ANALYSE THIS: Absa’s Tsitsi Hatendi-Matika
We analyse Tsitsi Hatendi-Matika, head of retail investment specialists at Absa
If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? I would invest in a start-up company that creates innovative solutions in water and sanitation. We have seen in the past few years how climate change — drought, El Niño, La Niña and other weather phenomena — affects the world, and African economies in particular. We need clever solutions for that. Which talent would you most like to have? I wish I was more tech savvy, with a natural aptitude for computer science and coding. There is so much one can do with that skills set, and the jobs of the future will be more technology based. If you could fix one thing in SA today, what would it be? The education system. What’s the best investment you’ve ever made? I bought an issue of Destiny Magazine in 2015 for under R30, and it changed my life. It contained information about a competition for which the prize was fully funded MBA study for two years at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of ...
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