Greg Walsh
@gregwalshza
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Dad, husband, amateur trail runner, wine lover, and eclectic information gatherer... I also work at Bash - SA's hottest fashion and lifestyle shopping platform
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined February 2010
Mastercard has agreed to take a minority stake in MTN’s fintech unit which MTN values at R98.71bn. 2022, MTN Group hired JPMorgan Chase to assist it on the planned separation of its fintech unit. Nedbank had estimated that the fintech arm could be valued at R88bn. [Thread]
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Pix - Brazil's realtime payment solution should be the inspiration for SA's Payshap (RPP) implementation... instead, we are hampered by a lack of vision and slow rollout. This is what is possible:
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To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal. And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist. Here's how that happened. 1/🧵
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You'll do almost anything for velocity. Except actually focus. 🎯
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Every company is a mess internally, you just need to decide which people you enjoy working on the mess with
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One of the biggest challenges with remote work is isolation and loneliness. As a leader, here’s how you can build a transparent culture that helps your team feel less lonely and more certain about the company, their job performance, or the economy:
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Population density thread because you and I both know you have nothing better to do. Let's start with this cool way to visualize population density, by @undertheraedar. The height of each spike displays the population density in that location.
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POV on Klarna's recent funding round from CEO @klarnaseb
Today Klarna announces an $800m financing round during the worst stock downturn and challenging macro in decades. We are not immune to public peers being down 75-90% and hence our valuation is down on par. Here are some facts that the media might omit in reporting on this 🧵 👇
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Ready is a lie. You'll never be ready. Start messy and adjust – just like everyone else.
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How do you build a $30B tech business? This week, I asked Kevin Aluwi, co-founder and CEO of Indonesian super-app Gojek (part of GoTo) to share the most valuable lessons he's learned. Here is his wisdom 👇
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There is massive opportunity in buying antiquated businesses from boomers and modernizing them and apparently F1 is the best example of this… ever? Lmao love this
Formula 1 was acquired by Liberty Media for $4.4 billion in 2016, and it's now one of the fastest-growing sports globally. They are up billions of dollars on the investment already, and it's one of the best case studies in business. Here's the story 👇
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Investor sentiment in Silicon Valley is the most negative since the dot-com crash.
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Dominatrix - The woman you visit if you enjoy being spanked with a pizza.
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Best part of the meal was the lemongrass flavored ant! (Can you spot it in the photo below?)
Had a 12-course, Michelin star lunch under the stewardship of the great @gregwalshza
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"... There’s quite a lot TFG can bring to Tapestry… They don’t currently have in-house credit… we can add that… and e-commerce…" - Anthony Thünstrom (CEO - TFG) https://t.co/gwiQzRJlun
#TheMoneyShow
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Primedia+ is your brand-new online content hub, home to the iconic radio stations you love 947, 702, Kfm, CapeTalk, and EWN all in one convenient location. It's more than just radio and news, it's an...
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"Having too many meetings detracts from effective collaboration." That's the finding from a new MIT study, which discovered that productivity increases by 73% when companies only hold reunions on two days of the week https://t.co/jGPPj8nJhb
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A new study from MIT shows that worker stress levels fall by up to 57% when reunions are held on only two days of the week
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Quote of the Day: "You can never plan the future by the past." - Edmund Burke
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