No Ordinary Wednesday: Exit tax | Global economic recovery | Inflation in SA

Host Jeremy Maggs speaks to a line up of Investec experts: Dr Jimmy Muchechetere on why he's hopeful that we will learn to live with Covid-19 | Dr Greg Cline on what's driving a 336% YoY increase in shipping prices | Annabel Bishop on rand volatility and SA's economy "growing" by 11% overnight

In this episode, Jeremy Maggs and guests discuss the underrepresentation of women in the field of technology. IT head of Investec Specialist Bank Shabhana Thaver on bringing more women into tech-related roles | Investec Private Capital’s Nikita Sokopo on SA’s tech start up scene | Devina Maharaj, Program Head of Investec Business Online and API Banking SA, on Open Banking

Episode 6: The so-called “township economy” is a lifeline for many, contributing an estimated 17% of SA’s total employment. In the 6th episode of No Ordinary Wednesday, we examine the damage caused by Covid-19 and the recent unrest to this vital sector. We hear from township entrepreneur Refiloe Rantekoa, whose bread making businesses continues to prove despite the challenges. We chat to Investec’s Setlogane Manchidi on how Investec is building active economic participants. And finally, we hear former YES CEO, Tashmia Ismail-Saville about the most urgent item needed to grow the entrepreneurship sector, in order to equal our developing nation peers.

Episode 5: Jeremy Maggs and guests count the costs of the looting: Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop on the impact on economic recovery | Investec structured property finance specialist Nosiphiwo Balfour zones in on the commercial property sector | Health Department’s deputy director-general Dr Nicholas Crisp about the far-reaching implications of the unrest on the vaccination roll-out. 

In the fourth episode: Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop discusses expansionary monetary policy | Logistics and pricing analyst at Investec for Business Denys Hobson unpacks problems plaguing global supply chains | David Gracey, head of Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Trading at Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking, answers this week’s burning question - is South Africa at last turning a corner?

In the third episode: Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking head of Sales and Structuring Obakeng Pitse unpacks the latest US inflation numbers and the mini “taper tantrum” that followed | Investec Wealth & Investment global resources analyst Campbell Parry discusses the  long-term outlook of the commodity boom | Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking Power & Infrastructure Finance Senior Consultant Ziyaad Sarang answers this week’s burning question - how soon is Ramaphosa's 100MW surprise likely make a tangible difference to our vexing power shortages?

In the second episode: Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking  treasury economist Tertia Jacobs and labour law specialist Andrew Levy unpack the thorny issue of the public sector wage bill | Chief economist Annabel Bishop explains the latest GDP numbers | Head of sales for lending at Investec For Business Itumeleng Merafe answers this week’s burning question – why should inflation matter to the equity markets? 

In the debut episode: Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop on what’s driving the rand rally | chief investment strategist at Investec Wealth & Investment Chris Holdsworth on why China could rain on SA’s commodity parade | head of Sales and structuring at Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking Dhiren Mansingh on global inflation concerns | Chris Becker on how a tweet wiped over $360 billion off the value of Bitcoin