Despite recent signs of improvement in the overall economy in Africa’s largest economy, reality is that South Africa’s fiscal landscape is strained, with national government gross debt projected at R6.09…
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The Africa Digital Assets Report 2025, published by Absa Corporate and Investment Banking, is a timely analysis aligning with Africa’s current financial evolution. The benchmark study, the first of it’s…
In this episode of “No Free Lunch, host Greg Stewart engages with Garth Klintworth, the Chief Representative Officer for ABSA’s New York office, to explore the dynamics of African capital…
This Special Budget Speech Episode of No Free Lunch features Ricardo Smith, where he discusses the South African medium-term budget speech and its implications for South Africa’s economy: Host Greg…
New Funding Set to Boost Access to Funding For SME’s via FNB The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $310 million financial package…
Business News Today Data Releases Raises Doubts on SA’s Economy Yesterday saw a string of data releases in South Africa (SA) with the SA Reserve bank releasing it’s quarterly bulletin…
In the evolving landscape of Africa’s digital economy, cryptocurrencies have emerged as a boost for financial transactions with major currency restrictions and often shortfalls hindering payments, crypto products are providing…
The reports on the US potentially removing South Africa from the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) system emerged prominently in late August 2025, amid escalating US-South Africa tensions…
In this episode of Business Chat on BizTech Africa, host Greg Stewart chats with Michele Jennings, CE of Glu, a division of the Provident Society PPS. Our discussion covers the…
The Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest lender by assets, operates in 20 sub-Saharan African countries, four global financial centres, and two offshore hubs, totalling 26 countries of operation. With such…
