BNC#6: GG Alcock Q&A – Why SA’s unemployment figures are way overblown, supporting the ‘Kasi’ economy
During a Q&A session at BNC#6 in Hermanus, GG Alcock underscored the resilience and potential of informal entrepreneurs.
During a Q&A session at BNC#6 in Hermanus, GG Alcock underscored the resilience and potential of informal entrepreneurs.
In his keynote address at BNC#6, ‘Kasinomics’ expert GG Alcock delved into the informal sector economy, highlighting the resilience and potential of ‘Kasipreneurs’.
After being wiped out by the March 2019 COVID lockdown, serial entrepreneur Zuziwe Maphalala dusted herself off and started again with a grubstake of R2 000.
The man behind Lebzcafe, Lebohang Nyandeni, shares his background learnings and ambitions, with GG chipping in
‘Kasinomics expert GG Alcock unpacks South Africa’s informal economy, booming entrepreneurship and out-of-touch government policies.
Whenever GG Alcock gets the opportunity to engage with local audiences, he leaves them thinking differently about their country, uplifted and inspired.
Mbali Khubekha personifies the belief of first dreaming it and then seeing the reality. She was joined in the BizNews studio by GG Alcock.
The township bakery entrepreneur is struggling to raise capital from State agencies whose sole purpose is to support emerging entrepreneurs.
“We have to define how we measure unemployment. A big problem with the numbers that we see is that it says unemployment – not formal unemployment.”
“Mozambique, Lesotho, Zimbabwe have much higher unemployment than SA, but do you see the same behaviour by the poor and unemployed?”