After a devastating economic blow, dealt by the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africa is regaining GDP and clawing back fiscal position in the toughest conditions of a lifetime. In 2020’s second quarter, GDP sat at a total of R947 billion, falling from R1.147 billion in the...
With five out of seven failing within their first year, and 100% Black-owned businesses notable victims, South Africa has one of the world’s highest SME failure rates. The consequences are stark. With their higher capacity to absorb labour, and a lower average capital...
NFB’s financial advisors are, to a man and woman, industry-leading experts placed to offer independent financial advice, products and services to high worth individuals, trusts, businesses, and institutions. “We have a history of bringing shared wealth opportunities...
Established in 2012 as a specialist asset manager, Gaia focuses exclusively on facilitating the investment of long-term investor capital in infrastructure and agriculture investments in Southern Africa. “We pride ourselves on our unique engineering, project...
“We are a proudly African, integrated financial services group with compelling competitive advantages,” SBG explains, “providing banking, insurance, investment as well as non-financial complementary solutions that drive the financial wellbeing of our clients at every...
Today comprising some 5000 employees and South Africa’s third-largest insurance group, OUTsurance was launched in 1998 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI Holdings), a South African based financial services investment holding...
Established in Bloemfontein in 1918, AVBOB has grown over a century into Africa’s largest Mutual Assurance Society, with around 7000 staff providing a one-stop shop for funeral insurance and funeral service. Partly due to its relative affordability, funeral cover has...
Vodacom, the South African telco group majority owned by one of the world’s largest communications companies by revenue in Vodafone, is a leading and purpose-led African connectivity, digital and financial services company. Roots in South Africa have propelled the...
Far away places for far-sighted funds? Offshore assets have always been part of the investment armoury of the super-wealthy. But now South Africa is seeing a boom in middle-class investors looking to move money offshore for wealth diversification and a more secure...