly concerned at the prospect of having to survive 24 hours or so without access to Facebook and Twitter come November 7th. Ah, well… Meanwhile, in place of our discussion segment on the African Tech Round-up this week, we feature part of a recent in-depth conversation Andile Masuku had with Stephen van Coller, who is the Chief Executive for Corporate and Investment Banking at Barclays Africa. Listen in to hear Stephen tell Andile how Barclays Plc’s imminent plans to shed its investments in Africa will impact the business he runs, and why he is confident that fintech startups on the continent will never completely disrupt incumbents within the financial services industry. Bonus: Look out for a comment made by Nigeria’s leading podcaster, Andre Blaze Henshaw, on why he reckons that podcasting as a medium is going to be huge in the media scene of the future. Music Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

SADC moves on industrialisation of the region, South African Consumer confidence recovers slightly, AGRA draw up a $31m business plan for Ghana, East African Community's Vision of a single currency, News vessels expected as fuel scarcity lingers in Nigeria, Barclays Africa to Negotiate for name after parent's exit, IMF lowers SA's growth outlook for 2016 etc --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

SADC moves on industrialisation of the region, South African Consumer confidence recovers slightly, AGRA draw up a $31m business plan for Ghana, East African Community's Vision of a single currency, News vessels expected as fuel scarcity lingers in Nigeria, Barclays Africa to Negotiate for name after parent's exit, IMF lowers SA's growth outlook for 2016 etc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/support

SADC moves on industrialisation of the region, South African Consumer confidence recovers slightly, AGRA draw up a $31m business plan for Ghana, East African Community's Vision of a single currency, News vessels expected as fuel scarcity lingers in Nigeria, Barclays Africa to Negotiate for name after parent's exit, IMF lowers SA's growth outlook for 2016 etc --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africanperspective/support

Simon Shares Moody's did not downgrade us, but they did put us on review for a downgrade that will put us one notch above junk status. Then we'll have all three rating agencies on the same level with Standard & Poor heading the pack as we're on a negative outlook with them. Local bank results looking good with impairments improving (expect for Barclays Africa). On the surface they look cheap, but not if earnings weaken going forward, and earnings will weaken. Now Old Mutual (JSE code: OML) may split itself up and return back to South Africa. But will (can) it sell Nedbank (JSE code: NED)? We Get Mail AntonK (via Twitter) Simon, why would you call it (AB Inbev, JSE code ANB) ex growth as the two brewers together have roughly 30% global market share?. CraigNotAlan (via Twitter) Investing lump sum in ETFs in these markets, local & int - immediate or phased over time (& period)? Arin The issue I have is that I don't have any pure property ETFs or unit trusts (except for the odd property companies within my ETFs/unit trusts). I am aware that the ProptraxTen is more of a income yielding portfolio which may be good for the TFSA, where as BBET40 may be more of a growth portfolio if I'm not mistaken. JSE – The JSE is a registered trademark of the JSE Limited. JSEDirect is an independent broadcast and is not endorsed or affiliated with, nor has it been authorised, or otherwise approved by JSE Limited. The views expressed in this programme are solely those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect the views of JSE Limited.

What is big data and what makes data "big"?  Yassi Hadjibashi, Chief Data Officer of Barclays Africa, and her colleague Kriti Sharma wax poetic on how corporates are using our data to make the customer experience faster, easier and more accurate in the realm of financial services.  Listen to part one of this two-part series on big banks using big data, and be sure to tweet questions for part two using the hashtag #riseradio.

Barclays Africa CEO Maria Ramos says the bank will ensure that a change in shareholding in the company brings a satisfactory outcome for all stakeholders. Barclays PLC which owns sixty percent of Barclays Africa, the owners of Absa bank, announced its decision to reduce its stake in the African operation. Ramos says Barclays Africa's strategy will remain the same despite a change in shareholding. Tshepo Mongoai reports.

Analysts have told the SABC any retreat by global investment banks from Africa will not be a long-term measure.This comes amid reports Barclays is looking to sell large parts of its assets in Africa, under plans by new CEO Jes Staley. Barclays Africa employs over 44-thousand people across the continent - but there are concerns over instability in some African countries and falling commodity prices. Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports

Moneyweb Radio — We’re looking at innovative start-ups which have done extraordinary things with their digital tech: Warren Squires - CIO for Seeker Fund at Barclays Africa Group.

We're looking at innovative start-ups which have done extraordinary things with their digital tech: Warren Squires - CIO for Seeker Fund at Barclays Africa Group. www.moneyweb.co.za

Eugene Booysen is one of a new breed of bankers, a group who realise that the industry needs to transform dramatically to remain relevant. His Damascene Conversion came after attending Singularity University in Silicon Valley: "I left SA as Eugene and returned as Newgene." As head of innovation at Barclays Africa he has the challenge of driving new thinking into a 40 000 person enterprise that is full of corporate antibodies ready to attack any suggestion of change. He tells Alec Hogg how he's going about it.