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What Is Happening In Real Estate Technology & Investment In Africa? With Sean Godoy and Wayne Berger

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Aug 18, 2021

Summary: In
this episode The Propcast talks to Sean Godoy from Divercity, and
Wayne Berger from iShack, to discuss the emerging PropTech sector
in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. You’ll hear of trends,
tech, adoptions, and obstacles Sean and Wayne encounter across
Africa.

 

Key Insights From This Episode

 

 

  • I
    believe that the real success stories are still on the way in
    Africa and in South Africa –
    Wayne Berger

 

  • there’s a big focus on investment that can spur
    that next stage of growth and adoption in the sector –

    Sean Godoy
  • Africa is really a dynamic continent –
    Wayne Berger
  • ESGS, particularly on environmental side, is an
    area where we’ll see a lot more activity going forward –

    Sean Godoy
  • the interest in venture capital as a segment,
    and then also PropTech as a segment in venture capital has
    significantly grown –
    Wayne
    Berger
  • We’ve seen a lot more seed and angel investment
    into PropTechs –
    Wayne Berger
  • There’s a lot more need and opportunity around
    investments –
    Sean Godoy
  • There’s definitely strong tech talent in South
    Africa –
    Wayne Berger
  • It doesn’t matter if you get things right and
    you get them wrong, it just matters that you continue –

    Wayne Berger

 

About Our Guests

Sean Godoy


https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-godoy-6270582a/?originalSubdomain=za
 

Sean is the Founder & Director
at
Divercity Property Solutions
and EXCO member at the
South Africa Chamber of Commerce
UK
. Divercity Property
Solutions is an independent property consultancy which is
passionate about property markets and the property industry across
Sub-Saharan Africa, and the opportunities they offer. This passion
coupled with their forward-looking insight drives our unique and
innovation approach to producing meaningful advice and developing
solutions tailored to your specific property needs. Their key
focuses are advisory around market insight and strategy, training &
skills development, and innovation & digital strategy
advisory.

Through his passion for South
Africa, and role with the South African Chamber of Commerce, Sean
supports and promotes promising UK/SA business opportunities and
charitable initiatives. Sean firmly believe in Africa and its
people, and am excited for the future of this diverse and dynamic
continent. He is co-founder of
PropTech Africa, which connects the PropTech ecosystem in Africa
in order to create meaningful interactions and relationships.
PropTech Africa also promotes the PropTech sector to the property
industry and related stakeholders as a whole in order to raise
awareness and drive growth on the continent.

 

Wayne Berger


https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayneberger/?originalSubdomain=za
 

Wayne is an experienced
technology entrepreneur with a top international MBA. Wayne
currently holds the position of Managing Director of

iShack Ventures, a Venture Builder mandated to develop
disruptive technologies in the Property industry, FinTech and Big
Data. In addition, Wayne is the chairman of iShack Innovation
Consultancy (established in 2005). iShack Innovation, a consultancy
specialising in advising both local and international corporations
on their online advertising and software development initiatives,
ensuring maximum ROI on their digital spend. iShack Innovation’s
clients include, Internet Solutions, Walt Disney, Warner Bros
Growthpoint Property Fund, L’Oréal, Canon, Gareth Cliff and
Cliffcentral to name a few.

Wayne is a co-founder of Venture
Network South Africa, a non-profit entity with the intention of
stimulating the South African start up eco-system. to-date Venture
Network has facilitated 8 events, where 5 start-ups have acquired
funding from the network (May 2016). Lastly, Wayne is a guest
speaker focussing on Entrepreneurship, Business plan, Advanced
digital marketing strategy, Gamification & Exponential organisation
attributes.

 

About Our Host

Louisa Dickins


https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-dickins-ab065392/?originalSubdomain=uk
 

Louisa started her career in
property working at a well-known estate agency in London. Realising
her people skills, she moved over to Lloyd May to pursue a career
in recruitment. She now is a Director at LMRE, who are a specialist
recruitment firm driven by PropTech and recruitment professionals,
and Louisa oversees their 5 core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and
provides a constructive recruitment platform to the new disruptors
in real estate. Louisa is also on the board of Directors at UK
PropTech Association (UKPA).

About LMRE

www.lmre.tech 

LMRE believe there is a better
way to recruit. LMRE focus on a more comprehensive, client led
focus delivering exceptional talent to the place at the time. They
are passionate about the industry and passionate about people’s
careers. LMRE spend time with each client to become and an
extension of the business, and their transparency and core values
help them grow with the sector. LMRE simplify recruitment and
innovate with our clients and evolve the people driven, PropTech
community.

 

Resources Mentioned

LMRE website www.lmre.tech 

Divercity website
www.divercity.co.za 

iShack website www.ishack.co.za

South Africa PropTech
Association
www.saproptech.co.za

PropTech Africa
Association
www.proptechafrica.com 

 

For full episode transcript head to
www.lmre.tech/blog 



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