Podcasts about sweepsouth

Lourandi Kriel, CEO of SweepSouth weighs in on the findings of the The 2024 SweepSouth Report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Luke Kannemeyer, Managing Director at Sweepsouth about the cost of living crisis facing domestic workers as wage hikes fail to keep pace with inflation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inflation and the broader cost-of-living crisis are allegedly taking an immense financial and mental toll on South Africa's domestic workers. This as nearly half ( about 46%) of domestic workers in the country are said to still earn less than the legally prescribed minimum wage . This is one of the findings of SweepSouth's annual survey on the compensation and working conditions of domestic workers released  yesterday. SweepSouth; an online home services platform that connects homeowners and cleaning professionals recommends, among other things, stricter enforcement of labour laws. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Luke Kannemeyer, COO of SweepSouth

The evolution of SweepSout's business over 10 years in SA is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by the team from SweepSouth: Aisha Pandor, co-founder and former CEO; and Lourandi Kriel, the new CEO. The discussion highlights: the development of SweepSouth's business over the last decade; profitability; growth plans; opportunities available in different markets; leadership changes; and fundraising efforts. Business Day Spotlight is a MultimediaLIVE Production.

SweepSouth, which launched in June 2014, began with a simple yet deep goal. Based on their own frustrating experience of struggling to find help at home, and seeing the opportunity to positively impact the domestic work industry in South Africa, they took a risk and poured their life savings into this new venture, selling their home and everything in it to get the company off the ground. Lourandi Kriel, CEO of SweepSouth, speaks with host Africa Melane about their experience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duncan McLeod, Founder and Editor at Techcentral analyses news of the  Competition Watchdog ordering Takealot to make massive changes to ease competition.   Luke Kannemeyer, Managing Director at Sweepsouth discusses the latest report that show that Inflation, blackouts and brain drain leads to massive domestic worker job losses and debt while close to 70% are not UIF registered. Amelia Beattie,  CEO at Liberty Two Degrees take through the company half-year results See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bruce Whitfield finds out more about how SweepSouth overcame its initial hurdles and how it continues to innovate in the cleaning industry from CEO, Aisha Pandor, in a new episode of the Genius Podcast, brought to you by Lexus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode: THE IDEALISTS. speaks with Aisha Pandor, co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Africa's first online platform for booking, managing and paying for home cleaning services (think Uber for home cleaners). Aisha is one of Africa's top female tech startup CEOs to have raised over $20M, as well as, a former scientist who completed her PhD in Human Genetics at the University of Cape Town. A story we love about Aisha is while writing her PhD thesis, she also completed a Postgraduate Business Administration course… coming first in class in that course and becoming the first student to graduate from the University with two separate qualifications from two different faculties, on the same day. As you can imagine, Aisha is a force to be reckoned with. What we learned: While bootstrapping her company, Aisha and her husband sold off every asset they owned (home, furniture, car, etc.) and moved back into her parent's home. They ended up staying for three years. In this episode, Aisha details the sacrifices she made to build SweepSouth, while balancing her internal monologue that she has no right to feel challenged because her ancestors who fought apartheid sacrificed worse. Now, she is on a path of unlocking her inner self while helping her team lean into their own self-awareness. Join the conversation about THE IDEALISTS. and break*through. At our website: https://www.theidealistspodcast.co/On Instagram: @theidealistspodcast_On Twitter: @theidealistspodHelp us grow! Leave a review of the show on Apple or SpotifyOrder a copy of the*journal

Refilwe Moloto speaks to  author of the fifth annual SweepSouth Report, Luke Kannemeyer on the findings of Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Work across Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sifiso Skenjana dissects the findings of the latest SweepSouth report with Chief Operating Officer for SweepSouth, Luke Kannemeyer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Luke  Kannemeyer | Chief Operating Officer  at Sweepsouth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clement Manyathela is joined by Aisha Pandor, co-founder and CEO of Sweepsouth, Melvyn Lubega, GO1 co-founder and director and Terry Pheto, actress and film producer and Dr Hanan Bushkin, Psychologist to talk about Legacy, what it means and how people can create their own like they did in their different journeys to build their own legacies. As well as being Intentional with living life for a purpose. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast exploring practical learnings and candid ​journeys of Africa's emerging entrepreneurs and creators. The Mashstartup Podcast profiles the most talented creators, impactful entrepreneurs & high performing professionals with the purpose to drive insights and tactics to help you build what you believe in. Youth entrepreneurship evangelist Mashudu Modau is an influential voice in the small business community. As founder of Lutcha and Founders Sauce – he connects people and builds platforms to help African entrepreneurs grow. Learn more www.mashstartsup.co.za Visit

