For most South Africans, using a bank to send or receive international payments is simply the default. Yet for those...
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African-focused startups are on track for a record fundraising year after investments surged in the first six months, according to...
South African authorities are focused on hitting budget targets rather than pleasing credit-rating firms, according to the government’s top finance...
You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. Sarb governor Lesetja Kganyago unpacks South Africa’s growth outlook, reform agenda...
Africa must stop being a spectator – Phuthuma Nhleko Watch the corporate heavyweight, former MTN boss, and author of...
South Africa will hire advisers in the coming weeks to begin negotiations with lenders on a plan to spin off...
A South African government delegation received “firm commitments” from Chinese companies to help realise more than 100 gigawatts of new...
Six Saudi oil tankers are sailing away from the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint and appeared to be embarking on an unusual...
Value shopping drives South Africa retail growth Professor Deon Tustin, CEO of the Bureau of Market Research, unpacks how...
Moving money to or from South Africa should be a seamless process. Yet many South Africans who rely on their...
The World Bank has once again put Africa’s infrastructure challenge in the spotlight through its ambition to help give 300...
Aspen Pharmacare has secured the rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise an experimental once-monthly HIV prevention pill for 129 low-...
South Africa plans to tap private investors to tackle the country’s water crisis by developing blended-finance projects and accelerating a...
A key South Africa fund plans to raise as much as R10 billion ($609 million) in venture capital to help...
One may not expect thousands to flock each winter to Lesotho but for many ski enthusiasts from across southern Africa, the small, landlocked...
The three major credit rating agencies – Moody’s, S&P Global and Fitch – have often differed among themselves when rating...
There has been a surge in the number of South Africans returning to SA from the UK in the years...
Amazon, which was founded by Jeff Bezos, said that it would partner with South African internet provider Herotel to launch a...
Running a business in South Africa has become increasingly difficult. The challenges range from the economic after-effects of the COVID-19...
The likely impact of the expected El Niño on South Africa’s agriculture and food prices in 2027 is a major...
An explosion on power lines that feed a key water-pumping hub risks cutting supply to parts of South Africa’s commercial...
South Africa plans to increase its strategic oil reserves for the first time since the apartheid government stockpiled crude, adding...