The Naked Economy
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The Naked Economy
Hosted by successful tech entrepreneur Ernest North, together with rocker and all round whacky creative Shane Durrant (lead singer of the band Desmond and the Tutus), each episode of the Naked Economy involves the raw, behind-the-scenes story of a business that thinks outside the box, and the people...
Recent Episodes
8 episodes
Ep 7: Parties... with a Twist
Mamakashaka, started by Nandi Dlepu, is a creative agency based in Johannesburg. They have made it their mission to create beautiful, authentic and me...
Ep 6: Vula: Connecting the Docs
Vula is an app that puts primary healthcare workers directly in touch with on-call specialists. It's the brainchild of Dr William Mapham, who conceive...
Ep 5: Canvas Club: Painting a Brighter Future
Art class takes on a new meaning when it’s designed to equip kids for thinking outside the box, and for being relevant in future. But what makes this...
Ep 4: Merge: From Idea to Funding
“Build a business that solves a problem you have”. This age-old advice served to be critical for these young mavericks who believed there had to be a...
Ep 3: Giving & Taking: How Insurance Really Works
Shane turns the tables on Ernie and gets him to tell his own story – how he learnt from the inside why there is usually so little love for insurance c...
Ep 2: Vuleka: Technology to Uplift Business in Townships
Got milk and bread? Spaza shops solve many people's problems every day. So what happened when the spaza shops realised they had a problem? One man had...
Ep 1: Behind the Scenes at The Whippet
All coffee shops are more or less the same, right? Well... maybe not. Discover the story of a business producing quality as a direct result of the way...
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Hosted by successful tech entrepreneur Ernest North, together with rocker and all round whacky creative Shane Durrant (lead singer of the band Desmond...