A podcast exploring practical learnings and candid ​journeys of Africa's emerging entrepreneurs and creators. The Mashstartup Podcast profiles the most talented creators, impactful entrepreneurs & high performing professionals with the purpose to drive insights and tactics to help you build what you believe in. Youth entrepreneurship evangelist Mashudu Modau is an influential voice in the small business community. As founder of Lutcha and Founders Sauce – he connects people and builds platforms to help African entrepreneurs grow. Learn more www.mashstartsup.co.za

Founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor, speaks to Producer and Broadcast Journalist, Rofhiwa Madzena, about what innovation means to her and advises on ways to innovate in a business sense. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/standard-bank-southafrica/message

Founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor, shares advice with Producer and Broadcast Journalist, Rofhiwa Madzena, about turning that “aha moment” into a business and overcoming business teething problems. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/standard-bank-southafrica/message

Aisha Pandor, co-founder at Sweepsouth discusses their acquisition of the Egyptian start-up, Filkhedma — which is serving tens of thousands of customers with cleaning, maintenance, and beauty services. Paul Theron, MD at Vestact Asset Management on 2021 blunders. And for Friday File, Clementina van der Walt , co-founder of Clementina Ceramics talks about the art of making pottery.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Aisha Pandor | Co-Founder at Sweepsouth  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor, speaks to Producer and Broadcast Journalist, Rofhiwa Madzena, about what business introspection involves, dealing with rejection, overcoming financial illiteracy and having a growth mindset --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/standard-bank-southafrica/message

Founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor, shares her views with Producer and Broadcast Journalist, Rofhiwa Madzena, on how to determine price when entering the market. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/standard-bank-southafrica/message

Founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor speaks to Producer and Broadcast Journalist, Rofhiwa Madzena, about how to attract investment for a starp-up and share her advice on managing the capital and the costs involved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/standard-bank-southafrica/message

On episode 2 of the Build Real Influence podcast series award-winning scientist and the co-founder of SweepSouth, Dr Aisha Pandor chats to Dr Ziphozenkosi about fuelling your curiosity to drive your passions and acquiring many skills to foster creativity #BuildRealInfluence #ItCanBe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/standard-bank-southafrica/message

Guest: Aisha Pandor | Co-Founder at Sweepsouth|  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A nanny search, a random pitch, and a cleaning service platform. SweepSouth Co-founder Aisha Pandor tells the story of how her nanny's holiday break and a convoluted journey of finding a short-term replacement inspired her to build a platform that connects homeowners with home service providers offering cleaning, among other services. Aisha chats with Mwakaneno Gakweli on the early days of scaling the startup, how Aisha and her husband and SweepSouth CTO Alen Ribic bootstrapped their way through their savings, pensions, and selling personal items, meeting their first investor in an unexpected pitch, and scaling the business across Africa. SweepSouth bridges the trust and convenience gap for homeowners while solving the unemployment and underemployment problem in the informal sector. This episode features: Aisha Pandor – Co-founder and CEO, SweepSouth Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli – Business Writer & Host, Hisa Technologies Audio Production by Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli Episode Artwork by Muteti Munyambu – Hisa Technologies

A nanny search, a random pitch, and a cleaning service platform. SweepSouth Co-founder Aisha Pandor tells the story of how her nanny's holiday break and a convoluted journey of finding a short-term replacement inspired her to build a platform that connects homeowners with home service providers offering cleaning, among other services. Aisha chats with Mwakaneno Gakweli on the early days of scaling the startup, how Aisha and her husband and SweepSouth CTO Alen Ribic bootstrapped their way through their savings, pensions, and selling personal items, meeting their first investor in an unexpected pitch, and scaling the business across Africa. SweepSouth bridges the trust and convenience gap for homeowners while solving the unemployment and underemployment problem in the informal sector. This episode features: Aisha Pandor – Co-founder and CEO, SweepSouth Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli – Business Writer & Host, Hisa Technologies Audio Production by Ally Mwakaneno Gakweli Episode Artwork by Muteti Munyambu – Hisa Technologies

IFC talks to entrepreneur Aisha Pandor about how she came up with the idea for her business, the sacrifices of pursuing it, as well as how she has focused on building a sustainable company in Africa’s tech industry. Pandor is the co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, an online platform that connects domestic service providers with potential employers in South Africa.  For more information about the initiatives mentioned in this episode, go to:  e-Conomy Africa 2020 Full report: e-Conomy Africa 2020  Africa Talks Tech: Transforming Africa’s Digital Marketplace (video) Digital2Equal SweepSouth highlights the pay and working conditions of domestic workers (case study)

Baie mense is swaar getref deur die inperking van die ekonomie en nuwe navorsing wys dat huiswerkers van die swaarste getref is. Vroue wat huise skoonmaak en tuinwerk doen verteenwoordig ongeveer 15% van die indiensname van vroue in Suid-Afrika. Baie van hulle is enkel-ma's, of die enigste broodwinner in die huishouding. ʼn Opname deur SweepSouth onder 5000 huiswerkers wys die impak.

