TBE Podcast

In this episode, we welcome Ricardo Canovi, a seasoned professional and the GM of Kocho South Africa.

Ricardo brings 24 years of industry experience, primarily in financial services and provides insights into Kocho's services, the firm's strategic technology selections, and its customized solutions for different industries.

Tune in to discover how Kocho leverages technology to help businesses unlock their potential.

In Episode 13, we host Dirk Wilson from AdRights. This innovative SaaS platform helps brands and advertising agencies manage talent contracts and usage rights across global productions.

With over a decade of experience, Dirk shares the inspiration behind AdRights, its key features, and future updates. He discusses how AdRights simplifies complex talent management processes and integrates seamlessly with other tools in the industry. Join us for a deep dive into the transformative potential of SaaS platforms in the advertising realm.

In this episode, we discuss funeral insurance products with Sitsaba Bekwa, Executive Chairman at ARELLA UMA.

Arella is a start-up underwriting management agency (UMA) currently authorised to provide funeral insurance products across numerous consumer and business segments.

Sitsaba is the Executive Chairman of Arella and a formidable salesman having headed up the Marsh Africa sales team for 7 years. He was responsible for the sales strategy and marketing strategy in 7 African countries and for managing 14 sales staff. As an Executive Chairman, Sitsaba is responsible for the strategic direction of Arella UMA, including leveraging the high-level relationships he has built over the years in the industry.

In this episode, we discuss Bespoke Food & Beverage Programmes with Joanne Civin - Founder & Director at Flavourpro Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Based in Johannesburg, Flavourpro is a unique consultancy business that partners with clients to develop, implement and innovate bespoke food & beverage programmes.

Obsesses with passion, Joanne comes from humble beginnings, which she believes has fuelled her to become the entrepreneur she is today. Being in the food and beverage industry for over 18 years has taught her many lessons, to name a few: be adaptable, work smartly, follow your gut and always have an exceptional work ethic.

In this episode, we discuss South African entrepreneurship and how Marc Ashton and his team from Decusatio One are helping Africa invest smarter.

Based in Johannesburg, Decusatio One assists entrepreneurs in tackling the twin challenges of "Access to Finance"​ and "Access to Markets".

Passionate about finance and investment, Marc is an experienced financial journalist having worked for fin24.com, been editor of finweek for 3 years and run JSE-listed media group Moneyweb.

In this episode, we discuss luxury concierge services; travel, real estate, education, personal shopping, art, private parties weddings, & wine With Carolina Alvarez, Head of Service and brand relations for Africa at Quintessentially.

Quintessentially is a UK-based company founded in 2000, specializing in luxury concierge services.

Carolina biggest passion is travel, she has visited more than 100 countries in the world. Through Emirates Airlines and by relocating to Dubai, where she lived for almost 10 years, she became acquainted with the world of luxury. Carolina joined Quintessentially to assist the African division to improve and grow, presenting her with the perfect opportunity to combine everything she has learned so far on finest service, quality assurance and of course luxury travelling.

In this episode, we discuss fluid and decentralised asset management within the crypto world with Alexi Contogiannis, Chief Operations Officer at Cratos Digital Assets.

Alexi has over 16 years’ experience in financial markets. Having started at the National Treasury of South Africa he moved to Standard Bank CIB as part of the Capital Markets team.

In 2017, Alexi co-founded Alinea Investment Management with Nic Spetsiotis, initially focusing on alternative credit investments, this business has evolved with its clients’ needs and when they felt the market (and infrastructure) was ready for offering their clients crypto services, they partnered with the team at Cratos Capital to launch their venture - Cratos Digital Assets.

Sindi Mqutheni (MBA), CEO of Cugy Consulting, joins us for the seventh episode of the TBE podcast. In this episode, Sindi focuses on the topic of inter-Africa trade. In doing so, the conversation covers entrepreneurs in the ICT industry learning more and venturing into business in Africa, how original equipment manufacturers in the ICT industry create trade opportunities for SME's in Africa, barriers to doing business in Africa, and the role of the AFCFTA in this regard, and much more on the topic of inter-Africa trade.

Leading an Organisation in the ICT Industry with Sindi Mqutheni of Cugy Consulting Sindi Mqutheni (MBA), CEO of Cugy Consulting, joins us for the sixth episode of the TBE podcast. In this episode, Sindi talks about her experience as an entrepreneur in the ICT industry and where it all started, how the past year and a half accelerated the readiness and adoption of technology, the importance of the King IV report for both small and large businesses, as well as being a female CEO in the ICT industry and the challenges she has had to overcome in a largely dominated male industry.

In episode five of the TBE podcast, we were joined by Yoss Reddy, Head of EB, Health and Short Term at GCI Wealth. In this episode, Yoss enlightens listeners on the topics of financial planning and investments, delves into the 6-step financial planning process, introduces GCI's market-leading FinTech tool known as Wealthbit, and offers advice on the importance of long-term investing in building and protecting wealth for generations to come.