One of South Africa’s best-known and most trusted funeral service providers, AVBOB is the largest Mutual Assurance Society in Africa, and provides specialist funeral insurance and burial services under one roof. “Our business is about people, and...
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GAIA GROUP: New Gaia Funds Accelerate Ethical Opportunities
Diversified infrastructure investment company, Gaia, is busy raising funds for important African opportunities. CIO Dr Hendrik Snyman is confident about the company’s outlook following a period of positivity, listing a new fund that is set to...
HOLLARD MOZAMBIQUE: Optimistic Outlook for Healthy Hollard
Perhaps one of the most appealing and potential-packed sectors in Africa today, the health insurance market is rife with opportunity. In 2020, 70% of all premiums were paid in South Africa, leaving the balance of an almost $70 billion spread across...
RAND MUTUAL ASSURANCE: A Constant Source of Warmth, Compassion and Care
“RMA is the warm African sunrise that welcomes warmth, comfort and care to the lives we touch,” sets out the non-profit, mutual assurance organisation owned by its policy holders. “As an organisation that is compassionate and caring, RMA goes the...
MARSH AFRICA: For Marsh, the Purpose Is Possibility
For over 150 years Marsh has grown by helping clients anticipate and meet the needs and challenges of changing times and technologies. In Africa, this has primarily been borne out in specialising in providing clients with the intellectual capital...
STANDARD LESOTHO BANK: Customer-Centric Banking with Added Cloud Convenience
Operating since 1995, Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) currently employs close to 1,000 members of staff and has a national footprint in all the districts of Lesotho via a network of 18 branches, as well as specialised units that house the Head Office,...
KAGISO TISO HOLDINGS: Driven by Impact
Leading investment holdings business, Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH) – based in Sandton – is eyeing growth after a challenging period. The economic environment of 2020 and 2021 has seen portfolio value challenged for all, but planning for the long-term...
HOLLARD MOZAMBIQUE: Securing Better Futures Through Pioneering Agri Insurance Scheme
Manica province, Mozambique – around 62,000km2 centrally located within the country, home to almost two million people – has rich agricultural opportunity. Good rainfall, mild climate, large open spaces, fertile soil, and an abundant workforce make...
PAY@: Simplifying Life for Bill Issuers and Bill Payers
In September 2021, despite rough economic conditions brought about by the Covid pandemic, Pay@ was experiencing a strong period. This South African payment aggregator and partner of bill issuers around the continent was realising revenue growth and...
iMAS FINANCE: Financial Wellness Reimagined and Rebranded
The iMasFinance offering entails its entering into agreements with supportive, progressive companies - “those wanting to invest in their greatest assets, their employees,” the business asserts - by providing financial wellness solutions:...
OMIGNAM: Meaningful Economic Contribution Through Multifaceted Approach
OMIGNAM is the largest asset manager in Namibia, where a specialist team is responsible for delivering sustainable, long-term investment returns to institutional, corporate and retail clients. A variety of solutions are on offer, ranging from core...
VISA: Innovation, Reliability and Security Drives Financial Inclusion
Since the dawn of Visa’s history in 1958, the year that Bank of America launched the first consumer credit card programme for middle-class consumers and SMEs in the U.S, innovation and growth have been two operative words that have defined its...
FNB NAMIBIA: Namibia’s Best Pioneers Sustainable Transformation
Operating throughout Africa, FNB is universally recognised as one of the most respected and most powerful brands on the continent, making available the best financial services in line with international standards. Not limited to financial services,...
UDM INTERNATIONAL: UDM Drives Culture of Success as Sales Skyrocket
“We can sell anything,” smiles Jacqui van der Riet, Managing Director of UDM International, a leading South African direct marketing business. “It’s incredible what you can sell over the telephone with the right incentive structures for your staff,...
GRAND RE: Balancing Risk Across the Continent
Reinsurance is often more commonly known as ‘insurance for insurance companies’. A vital second layer of protection, it drastically reduces the risk for major insurers of suffering dangerously high losses as a consequence of payments for large...
CIPC: Innovating and Improving to Support Enterprise and Growth
While they may not necessarily even be aware of it, every individual who has registered a company name in South Africa has been dealing with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) right from the inception of the nascent business....
CURO FUND SERVICES: Future-Focussed Finance Digitisation
A proudly South African, multifaceted and fine-tuned solution provider, at its core Curo sets out to provide administration services that cover the entire lifecycle of an investment. Two overarching ideas have guided Curo in its ascent to the top...
DBSA: Igniting Sustainable Development and Transformative Change
“Our purpose,” explains the DBSA, “is to build Africa’s prosperity by driving inclusive growth and securing innovative solutions that drive socio-economic development in emerging economies in sub-Saharan Africa.” The company fulfils this...