Dr Aisha Pandor — SweepSouth | Co-founder In this episode I speak to Aisha Pandor about the tech start-up and funding ecosystem in South Africa, about the unique challenges of running highly scalable platform businesses, and about how her partners and team have navigated some of the unpredictability of the last 6 months. Aisha holds a PhD in Human Genetics from UCT, is the co-founder of the incredibly successful start-up SweepSouth, and a remarkable example of what can be achieved with passion, partnership and relentless execution. Visit the SweepSouth website · MikeStopforth.com · Connect with Mike on LinkedIn · Follow Mike on Twitter · 48h crisis communication consultancy

Dr Aisha Pandor — SweepSouth | Co-founder In this episode I speak to Aisha Pandor about the tech start-up and funding ecosystem in South Africa, about the unique challenges of running highly scalable platform businesses, and about how her partners and team have navigated some of the unpredictability of the last 6 months. Aisha holds a PhD in Human Genetics from UCT, is the co-founder of the incredibly successful start-up SweepSouth, and a remarkable example of what can be achieved with passion, partnership and relentless execution. Visit the SweepSouth website

Building platform businesses that drive social change — How SweepSouth has baked impact into its DNA Dr Aisha Pandor (SweepSouth | Co-founder) In this episode I speak to Aisha Pandor about the tech start-up and funding ecosystem in South Africa, about the unique challenges of running highly scalable platform businesses, and about how her partners and team have navigated some of the unpredictability of the last 6 months. Aisha holds a PhD in Human Genetics from UCT, is the co-founder of the incredibly successful start-up SweepSouth, and a remarkable example of what can be achieved with passion, partnership and relentless execution. Visit the SweepSouth website https://sweepsouth.com Music : Mike Morse | Perfect Teamwork Engage with Mike https://mikestopforth.com/ Connect with Mike on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikestopforth/ Follow Mike on Twitter https://twitter.com/mikestopforth When you're ready to #BeHeard, contact the podcast specialists at

Coronavirus and lockdown have had a profound effect on nearly all businesses worldwide - in many different ways. For some it's been a catastrophe, for others an opportunity. Company leaders in lockdown around the world ask: what can be done?

Das Virus und die Schutzmaßnahmen betreffen fast alle Unternehmen weltweit - allerdings auf ganz verschiedene Weise: als Krise, Katastrophe oder sogar Chance.

In this week's Top Women podcast, Topco Media CEO, Ralf Fletcher is in conversation with local powerhouse Aisha Pandor, co-founder of SweepSouth. Aisha is the daughter of Naledi Pandor (South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation) and brings with her a wealth of knowledge both inside and outside the workplace. With a PhD in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town and an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking verve, Aisha is an inspiration to all South Africans. In this dynamic video podcast, Ralf and Aisha sit down to discuss a host of topics - ranging from what sets the South African government and economy apart, to the vital role technology plays in local start-ups. Aisha gives her insight on the opportunities we are presented with during this uncertain time, and touches on some of the lesser-known challenges that business owners faced with. Aisha R. Pandor is co-founder of SweepSouth (sweepsouth.com), an online platform for booking, paying for and managing homes cleaning services from your laptop, phone or tablet. SweepSouth is the first company on the African continent to offer this service, and a 500 Startups Batch 14 alum. Aisha previously worked as a management consultant, gaining experience in the telecommunications and mining industries. Aisha has a PhD in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town and an Associate in Management from the UCT Graduate School of Business. Between 2011 and 2012, she received the South African Women in Science Award for her research and was named as one of the Mail and Guardian newspaper's 200 Young South Africans.

