South Africa: Ramaphosa Rebuffs Trump's Threat to Bar South Africa From G20

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to exclude Pretoria from next year's G20 summit, saying South Africa remains a founding and… Read more »

South Africa: South African Academy Gets Funding to Digitize Savings Communities

Stokvel Academy, a South African social enterprise focused on strengthening stokvels through financial education and governance training, has received funding from E Squared… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Plentify Raises Series a to Expand Smart-Energy Tech

South African electrotech startup Plentify has raised an undisclosed Series A round to expand into the U.K., Australia, and Brazil, markets facing growing renewable-energy… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Maxwell+Spark Gets $15m for Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

South African-founded green-tech firm maxwell+spark has closed a $15 million Series B round to speed up the rollout of its lithium-ion battery systems across industrial logistics.… Read more »

South Africa: JSE Lists Two New Exchange Traded Funds From Ninety One

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has listed two new actively managed exchange-traded funds (AMETFs) from Ninety One: the Ninety One Diversified Income Prescient Feeder AMETF… Read more »

South Africa: JSE Lists Oribi Global Growth Prescient Actively Managed ETF

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has listed the ORBIGG - the Oribi Global Growth Prescient AMETF - on its Main Board. Read more »

South Africa: Cell C Targets JSE Listing Via $450m Private Placement

Cell C, South Africa's third-largest mobile operator, plans to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) through a private placement of shares currently held by The Prepaid… Read more »

Africa: Optasia Raises $345m in South Africa's Largest Fintech IPO

Dubai-based fintech group Optasia officially listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Tuesday, November 4, after a R6.5 billion ($345 million) initial public offering… Read more »

Africa: Coca-Cola Hbc to Acquire 75 Percent Stake in Africa Unit for $2.6b

Coca-Cola HBC has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) from The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments for $2.6 billion The transaction,… Read more »

South Africa: Prescient Launches Balanced Feeder Active Etf On JSE

Prescient Investment Management has launched the Prescient Balanced Feeder AMETF (PBLNCD) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) The fund, which complies with Regulation 28 of… Read more »

Uganda: Absa to Acquire Standard Chartered's Retail, Wealth Business in Uganda

Standard Chartered has agreed to sell its retail and wealth management operations in Uganda to South Africa's Absa Group for an undisclosed amount The transaction forms part of… Read more »

South Africa: Street Wallet Acquires Digitip to Offer E-Payments to Informal Workers

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South Africa: South Africa's Contactable Gets $13.5m to Scale Digital ID Platform

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South Africa: South Africa's Redimension Closes $14m Proptech, Sustainability Fund

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South Africa: Street Wallet Gets $350k to Digitize Payments in SA's Informal Economy

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South Africa: Flood Raises $2.5m to Power Superapp Infra in Emerging Markets

South African startup Flood has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to scale its "SuperApp-as-a-Service" platform, designed to digitize offline retail in emerging markets The… Read more »

South Africa: Johannesburg Stock Exchange Weighs 24-Hour Trading Amid Global Shift

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South Africa: Ecobank Group Reports 46 Percent Jump in Q2 Pre-Tax Profit

Pan-African lender Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (BRVM: ETIT, GSE: ETI, NGX: ETI) reported a 45.86% year-on-year rise in pre-tax profit The result reflects broad-based growth… Read more »

South Africa: Aiim Sells Stakes in Three South African Renewable Projects for $41.8m

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Africa: Nigeria's Bamboo Launches in South Africa, Offers Access to Us Stocks

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South Africa: SA-Founded Cerebrium Raises $8.5m for Serverless Ai Infrastructure

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South Africa: Stitch Acquires Efficacy Payments to Offer Direct Card Acquiring

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South Africa: South Africa's Nedbank Considers Selling Stake in Ecobank Group

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