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 | Despite the existing economic doldrums and the undercurrent of political uncertainty, big business leaders are surprisingly confident about Africa's growth prospects... read | |  | Sluggish growth, leading to stagnant global trade, subdued investment and increasing policy uncertainty worldwide, are just a few of the challenges facing the global economy... read | |
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 | At the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, being held in Durban, Mastercard released the ‘Cost of Cash for Consumers in South Africa Study... read |
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 | Three years after being placed under curatorship and significant support from the South African Reserve Bank, African Bank is making a remarkable turnaround... read |
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 | Nedbank's 2016 Sustainability Review highlights how it contributes to the sustainable development agenda of the South Africa, with a focus on products and services, partnerships and operations... read |
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 | The new TransUnion credit USSD service gives non-smartphone users in South Africa access to credit information. Users also needn't have airtime to be able to check their credit score... read |
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 | Ann Crotty Serge Belamant, CEO of Net1, has presented an upbeat growth plan for Net1 that includes the possible sale of the group's social-grant distribution technology and infrastructure to a black empowerment partner.... read |
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 | Issued by Financial Intermediaries Association The Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa hosted an informal cocktail function at the Johannesburg Country club to introduce its 2017 National Partners... read |
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 | Metropolitan has come out tops in the latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index for life insurance... read |
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 | President Jacob Zuma has signed the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) Act, which amends the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001... read |
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 | KPMG has launched the Learnership Incentive Tax Tool, an app that calculates learnership tax allowances and generates tax schedules for registered learnerships at the press of a button... read |
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 | Issued by Flux Trends In 2016 alone, over $17bn were invested in fintech startups. Each and every one of those startups intends to disrupt - that is, erode the profitability of - one or more aspects of the financial industry's business model... read |
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 | The widespread reach of digital technology across Africa has spurred solutions that aim to disrupt those traditional models and accelerate financial inclusion... read |
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 | A new virtual currency aims to bitcoin by pegging its value to hard oil assets, a first in the rapidly growing digital money sector. read |
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 | While bots are hard at work behind the scenes, and becoming more visible in some parts of the front-office too, they're unlikely to oust human beings... read |
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 | While there are some PPPs in the agriculture sector, such as the Strategic Water Partners Network, it is not nearly enough to stimulate the type of growth that is required to see the industry back on its feet... read |
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 | Neil Pather In 2016, economic growth in South Africa was virtually non-existent, making it a tough year for the short-term insurance industry... read |
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 | Redefine Properties has increased its distribution by 7.5% to 44.82c per share for the six months to 28 February 2017... read |
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 | Hilary Joffe Most Chinese investment in Africa is driven by private sector Chinese companies looking for profitable opportunities. They tend to employ local labour and often local management... read |
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 | Following interest from both soya bean processors and commodity traders, the JSE launched a Soya Bean Crush futures contract, providing simultaneous exposure to soya beans as well as its processed by-products... read |
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 | Alistair Anderson Redefine International is unlikely to be the only listed real estate group to pay smaller dividends relative to previous years in the current results season... read |
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 | Additional investments in science, technology, and innovation in Africa will improve health, spur economic growth, and reduce poverty across the continent... read |
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