In this week's Top Women podcast, Topco Media CEO, Ralf Fletcher is in conversation with local powerhouse Aisha Pandor, co-founder of SweepSouth. Aisha is the daughter of Naledi Pandor (South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation) and brings with her a wealth of knowledge both inside and outside the workplace. With a PhD in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town and an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking verve, Aisha is an inspiration to all South Africans. In this dynamic video podcast, Ralf and Aisha sit down to discuss a host of topics - ranging from what sets the South African government and economy apart, to the vital role technology plays in local start-ups. Aisha gives her insight on the opportunities we are presented with during this uncertain time, and touches on some of the lesser-known challenges that business owners faced with. Aisha R. Pandor is co-founder of SweepSouth (sweepsouth.com), an online platform for booking, paying for and managing homes cleaning services from your laptop, phone or tablet. SweepSouth is the first company on the African continent to offer this service, and a 500 Startups Batch 14 alum. Aisha previously worked as a management consultant, gaining experience in the telecommunications and mining industries. Aisha has a PhD in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town and an Associate in Management from the UCT Graduate School of Business. Between 2011 and 2012, she received the South African Women in Science Award for her research and was named as one of the Mail and Guardian newspaper's 200 Young South Africans.

Moneyweb Radio — Aisha Pandor – Co-founder and CEO, SweepSouth

TechCentral — In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Alen Ribic, co-founder - with his wife, Aisha Pandor - of SweepSouth, the on-demand home cleaning company that last year raised R30-million in a funding round from Naspers. Ribic talks about the challenges of starting and running a business with a spouse, how SweepSouth coped with the lockdown, which prevented its on-demand cleaners from working, and the fund that was created to support cleaners during this time. The fund has already raised more than R9-million and backers include Dell founder Michael Dell and his wife Susan. The conversation then turns to what SweepSouth has done since the Naspers investment, including expansion into Kenya and the recent launch of SweepSouth Connect, a new marketplace that connects vetted professionals to people needing those services in their local area. It's a great discussion with the co-founder of one of South Africa's most successful start-ups - don't miss it!

Adrian Moisey, former VP of Engineering at SweepSouth, and now Salesloft engineer, is a huge advocate for attending tech meetups. As one of the organisers of Cape Town’s DevOpsDays, he’s learned that the way a conference is set up affects the value people get out of it. Using his experience organising DevOpsDays conferences, he shares how he thinks about creating 10x value. He talks about speaker-sponsor-attendee value through mingling, putting together a curated line-up of speakers, and leveraging the ‘open spaces’ model to create engaged conversation amongst attendees.Read the blog post here!-----------If you are keen to learn more about DevOps, two books that Adrian recommends are:“The DevOps Handbook: The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations”, by Gene Kim. A book about DevOps (as the title suggests!), but with examples of specific, technical DevOps practices and stories in action.“The Phoenix Project: The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition”, by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford. This is great for people who are in upper management, and who might see what's happening on the ground but aren’t necessarily that involved with the technical side of DevOps.

In today's business headlines: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the Government is going to bail out Eskom. Gold has surged to its highest level in five years after the US Fed signals turned dovish. Naspers has made its first local tech investment in SweepSouth, a cleaning service business. Group Five says shareholders are not getting anything out of the rescue process. Lord Peter Hain says the international community should bring back the money looted by the Guptas.

SA's challenges are a breeding ground for innovative opportunities, says SweepSouth CEO, Aisha Pandor. For her, happy customers are the greatest measure of business success and she says, “word of mouth is still the biggest driver of our new business”. Hear about the SweepSouth growth from an idea created by need to a start-up sensation that is the first on the continent to bring technology to home-cleaning services. Aisha talks to Fred Roed about changing careers, the challenges and the satisfaction of owning your own business, and her vision to address societal needs while running a thriving business.

CliffCentral.com — SA’s challenges are a breeding ground for innovative opportunities, says SweepSouth CEO, Aisha Pandor. For her, happy customers are the greatest measure of business success and she says, “word of mouth is still the biggest driver of our new business”. Hear about the SweepSouth growth from an idea created by need to a start-up sensation that is the first on the continent to bring technology to home-cleaning services. Aisha talks to Fred Roed about changing careers, the challenges and the satisfaction of owning your own business, and her vision to address societal needs while running a thriving business.

