Nastassia Arendse is a business news anchor at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), helping viewers navigate the world of stocks and investing. Every day she sits down with the top names in finance and economics to analyse the essential stories for the business day ahead, bringing insight into global and local markets.

Having made her debut on radio as a traffic reporter for YFM (99.2 FM), Nastassia has been in the broadcasting industry for 14 years and has worked in television and radio. As a television anchor, she presented Closing Bell East Africa and Open Exchange on the international business channel CNBC Africa. She has also hosted business shows on Business Day Tv, SAfm and Classic FM.

As an experienced reporter, she has covered global commodity markets for the financial media company, Moneyweb, writing features that track changes and trends worldwide in the commodity space. The beat focused on how prospects for the global economy, interest rates and currencies influence investor decisions concerning gold, precious metals, fixed income, and equities.

She represents a new breed of journalists that have managed to break the mould of the profession and explore different avenues in the media and public sphere.

She is a TEDx alumnus, and you can watch her Ted Talk titled “Living from the Inside Out”.

Her favourite topics on sustainability, ESG, Investments, entrepreneurship and Tech.