Wealth and Asset Management

FirstCape selects FNZ as it consolidates JBWere NZ’s wealth management platform and custodian

South Africa’s hidden ultra-luxury goldmine

How South Africa’s ultra-rich protect their wealth

Check out the top 10 richest Africans and how they made their money

Joburg vs Cape Town: Africa’s wealth capitals face off

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

Executive Moves

Absa Bank Kenya appoints Mohammed Nyaoga as new Chairperson

CMC Networks Appoints Mahesh Jaishankar as MD

Diamond-rich Botswana Appoints Nigerian as Chairman of Multi-billion-dollar Sovereign Wealth Fund

EBRD appoints Dasha Dougans as first Head of Benin

David Hodnett to lead Standard Bank SA

The man tipped to be South Africa’s next chief taxman

Legal

Woolworths fraud warning

Court orders six banks to submit Sowore’s account details to IG

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

FinTech

AI to Power Seamless Banking Experiences Across Africa

How Technology Shapes Digital Adoption in Nigeria’s Banking Sector

Fidelity Bank spotlights fintech’s role in US-Africa trade

Old Mutual launches OM Bank to redefine digital banking in Africa

Dawie Roodt warns about financial scams in South Africa

DA Proposes Cyber Commissioner To Fight AI Bank Scams

Retail Banking

Jaiz Bank wins global honour as most progressive Islamic bank

EBANX launches integration with Capitec Pay, enabling open banking for cross-border e-commerce in South Africa

FirstRand takes selective approach as Africa expansion heats up

FirstRand deserves highest rating of the big four

Standard Bank named one of the World’s Most Trusted Companies by Newsweek

UBA extends N157bn rights issue deadline as recapitalisation race heats up

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

Rand flexes as money floods into South Africa

Equity Group to Become First Kenyan Bank to Expand into UAE

FG targets 25% industry share of GDP by 2035

R3 trillion in pensions under threat in South Africa, and bill to end MP medical-aid privileges

Africa Targets $50B-a-Year for Climate, Amid a History of Unmet Pledges

South Africa set to meet or beat budget-deficit goal: BNP

Comment, Analysis & Research

Economy grows 6.3% in 2nd quarter - Driven by services, industry

Cash still in huge demand in South Africa

After work hour warning for employers in South Africa

DMB credit extension slows on policy headwinds

More wealthy South Africans are buying houses in one of Europe’s small coastal countries

AfDB and the path to a truly African Bank

Tax

Retirement tax warning for South Africans

FIRS taps EFCC to enforce tax compliance

TaxTim acquired by consortium led by Twofold Capital

South African business confidence weakens as US tariffs hit exports

SA factory mood sours as Trump’s tariffs hit exports

SARS going after one group of South Africans hard

Regulation,Tax & Compliance

FG suspends controversial 4% import duty levy

Government withdraws controversial law changes in South Africa

South Africa’s biggest bank mulling its future in the UK

UBA extends rights issue deadline

New laws hiding a ‘stealth tax’ on South Africans

Bank capital requirements under 2024 business law

ESG

LAWMA targets 30% recycling rate by 2030

Calls made for stronger climate action to safeguard WASH infrastructure

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