South Africa: How to Inflation-Proof Your Inheritance and Make It Last With Alternative Investments

Here are three more profitable alternatives to keeping your inheritance in the bank. Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Eye $30bn for Water Crisis At High-Level Talks in Cape Town

Summits, meetings, panels and other talk shops are all good and well, but without concrete action, Africa's water crisis will persist, continuing to leave millions without access… Read more »

South Africa: For SA Investors - Earn an 11 Percent USD Return With Private Credit

Everyday South African investors have long faced the same frustrating challenge -- how do you earn a solid return in hard currency without taking on outsized risk or tying up your… Read more »

South Africa: Investing in 2025 - Prepare for Change, Embrace Disruption

"With rising geopolitical risks and continued global economic volatility in 2025, it is important to maintain resilient portfolios that can withstand economic shocks and limit… Read more »

South Africa: A Positive Shift in Investment Sentiment

Notable industry shifts seen at Investec CEO Conference. Read more »

Africa: Countries Are Pledging Money They Don't Control At COP29

Over the next two weeks, nearly 200 countries participating in United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan will negotiate a new, possibly multi-trillion-dollar annual finance goal… Read more »

South Africa: Keep These Three Principles in Mind to Secure Optimal Investment Returns

Sound financial advice for those investors worried about market volatility. Read more »

Southern Africa: JSE Investment Challenge - Persistence Pays Off for June Winners

The June winners of the JSE Investment Challenge 2024 included a few familiar faces, proving consistency pays off. Read more »

South Africa: JSE Investment Challenge 2024 - The Early Bird Gets the Worm!

Four Grade 11 pupils at Kingfisher Private School in Limpopo are diving headfirst into the world of finance, with Team Wall Street Wizards gearing up to conquer the JSE Investment… Read more »

South Africa: Investment As Gambling - Financial Nihilism and the Rise of Meme Stocks

Many young people have lost faith and are turning, with alarming recklessness, to increasingly risky financial behaviour. Read more »

South Africa: Diversifying and Investing Offshore Can Help Protect Investments

There will be times when the local market will do better than the US and times when the rand will strengthen against the dollar, so do not just chase last year's winner. Read more »

East Africa: Standard Bank Ponders U.S.$120 Million Investment in East African Pipeline While Awaiting Clarifications

Standard Bank, one of Africa's biggest banks, has been under fire for its potential involvement in the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline project. The bank says the… Read more »

South Africa: UK Trade Envoy Says Blackouts Are Powering Foreign Investment in Renewables

Britain is seeking to expand its already large renewable energy footprint in SA, says UK trade envoy for South Africa, Andrew Selous. Read more »

South Africa: New Investment Pledges Boost Just Energy Transition Funding Pool to $11.8 Billion

Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain have joined the group of countries who are partially financing South Africa's Just Energy Transition. Read more »

South Africa: Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Shrink to Almost Nothing in Q1 - Reserve Bank

Foreign direct investment inflows to South Africa shrank to almost nothing in the first quarter of 2023, while the outflow of portfolio investments picked up pace, the central bank… Read more »