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| Jun 11, 2026 | Old Mutual Private Equity, Gulf Capital clock exits | Credit: 123RF.com
Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE), which is part of South Africa’s financial services group Old Mutual, and global PE major The Carlyle Group have exited a portfolio company that they invested in more than a decade ago.
The... |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Heavyweights backing ZARU, a new rand-based stablecoin | A partnership between four South African financial institutions has led to the launch of an “institutional-grade” stablecoin pegged to the rand.
Dubbed ZAR Universal, or ZARU, the stablecoin will made available to both retail consumers and ... |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Cell C announces JSE listing | Cell C Holdings has announced its intention to list on the JSE, a move the mobile operator said will streamline its balance sheet, elevate its brand and support its next phase of growth.
The listing announcement, which had been expected, sa... |
| Oct 28, 2025 | The Free State mielie fields now powering corporate South Africa | Sola Group on Tuesday launched the 195 megawatt-peak (MWp) Springbok solar power project in Virginia in the Free State.
The renewable energy company said the pioneering flexible multi-buyer platform allows South African corporate buyers to ... |
| Oct 12, 2025 | Revolut gears up to disrupt South African banking | The South African banking sector is poised for further disruption as one of the world’s largest digital banks, Revolut, prepares to enter the local market.
The London-headquartered fintech Revolut is driving an expansion into emerging marke... |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Twofold Capital leads buyout of SA tax tech pioneer TaxTim | Digital tax assistant TaxTim has been acquired by a private consortium led by Twofold Capital. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
It said in a statement on Monday that the consortium, which includes Stellenbosch-based technology group Oc... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Paymentology Launches PayoCard to Expand Mobile-First Access to Card Services Across South Africa | Share this:
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| Apr 23, 2025 | South Africa's Mobile Landscape: A Tale of Two Giants | In the heart of Africa, South Africa stands as a beacon of mobile connectivity. The nation is climbing the global mobile rankings, fueled by its robust 4G infrastructure. Meanwhile, Capitec Bank is making waves in the mobile virtual network... |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Capitec is winning big in mobile | Capitec Bank’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), which recently slashed its prices, is performing strongly, the company’s latest financial results show.
Capitec published its annual results for the year to end-February 2025 on Wednesd... |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Capitec Connect announces aggressive price cuts | Capitec Connect head Dalene Steyn
Capitec Bank’s mobile brand, Capitec Connect, has slashed the price of data bundles across the board.
According to a statement on Friday, the price cuts were influenced by a poll Capitec conducted among its... |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Afrihost AirMobile wins in MVNO data pricing showdown | TechCentral wanted to find out which of South Africa’s 20 mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) is the best, but deciding what metric to use to determine supremacy in this burgeoning sector is difficult, especially since differentiation ... |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Petra Diamonds: Navigating Challenges with Resilience and Innovation | Petra Diamonds Limited has unveiled its audited results for the fiscal year 2024, revealing a company that is both resilient and adaptive in a challenging market. The diamond industry, much like a turbulent sea, has faced waves of fluctuati... |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Discovery Bank expected to turn profitable in 2025 | Discovery’s head office in Sandton. Image: Boogertman and Partners
Financial services group Discovery expects its digital banking business to become profitable in 2025 after narrowing losses in the past year and reaching a target of a milli... |
| Jul 5, 2024 | 20% of YOUR taxes pay for government debt, not public services | Government is using taxes for debt crisis. Images by Freepik
Of all the tax collected in South Africa, the government allocates 20% towards interest payments on its R5.2 trillion debt. As debt-servicing costs rise, there is less money avail... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Old Mutual Investment Group Wins Two Awards at The European Global Banking & Finance Awards 2024 | Old Mutual Investment Group LONDON, UK, June 20, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The European Magazine continues to acknowledge businesses that enable and boost the economy in a variety of sectors, such as Technology, Foreign Direct Investment, ... |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Understanding SASSA’s Role in Social Welfare | Share
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In South Africa, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) plays a pivotal role in the social welfare system, providing essential financial support to millions of vulnerable citizens. This guide aims to ... |
| May 14, 2024 | The rand is surging ahead of South Africa’s pivotal election | The rand has erased the year’s losses and South Africa’s benchmark stock index closed at the highest level in more than nine months as investors positioned for a market-friendly outcome in the 29 May election.
The currency is one of only th... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | SC Ventures and NEXT176 partner up to launch financial wealth platform | Standard Chartered’s investment ventures arm, SC Ventures has joined forced with building and investment arm of Pan-African financial services group Old Mutual, NEXT176, to roll out a financial wellness platform.
The move will combine SC Ve... |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Octotel changes hands | A consortium led by Old Mutual’s African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), an infrastructure-focused private equity fund manager, has signed a deal to acquire Western Cape fibre network operator Octotel.
The consortium is acquiring... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Old Mutual faces reputational crisis amid policy switch demands | Old mutual in stir on social media for non payment to customers. Image: Old Mutual/X
Old Mutual is facing a social media uproar, with users urging consumers to switch their policies to other providers. This comes after Old Mutual refused to... |
| Aug 2, 2023 | Cash strapped? We rank the MOST affordable banks in South Africa | We rank the most affordable banks in South Africa. Picture: File.