RMB Solutionist Thinking is a podcast series hosted by Bruce Whitfield which focusses on great South African minds thinking differently and going against the norm. In this episode in the second series, Whitfield interviews award-winning South African scientist, businesswoman and Chief Executive of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor. For more on the RMB #SolutionistThinking series, visit: www.rmb.co.za/rmb-solutionist-thinking-podcast-series

This podcast features two South African startup founders working the trenches of the emerging gig economy. Human geneticist-turned-entrepreneur Aisha Pandor is the Co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, an on-demand booking platform for home cleaning services. SweepSouth is quite notably the first South African start-up to be accepted into the 500 Startups Accelerator in Silicon Valley. Velani Mboweni is the Co-founder and CEO of the ride-sharing service, LULA. This Global Fellow of the San Francisco-based Kairos Society and alumnus of the South Africa-Washington International Program is currently spearheading a mission to transform the way people commute by leveraging on the shared economy and mobile technology. Aisha and Velani were both born into families with a rich political history and have inherited considerable privilege as a result. Aisha is the daughter of South Africa’s current Minister of Higher Education, Dr Naledi Pandor, and Velani is the nephew of former South African Reserve Bank governor, Tito Mboweni— who was just recently appointed Minister of Finance by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Listen in to learn what motivated these founders to forgo cushy professional paths in favour of becoming entrepreneurs, and to find out what it’s like to launch and run startups servicing two highly politicised industries. Editorial Disclaimer: Airbnb (https://airbnb.com) is the presenting sponsor of this podcast, which is part of an African Tech Roundup (https://africantechroundup.com) miniseries focused on inclusive travel and tourism— recorded at the Africa Travel Summit 2018 (https://africatravelsummit.com). African Tech Roundup retains full editorial control over all published content. Opinions expressed by the host, Andile Masuku, and his guests, do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the presenting sponsor, Airbnb.

The Department of Labour continues to brief and educate employers and employees on the new national minimum wage (NMW) which is set to come into effect from 1 May 2018. The Law Focus show seeks answers on the implementation of this new wage as well as the working rights of domestic workers. The show talks to a researcher at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, Kelebogile Khunou about the history of domestic work and why it continues to be exploitive. Even with the anticipated wage increase domestic workers will earn only 75% of the NMW of R3, 500 due to the higher risk of unemployment if the minimum wage is too high. CEO of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor and the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union's organiser, Gloria Kente both agree that the minimum wage is disgracefully low. The show also talks to Legal Aid labour lawyer, Jabulile Duba about how they can legally assist domestic workers to protect themselves from unconducive working conditions in accordance to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. This edition of Law Focus is produced by Bulali Dyakopu and hosted by Basil Sherinda. Consultant produced by Khutso Tsikane and Executive produced by Lerato Makate. Technical production by Kutlwano Gwinch Serame wits.journalism.co.za

Wits Radio Academy — The Department of Labour continues to brief and educate employers and employees on the new national minimum wage (NMW) which is set to come into effect from 1 May 2018. The Law Focus show seeks answers on the implementation of this new wage as well as the working rights of domestic workers. The show talks to a researcher at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, Kelebogile Khunou about the history of domestic work and why it continues to be exploitive. Even with the anticipated wage increase domestic workers will earn only 75% of the NMW of R3, 500 due to the higher risk of unemployment if the minimum wage is too high. CEO of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor and the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union’s organiser, Gloria Kente both agree that the minimum wage is disgracefully low. The show also talks to Legal Aid labour lawyer, Jabulile Duba about how they can legally assist domestic workers to protect themselves from unconducive working conditions in accordance to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. This edition of Law Focus is produced by Bulali Dyakopu and hosted by Basil Sherinda. Consultant produced by Khutso Tsikane and Executive produced by Lerato Makate. Technical production by Kutlwano Gwinch Serame

Aisha Pandor is the co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth.   An online platform for booking, managing and paying for home cleaning services   Sweepsouth is the first South African startup to be accepted into 500 Startups.   Aisha did not start out as an entrepreneur, she is a scientist who  completed her PhD in Human Genetics at the university of Cape Town.   In 2016, Forbes Africa featured her as a top African millennial.   In this episode you'll learn:   What growing up with parents who were deeply involved in the anti apartheid struggle was like. Her family had to move to Botswana on exile before returning back to South Africa. Aisha was part of the first crop of black students to go to an all white school. How did that shape her? She recalls the times she had breakfast with Nelson Mandela and visited Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home. She made a move from human genetics to founding  a startup. Find out why she made this decision The consequences of doing something that is not impactful Why she couldn't stand being an employee. 1. She hated the bureaucracy… How she and her husband quit their jobs at the same time because they weren't fulfilled as employees. What did they do next? That SweepSouth wasn't the business they tried to run.  What was it? And why did they make the decision to drop it? How they raised upwards of $1m in three funding rounds And more Selected Links   Uber 500 Startups Forbes     Selected Books from the episode       Connect with us    

Aisha Pandor is a PhD graduate from UCT who has decided that she wants to do something to allievate the unemployment issue in SA. Her solution is SweepSouth, a service that connects great domestic workers with homeowners.  She joined Sechaba G this week to tell her story on Movers & Shakers!