Michael Jordaan
@MichaelJordaan
Investing in smart people and great ventures like challenger @BankZeroSA, leading 5G telco @rainSouthAfrica and Chronos Capital. Wine amateur and lazy MTBer
Interesting story of my journey from banker to venture capitalist. The golden thread remains to surround yourself with people better than you mybroadband.co.za/news/investing…
“SA should have been this region’s economic role model. Instead, ideals were overindulged and ruthlessly exploited to benefit the politically connected, while entrenching a majority of South Africans in poverty.” businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/col…
This will become a defining decision for all businesses. To be AI involved or committed.
Here's where Tangen made his most decisive move: "It can't be voluntary. If you don't use AI, you will never be promoted." He implemented mandatory AI adoption across all 700 employees. The organizational response was mixed...
South Africa features in the top 10 countries where China’s exports result in avoided emissions
NEW – Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% | @laurimyllyvirta Read here: buff.ly/V7BVSsL
And government debt per adult is $100 000. No wonder they want lower rates. But it won’t solve the problem.
The average 🇺🇸 American household owes $10,000 in credit card debt, $58,957 in student loan debt, $241,840 in mortgage debt and $22,612 in auto loans according to a survey by PolicyGenius.
Opensourced: A South African IP strategy for securing International Investment. 90% of all Venture Capital funding into High Growth companies is sourced from offshore. This standardised approach will allow the SA tech industry to grow significantly ipstrategy.co.za
And a super nice guy too. Big future ahead, whatever he chooses.
Multitalented Riley Norto. Led the young Proteas in the Cricket World Cup last year, led the Junior Boks to the World Championship 2025 💎
Ukraine has become the Silicon Valley of Defense Technology
9/ On innovation: "If you have any great ideas, you just pitch the idea, get some funding, start building the prototype and start to testing with the military... In Ukraine, I think this is literally the Silicon Valley of defense tech at the moment" ⤵️
Lower cost is the big thing. The fact that this is renewable is great but it needs to be commercially viable first.
Solar and batteries are a game-changer: New @ember_energy analysis in @CarbonBrief shows that in major sunny cities, such as Las Vegas or Mexico City, solar + batteries can now get more than 90% of the way to continuous generation, at costs below those of coal or nuclear power.
It’s a great time to buy wine. But it’s very tough for wine producers. Don’t waste a crisis: rip out any virus-infested vineyards now. businesslive.co.za/bd/life/2025-0…
I didn’t know that 😉
The final level of being smart is just pretending you don’t know anything to make your life easier.
A lower inflation target is a great idea by @KganyagoLesetja. inflation is in the first instance a tax on the poor
Another innovative rugby move. The invisible ball.
Ultimate trick play 👌 #TudorDaringPlay #BornToDare
We can have a national dialogue or we can just start to fix things
Marc Randolph, (Netflix co-founder) explains how you learn more in one hour of doing it, than in three months of thinking about it🤯‼️‼️
Innovative rugby move all within the rules. But should they have kept it under wraps for a bigger test?
A move straight out of the Paul Roos Playbook!
R659m of SA wine exports to the US will now face a 30% tariff. Our wines are such good value that US exports won’t go to zero. But China (with a zero tariff) is likely to get much more attention now. news24.com/business/econo…
The big positives if the Maziv-Vodacom deal goes ahead are: significant fibre network investment, improved connectivity, job creation and consumer benefits. A better digital infrastructure creates economic growth.
3D Chess. Not.
My plan to revive American manufacturing is to: raise the price of inputs like steel, aluminum & copper; create shortages of rare earths; invite retaliatory tariffs; cut R&D; raise borrowing costs by blowing out the budget; and to cover it all in a thick cloud of uncertainty.
Authentic coverage by tech expert @shapshak stuff.co.za/2025/07/09/uni…
