Clarity Unscripted Podcast
Looking for the latest Industry/Sector news? Our Clarity Unscripted Podcast series has you covered.
Join our BDO experts as they discuss a range of topics covering the Financial Services, Natural Resources, Technology, Media, Telecoms, Consumer Goods, Real-estate and Construction, Public Sector and more.
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Episode 25: The Importance of Entrepreneurship in Restructuring a Struggling Business
The current economic climate has posed many threats and challenges to business owners, with many of them having to make changes to their businesses to avoid insolvency. Christopher Rey, Business Restructuring Specialist within BDO Advisory, talks about how the resilient spirit of entrepreneurship can help such business owners save their businesses.
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Episode 24: Proper cybersecurity measures are a business imperative
The rise in technological advancements across have given way for increased cases of cybersecurity breaches. While you may assume this is a problem reserved by large corporates, small and medium enterprises are also falling victim by not having the proper processes in place. Gilchrist Mushwana, Director at BDO Advisory and Head of Cybersecurity, discusses how these businesses can best equip themselves against cybersecurity violations.
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Episode 23: BDO and Digby Wells present: How ESG Frameworks affect the Mining Sector
A robust understanding of and action plan for ESG governance gives companies a competitive advantage, when it comes to complying with new and evolving legislation around their environmental impact and social licences to operate, dealing with investors and accessing debt. In this episode, the BDO Sustainability and Audit team and Digby Wells Environmental team of experts share their knowledge and engage on this important topic.
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Episode 22: Financial sustainability: Green Variability
The topic of ESG has been on every good company's agenda recently, and with that, has come the concept of Green Variability. Here to give us some clarity on this topic, is Shehnaaz Suleman
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Episode 21: The role of ESG in the REC sector
When it comes to the concept of people, planet and profit, are we putting enough focus on people and planet? Environmental, Social and Corporate governance, or ESG has become a large global focus in the realm of sustainability. Carla Clamp and Richard Walker, Risk Advisory Directors within BDO’s Real-estate and construction sector, discuss the role ESG plays in the REC industry.
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Episode 20: The move towards clean energy use: South Africa
In episode 20, Nato Oosthuizen, Audit Partner within BDO's Natural Resources Sector, gives us some clarity.
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Episode 19: A view on Telematics
In episode 19, Carl Bosma, Director within BDO's IT Advisory and TMT Sector is here to give us some clarity.
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Episode 18: The new world of InsurTech
In episode 18, Justin Roberts, Associate Director within BDO's Financial Services Technology Sector, and Tatenda Mapurisa, Senior Analyst within BDO's Financial Services Technology Sector are here to give us some clarity.
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Episode 17: Special Budget Speech 2021 commentary
In episode 17, Key BDO experts and friends of BDO are here to give us some clarity.
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Episode 16: Privacy: Should South Africans be worried about WhatsApp's updated privacy policy?
In episode 16, Lisa Erasmus, Senior manager within BDO’s Financial Services Technology division is here to give us some clarity.
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Episode 15: What is in store for South Africa’s Travel sector this December, and beyond?
In episode 15, Lee-Anne Bac and Bernadine Galliver, Advisory Directors within BDO's tourism sector, give us some clarity.
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Episode 14: bringing clarity to the insurance sector in 2020
In episode 14, Marnus Fourie discusses how the insurance industry has been navigating the Covid-19 pandemic
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Episode 13: The war against cybercrime
In episode 13, Christopher O’Flaherty and Kevin Moodley, discuss cybercrime
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Episode 12: The complexities of cross-border transactions in Africa
In episode 12, Patrick McLennan and Marcus Stelloh discuss the ins and outs of cross-border transactions
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Episode 11: The ins and outs of unsecured lending
In episode 11, Chan-ré Pietersen discusses the ins and outs of unsecured lending
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Episode 10: Reducing your Carbon Footprint
In episode 10, Dineo Mokono discusses how individuals and organisations can reduce their carbon footprint
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Episode 9: Currencies and their values
In episode 9, Zakhele Nyandeni discusses currencies and the factors that affect their value
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Episode 8: Organisational Resilience
In episode 8, Nadine Rix, National Risk officer, talks Organisational Resilience and ways companies can salvage their businesses
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Episode 7: Blurring the lines between fact and conspiracy: Will robots take over the world?
In episode 7, Nevellan Moodley talks Robots, the changing face of warfare and the future of tech.
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Episode 6: Trends in Connectivity: where are we heading?
In episode 6, Imtiaaz Hashim and Bernard van der Walt discuss the effects of Covi-19 on connectivity in South Africa
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Episode 5: The future of the real-estate sector
In episode 5 we talk to Paul Badrick, Real-Estate and Construction Lead and Partner, who discusses the future of the Real-Estate Sector.
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Episode 4: The future of cash and banking
In episode 4 we talk to Shehnaaz Suleman, Associate Director: Technical Accounting for Financial Services, who discusses the future of cash and banking
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Episode 3: A brave new world: Emerging Technology
In this episode,we chat to Christopher O'Flaherty, IT Analyst within BDO's Financial Services Sector. We discuss emerging tech, focusing on the practicalities of the Internet of Things.
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Episode 2: Tourism in South Africa: Where to from here?
Listen to Lee-Anne Bac and Christelle Grohmann, directors in our Strategic Development Advisory division, discuss where the tourism industry in South Africa is headed.
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Episode 1: The Future of Mining
In this episode, I chat to Jill MacRae, Associate Director, Natural Resources,discussing the future of Mining post the pandemic.
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