Wealth and Asset Management

Africa Wealth Report 2025: Continent Outpaces Global Growth as New Wealth Hubs Surge

Old Mutual wins best insurance service award

The South African giant that sold a bank – then spent R3 billion to launch a new one

UBS, Rand Merchant Bank lead financial adviser M&A rankings in MEA for H1 2025

New wealth of top 1% surges by over $33.9 trillion since 2015

Standard Chartered wraps up divestment of Tanzania operations to Access Bank

Executive Moves

Aurelia Baaba Ofori Odame heads SOEs & Afro-Asia Banking Unit at GCB Bank PLC

Charles Molapisi reappointed as MTN South Africa’s group CTIO

Standard Bank Group Announced Two Significant Leadership Transitions

Stanbic Bank Promotes Joshua Oigara To Lead East Africa Operations

Schalk Malan joins Standard Bank's insurance arm

Bank of Africa – Rwanda appoints new managing director to spearhead growth, innovation

Legal

BudgIT calls out ministry, budget office for violating fiscal transparency law

Big storm brewing over new laws for South Africa

Beige Bank: Dame challenges Ayine over GHS10m settlement claim

Bad day in home foreclosure court for Nedbank and its lawyers

High Court of South Africa develops common law to address jurisdiction over foreign entities

Two new laws coming for South Africa

FinTech

MTN Launches Smarter, Faster, More Secure App to Power South Africa’s Connected Lives

Transforming borderless banking across Africa through innovation

Transforming Borderless Banking Across Africa Through Innovation

Warning to South Africans banking on their phones

Best Consumer Digital Bank Awards in Middle East & Africa 2025 in partnership with Infosys

Warning to people who bank online in South Africa

Retail Banking

Fidelity Bank to convene strategic panel on export financing at FNITCC Atlanta 2025

How low-interest regime shrunk banks' half-year interest income

Absa secures regulatory approval to acquire parts of HSBC Mauritius

Great news for African Bank customers in South Africa

Letshego Lists New Bond Series on Ghana Fixed Income Market

Absa CEO aims for retail expansion in South Africa

Investment Banking

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

CardinalStone Partners Limited Completes Acquisition of Radix Pension Managers

4 banks call it quits in South Africa in 2024

FBNQuest Asset Management Wins BAFI Award Excellence

Alternative Investments

Bosquet Investments acquires Nedbank Group’s 21.22% ETI shares

BoM: “Country’s International Reserves Reach Four-Year High, Standing at $3.9B”

South Africans hanging by a dangerous thread

South Africa: Historic step for Eskom as it rolls out renewable energy offtake programme

Pensions and policy choices

Records tumble in best year yet for South Africa’s hedge fund industry

Comment, Analysis & Research

Rising inflation, others endanger $1tn GDP plan — Afrinvest

This African country may have just gotten its first dollar billionaire

Inflation target change remains on the cards for South Africa

A notable growth in gross external reserves in July

A softer demand at the DMO’s July auction

IMF maintains cautious optimism amid persistent uncertainty

Tax

SARS has a new target in South Africa

Why Q3 is the smartest time to tackle tax debt in South Africa?

SARS announces more tax return changes for 2025

Treasury shuts door on ‘honest mistakes’ as tax penalty rules tighten

SARS is coming after these retirement funds with new laws

A marked improvement in VAT revenue

Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Contractors must prepare for South Africa’s Draft Carbon Budget and Mitigation Planning Regulations

‘Good governance key as insurance firms recapitalise’

South African banks are closing the taps

National Minimum Wage changes for South Africa are coming

PenCom warns PFAs against investing in banks’ AT1 capital

Ghana Faces Tough Choices on Jobs as World Bank Urges Policy Shift

ESG

Africa’s renewable future needs investment, not aid, UN tells global leaders

BusinessAgain, FirstBank wins Nigeria’s Best Bank for ESG at 2025 Euromoney Awards

FG attracts $791.49m CNG investments in two months – Report

Towards an African ESG framework for critical minerals: Morocco paves the way for a sovereign green transition

Ecobank commits to environmental sustainability

Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves