Podcasts

Episode 11: Dana Buys, CEO, Cloudone.mobi

Cloudone's TallOrder point of sale solution is designed for a mobile-first present and self-service future in the retail, dining, and hospitality industries.His company's newest product VerPay, adds a needed trust layer to take payments over a voice call.This episode also features a discussion of the battered state of South Africa's hospitality industry in the wake of the pandemic and how the industry will change permanently in the future.

Episode 10: Meghan McCormick, Co-founder & CEO, OZÉ

This is the first in the BIG5D Podcast's Fintech Founders Series, This episode features OZÉ CEO Meghan McCormick.Meghan explains her journey from American Peace Corp veteran and management consultant to founding a small-business fintech based in Ghana that helps SMMEs get organized with SaaS tools and get access to capital on fair terms.Meghan comes to everything with a core mission of creating jobs by helping small businesses thrive.

Episode Nine: Kartik Taneja, Head of B2B Solutions, EMEA, Uber

The pandemic has created challenges for the region’s logistics players — ride-hailing services, food delivery apps, and others. But there is also a tremendous emerging opportunity to offer an ever-widening array of services. We will explore this landscape with Uber’s Kartik Taneja.

Episode sponsored by MatchCraft (www.matchcraft.com)

Episode Eight: Samantha Naidu, Volt Africa

This episode of BIG5D.TV features an interview with Samantha Naidu, CEO of Volt Africa. We discuss the optimal digital solution set for African SMEs, particularly in times of crisis.

This episode was sponsored by Duda: www.duda.co/

Episode Seven: Colin Timmis, Xero

Today’s guest is Colin Timmis, the South Africa country manager for Xero -- the global cloud accounting platform.

We had a great conversation about what it takes to get SMMEs to overcome their anxiety about technology and use it to their advantage.

This episode is sponsored by Duda

Episode 6: Grant Greeff

Cape Town entrepreneur Grant Greeff shares his experience of trying to save one company, EHire, while launching another, OpenRoute, in the midst of a global pandemic.