While the buy-to-let residential market may be languishing in the doldrums, Africrest and its innovative ‘Built-to-Rent’ model is thriving and over the last five years work has barely ceased for even a second. Beginning with an office conversion in...
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...
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...
Holistic property development is so much more than constructing a building, cutting a ribbon, and moving on to the next project. A mix of skills and expertise required, and the physical construction is just one ingredient in a larger and much more...
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...
Mozambique remains one of southern Africa’s most important economies – a conduit to global markets for its landlocked neighbours. Internally, a population of more than 31 million enjoy arable land, rich mineral resources, and burgeoning natural gas...
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:...
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...
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...
At the close of 2020, as South Africa finally began to settle into lockdown level 1, the property sector, and particularly the residential side, was feeling strangely buoyant. Yes, a renewed sense of optimism was beginning to pervade the air, with...
Logistics and warehousing real-estate has emerged as a high growth sector across the African continent with investor appetite for industrial stock across, attracted to the sector’s strong income profile and positive market fundamentals such as...
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...
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,...
Established by the Companies Act 2008, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is a vital agency of the Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa, coming into effect in May 2011. A dual office integral to the registration of companies, co-operatives, and intellectual property rights, CIPC seamlessly transitioned to not only maintain but improve standards and turnaround times as the pandemic took hold, with a policy of ceaseless innovation at the core of its efficacy.
WHY REAL ESTATE? According to Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson group, few industries can beat property for ease of access and earning potential. In every economic climate, in times of high interest rates and times of low interest rates, there will...
Stark facts still detract from successes in the South African economy. There are fantastic examples of world-leading organisations that realise monumental accomplishments that are not just financial, but the country is the most unequal in the world...
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...
In the listed property sector, and the busy property management industry in South Africa, there has been a shift in recent years as technology advances have changed expectations for clients, and transformation and revolution have created new...