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Wealth and Asset Management

South Africa officially has a new dollar billionaire

Its global expansion has also been extensive.

African Banker Awards 2023 winners announced

Here’s why developed economies must bear the $100 trillion cost of the net-zero transition in emerging markets

Wealth and Asset Management

When is enough enough?

Into 2022: tomorrow never comes, that’s why you should Perform Today

Wealth and Asset Management

Amethis and Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity announce the final closing of Amethis Fund III in line with its target at EUR 406M

The richest people in South Africa at the start of 2026

South African billionaire cashes in R2.5 billion payday

Season's Greetings from Managers of Wealth

Why Mauritius is Africa’s new magnet for 1,200 millionaires from China, France

Over 40 jobs that pay more than the average salary in South Africa

Executive Moves

BOI Appoints Mubarak MD of Investment Company

Andre de Ruyter is back home with a new job

Sanral board term extended … again

Nedbank Private Wealth strengthens advisory team with new wealth manager

Standard Bank Namibia appoints new Head of Private Banking and Wealth

Pretty Makukule appointed Sanral CFO

Legal

Glencore, AFC, Mauritius Bank, Fidelity Sue First Bank Trustees and Receiver, Abubakar Sulu Gambari

SCA orders FirstRand to repay client R170k for defective bakkie

Dentons expands presence in Africa with leading firm in Cameroon

Dentons strengthens pan-African reach with launch in Senegal

Court orders N1.07bn payment to ex-Kogi deputy gov

African Development Bank Group debars Yessan Sarlu and Ayitévi Amadote for 18 months for Fraudulent Practices

FinTech

Digital Identity Emerges as Africa’s Essential Infrastructure Backbone

Flutterwave to offer stablecoin wallets to merchants in Africa

Margins takes Ghana’s ID success to The Gambia

A defining year at the intersection of finance and crypto

The Flows Are Moving in Africa

GRA to deploy AI to tackle import fraud from February 1

Retail Banking

Nedbank issues urgent scam alert over AI-generated investment fraud

Nigerian banks face tough road to Africa’s top 10

Seven Nigerian banks currently authorised for International operations

Standard Bank losing out to Absa

Nigeria: Access Holdings lags banking peers in 2025

Nigeria: Examining balance of payments surplus, remittances, FX reserves inflows

Investment Banking

Rothschild & Co receives two major awards from The Banker

Ethiopia Adds Fourth Investment Bank as ECMA Licenses Awash Capital

Nedbank CIB crowned Best Investment Bank in SA – three years running

Goldman, Investec see room for three SA rate cuts in 2025

Full List of 17 Licensed Investment Banks Operating in Kenya

SA banks holding their own against offshore lenders, says BDO

Alternative Investments

Everybody suddenly loves the rand

Should you convert all your investments to retirement products before retiring?

Rand shoots the lights out as it eyes R16 to the dollar

Renewed momentum in mobile subscriber growth

A solid external reserves performance in 2025

FX flow still resilient despite slight moderation in Q2 ‘25

Comment, Analysis & Research

Economic Week: Inflation May Reach 8.4% in 2027, Foreign Investment Accelerates, and Centralized Imports Threaten Jobs

South African billionaire’s company hits a new record

The hammer South Africa should hope the US doesn’t drop: Dawie Roodt

World Bank lifts South Africa growth outlook for 2025

Global growth to ease to 2.6 per cent in 2026 as challenges persist – World Bank

The tide is turning for South Africa

Tax

VAT reforms key to closing Ghana’s 60% compliance gap – GRA official

Experts warn informal sector may derail tax reforms

Tax reforms: Workers unimpressed with marginal salary rise

SARS going after certain pension funds in South Africa

How to legally pay less tax in South Africa

Over 50,000 taxpayers cut ties with SARS

Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Another turn for interest rate expectations in South Africa this week

Ramaphosa launches important new laws for South Africa

Reality check for the rand

Bad turn for interest rate expectations in South Africa

Sequential decline of DMBs’ credit

Nedbank launches R14bn bid for East African lender

ESG

Insurance Industry Urged to Prioritise ESG to Sustain Businesses

African Development Bank champions circular economy as Africa’s pathway to sustainable industrial growth at UNEA-7

Namibia plans $1.76bn energy push, seeks private investment

Absa commits R1.7bn to scale renewable power in Africa

EBRD invests US $40 mil in Infinity to accelerate renewable energy growth across Africa

Phoenix Group launches 30MW hydropower mining operation in Ethiopia