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Source: Luvuyo Masinda, chief executive officer of Corporate & Investment Banking at Standard Bank.

Banking

Strong investor demand fuels Zeda's R850m bond raise led by Standard Bank

18 Mar 2025

Source: © Africa Energy Msenge Emoyeni project is one of the innovative greenfield projects in renewable energy that saw ACED awarded the IJGlobal Sponsor of the Year (Africa) Award

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

ACED awarded IJGlobal Sponsor Award for innovative greenfield projects in renewable energy

14 Mar 2025

Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

Issued by Infra Impact Investment Managers 7 Mar 2025

Property

Budget Speech delay raises hopes for South Africa's property revival

7 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

African leaders approve creation of financial stability fund

Dawit Endeshaw 19 Feb 2025

Provantage CEO Jacques du Preez explains why OOH advertising poised for growth in SA in 2025 (Image supplied)

Media

#BizTrends2025: Provantage’s Jacques du Preez - OOH advertising poised for growth in SA

Jacques du Preez 15 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Ntobeko Nyawo, chief financial officer of Redefine.

Markets & Investment

Redefine Properties initiates largest secured funding model in South Africa

16 Oct 2024

Sibanye's diversification strategy couldn't shield it from the PGM crisis

Markets & Investment

Sibanye-Stillwater R7bn loss signals continued market challenges

Lindsey Schutters 13 Sep 2024

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

New water resources infrastructure agency bill to boost development, finance

Calvin Nchabeleng and Makgati Makgatho 10 Sep 2024

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Simon Stiell speaks at the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Climate Change

Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate head says

Duncan Miriri 5 Sep 2024

Source: African Export-Import Bank. Kanayo Awani, executive vice president, Intra-African Trade Bank and Export Development Bank, Afreximbank.

Banking

Afreximbank grants $40m to aid Fidelity Bank's Union Bank UK acquisition

11 Jun 2024

Source: Wikipedia.

Banking

Discovery Bank introduces home loans with up to 1% interest rate savings

27 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Norbert Sasse, group chief executive officer of Growthpoint Properties.

Property

Growthpoint's dividend decreases amid strong operational performance in 2024

13 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Kenya appoints Citi, Standard Bank to study possibility of borrowing in international markets

George Obulutsa 13 Nov 2023

Image: Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, 21 September 2022. Reuters/Brendan McDermid

ESG & Sustainability

Gabon 'blue bond' swap raises hopes for wave of African debt-for-nature deals

Rachel Savage 16 Aug 2023

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Corporate & Commercial Law

How Ster-Kinekor survived business rescue

Lara Kahn, Ryan Smith, Rainer Nowak, Leigh Lambrechts & Naledi Mbaba 16 Nov 2022

Workers wearing protective masks are seen at the reception with an electronic board displaying major indices at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange building in Sandton, South Africa, 5 November 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

FMCG

Premier Group plans to list on the JSE

Nqobile Dludla and Radhika Anilkumar 14 Nov 2022

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

Affordable & Social Housing

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

George Obulutsa 4 Feb 2022

Tongaat shareholder Artemis backs investors in bid to stall rights offer

Agro-processing

Tongaat shareholder Artemis backs investors in bid to stall rights offer

Promit Mukherjee 8 Dec 2021

South Africa's troubled power utility is being reset: CEO sets out how

Infrastructure & Utilities

South Africa's troubled power utility is being reset: CEO sets out how

Anton Eberhard 17 Sep 2021

Pepkor's sales rebound from worst of pandemic

Retailers

Pepkor's sales rebound from worst of pandemic

Nqobile Dludla 23 Jul 2021

Emira Property Fund raises R805m sustainability-linked debt financing

Markets & Investment

Emira Property Fund raises R805m sustainability-linked debt financing

2 Jul 2021

Investec Property Fund reports earnings fall after hit to rental income

Markets & Investment

Investec Property Fund reports earnings fall after hit to rental income

Nqobile Dludla 19 May 2021

Averda secures $30m to invest in sustainable waste management projects

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Averda secures $30m to invest in sustainable waste management projects

10 May 2021

What SMEs can do to prevent collapse

Entrepreneurship

What SMEs can do to prevent collapse

Miguel da Silva 5 Feb 2021

First refinancing transaction for Bokpoort CSP concluded with R5bn deal

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

First refinancing transaction for Bokpoort CSP concluded with R5bn deal

17 Dec 2020

Uptick in SA commercial property sellers now turning to vendor loans

Markets & Investment

Uptick in SA commercial property sellers now turning to vendor loans

30 Nov 2020

Noblesfontein Wind Farm. Image Azari Group

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

SA joins global trend of refinancing IPPs

17 Jul 2020

IPP refinancing project underway to stimulate economy

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

IPP refinancing project underway to stimulate economy

Nicci Botha 15 Jul 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

Economy

Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

What does life after lockdown look like for business?

Community

What does life after lockdown look like for business?

3 Apr 2020

Auto goes digital! Benefits of purchasing a car online

Dealers

Auto goes digital! Benefits of purchasing a car online

Issued by Ruby Digital 9 Mar 2020

Innovation drives M&A deals in uncertain times

Corporate & Commercial Law

Innovation drives M&A deals in uncertain times

4 Mar 2020

How do balloon payments work?

Dealers

How do balloon payments work?

19 Feb 2020

Agribusiness

Load shedding: SA needs urgent electricity sector reforms

22 Oct 2019

Now is the time to leverage your equity to build a property portfolio

Markets & Investment

Now is the time to leverage your equity to build a property portfolio

9 Sep 2019

Sappi results for third financial quarter ended June 2019

Printing

Sappi results for third financial quarter ended June 2019

Issued by Sappi 2 Aug 2019

Fitch downgrades SA's investment rating

Markets & Investment

Fitch downgrades SA's investment rating

29 Jul 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the National Assembly

Energy

All hands needed on deck to turn Eskom around: President

15 Feb 2019

Energy

Eskom is the biggest single risk to South Africa's economy

Ian Matthews 12 Jul 2018

How to protect and grow your home equity

Residential Property

How to protect and grow your home equity

10 Jul 2018

Growthpoint issues inaugural $425m Eurobond

Markets & Investment

Growthpoint issues inaugural $425m Eurobond

3 May 2018

When debt relief causes debt distress

Taxation & Regulation

When debt relief causes debt distress

Joon Chong and Wesley Grimm 12 Apr 2018

S&P puts Eskom deeper into junk

Energy

S&P puts Eskom deeper into junk

Robert Laing 1 Mar 2018

Volume of cement PPC sold in 2017 falls, but it remains ahead of competitors

Materials & Equipment

Volume of cement PPC sold in 2017 falls, but it remains ahead of competitors

Robert Laing 5 Feb 2018

SA and region face debt struggle, warns Moody's

Markets & Investment

SA and region face debt struggle, warns Moody's

23 Nov 2017

Fashion & Homeware

Foreign revenue boosts TFG

8 Nov 2017

Bayer sells crop science units to ease Monsanto takeover

Agriculture

Bayer sells crop science units to ease Monsanto takeover

16 Oct 2017