[TC|Daily] Alviva Holdings: champagne results, a delisting and 'Pierre pressure'

Alviva Holdings’ latest financial results show a group firing on all cylinders – full-year dividend up 90%, revenue up 57% and headline earnings per share up 91%. But can the party last?<br /> Group CEO Pierre Spies and Craig Brusden, CEO of technology distributor Axiz (Alviva’s largest subsidiary), join Duncan McLeod in the TC|Daily studio to unpack just how the group managed to turn in such stellar results amid a weak local economy and a constrained global supply chain.<br /> Spies and Brunsden unpack:<br /> • The impact of Alviva’s acquisition of Tarsus Technology Group.<br /> • How Alviva’s three main distribution businesses, Axiz, Pinnacle and Tarsus, differ from each other – and why they are allowed to compete, within bounds.<br /> • How the distribution business in South Africa is changing and what that means for the business model.<br /> • The impact of the semiconductor supply crisis, which is now easing.<br /> • How Amazon.com’s launch of an online retail marketplace in South Africa next year will change the IT distribution game.<br /> • The talks to buy out Alviva and take it private – and why Spies believes there is no value in being listed.<br /> Don’t miss the discussion. <a href="https://www.techcentral.co.za/">TechCentral</a>