{"id":850729,"date":"2026-02-13T12:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=850729"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:07:28","slug":"business-talk-the-south-african-business-podcast-with-over-8-million-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/850729\/business-talk-the-south-african-business-podcast-with-over-8-million-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk &#8211; The South African business podcast with over 8 million views"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Business Talk with Michael Avery has rapidly grown into South Africa\u2019s top business podcast since its launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The podcast was founded six years ago by BusinessTech to serve as a platform for South Africa\u2019s leading business experts and executives to share their insights and knowledge &#8211; and it has grown massively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to contact the BusinessTech marketing team.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes reaching over 6 million views towards the end of 2024, then climbing to 7 million in early 2025, and most recently surpassing 8 million views at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The massive growth Business Talk has enjoyed can be attributed to the consistent quality it delivers across the business topics it covers, and the excellent guests it has hosted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of these guests hold leading positions at South Africa\u2019s top companies, and they appear on Business Talk to share their valuable knowledge with a receptive audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notable guests that appeared on the podcast in 2025 include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wendy Myers<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Head of Securities at PSG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mark Beringer<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Head of Monocle Tech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ryk Neethling&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Marketing and Brand Director of the Val de Vie Group of Companies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Richard Mukheibir<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 CEO of Cash Converters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Phil Wilson<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Sales Director for Evergreen Lifestyle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ali Mazanderani<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Executive Chairman at Lesaka Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neil Kirby<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Head of Werksmans Attorneys Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Riaan van Reenen<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 CEO of Discovery Life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Willem Olivier<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 CEO of Resilient Innovations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Among these leading figures, many have become regular guests on the podcast because of the value it offers to them and the businesses they lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the growth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>8 million views is a substantial milestone &#8211; but the journey doesn&#8217;t end there. Business Talk will continue to grow and build on its success throughout 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South African executives can join in this success and appear on the podcast by contacting the BusinessTech marketing team, who will handle every part of the interview process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes scheduling the interview, drafting questions, recording and editing, and then posting and promoting the finished episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has never been a better time to appear on Business Talk and speak directly to South Africa\u2019s business community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to contact the BusinessTech marketing team.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Talk has rapidly grown to become South Africa&#8217;s top business podcast and where leading executives share their insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":850735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[15578,19585,9982],"class_list":["post-850729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-business-talk","tag-business-talk-with-michael-avery","tag-businesstech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850729"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850881,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850729\/revisions\/850881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}