We recently broke down the services fees of the 10 cheapest banks in South Africa. Now, we’re going to take an overview of these same entry-level accounts to find the most af... |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Tax 101: Reduce your contribution with tax-free savings accounts | Everything you need to know about tax-free savings accounts. Picture: File.
The 2023 filing season has been in full swing since July 7 and runs till 23 October 2023 for individual taxpayers. Tax-free savings accounts are the easiest and mos... |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Old Mutual shifts entire IT infrastructure to AWS | Financial services giant Old Mutual has moved its entire IT infrastructure to the cloud and closed its on-premises data centre facilities, becoming one of the first South African companies of its size to do so.
The move, to Amazon Web Servi... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | SA vaccine incentives now include a 10% discount again, and various big-cash draws | (Getty)
Game has reintroduced its 10% discount for vaccinated people, amid renewed worries about a fourth wave.
Various big-cash draws from banks and life insurers are still running too.
A government-backed draw of R100,000 is automatic for... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | Sapiens International N : Integration of Sapiens ReinsuranceMaster aims to streamline, simplify and enable more efficient, less manual management of Old Mutual Insure's complex reinsurance contracts (Form 6-K) | Integration of Sapiens ReinsuranceMaster aims to streamline, simplify and enable more
efficient, less manual management of Old Mutual Insure's complex reinsurance contracts
September 13, 2021 -- Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | Old Mutual Insure, South Africa's Oldest Non-Life Insurer, Selects Sapiens to Automate and Streamline its Reinsurance Processes
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| Sep 13, 2021 | Sapiens International N : Old Mutual Insure, South Africa's Oldest Non-Life Insurer, Selects Sapiens to Automate and Streamline its Reinsurance Processes | HOLON, Israel, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the integration of Sapiens ReinsuranceM... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Old Mutual : United Nations Global Compact communication of progress 2020 | UNGC COP
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| May 14, 2021 | Local SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000 each | Old Mutual has launched a competition to help local SMEs get back on their feet. Ten SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000 each to kickstart their business’s growth.
Ten SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000 each to kickstart their... |
| May 14, 2021 | Local SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000 each | Old Mutual has launched a competition to help local SMEs get back on their feet. Ten SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000 each to kickstart their business’s growth.
Ten SMEs stand the chance of winning R100 000 each to kickstart their ... |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Old Mutual sees profit drop as it raises provision by $260.50 million | Old Mutual said it expected adjusted headline earnings per share between 55 cents and 64.9 cents for the year ended Dec. 31, compared with 209.3 cents in 2019.
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| Nov 19, 2020 | Free digital management tool for SA SMEs launches | 22seven Business, a free digital business management tool that will assist small businesses in SA to operate more efficiently through financial management has officially launched.
It is an extension of the 22seven money management app whic... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Free digital management tool for SA SMEs launches | 22seven Business, a free digital business management tool that will assist small businesses in SA to operate more efficiently through financial management has officially launched.
It is an extension of the 22seven money management app which... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Coronaviorus: Old Mutual Offers R10,000 Free Life Cover to all SA Healthcare Workers | Old Mutual
Old Mutual today announced that it is making R4 billion worth of cover available to approximately 430 000 registered healthcare workers across South Africa.
This implies that every single one of South Africa’s registered healthca... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Coronaviorus: Old Mutual Offers R10,000 Free Life Cover to all SA Healthcare Workers | Old Mutual |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Here are seven SA insurtechs that insurance companies are working with | Insurance technology is big money in South Africa, with several local insurtechs having together raised tens of millions of rands in investment of late, to develop new models that aim to disrupt the traditional insurance industry.
Wins by t... |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Here are seven SA insurtechs that insurance companies are working with | Insurance technology is big money in South Africa, with several local insurtechs having together raised tens of millions of rands in investment of late, to develop new models that aim to disrupt the traditional insurance industry.
Wins by ... |
| Sep 5, 2018 | Old Mutual in digital transformation offensive | Vuyo Mpako, chief digital and data officer at Old Mutual.
SA-based financial services group, Old Mutual, is looking to unleash several digital technologies this year.
The company recently partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring a ... |
| Jul 22, 2018 | Here are 10 South African apps that will make your life easier | Photo by S3studio/Getty Images
Feel like there aren't enough hours in the day? Business Insider South Africa has compiled a list of SA-based apps that could help to make your life easier.Prim-U
Prim-U offers an Uber-like service for those w... |
| Jun 25, 2018 | Old Mutual wealth management arm Quilter lists in London with valuation of £2.8bn | |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, December 8 | CHINA INVESTMENT OUTLOOK
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| Aug 18, 2017 | Work with startups or become redundant says Startupbootcamp InsurTech head | If insurers don’t embrace startups they could find themselves in trouble cautions Startupbootcamp InsurTech global managing director Sabine VanderLinden.
VanderLinden (pictured above, centre) was speaking at a networking event held last nig... |
| Aug 18, 2017 | Work with startups or become redundant says Startupbootcamp InsurTech head | If insurers don’t embrace startups they could find themselves in trouble cautions Startupbootcamp InsurTech global managing director Sabine VanderLinden.
VanderLinden (pictured above, centre) was speaking at a networking event held last ni... |
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| Feb 2, 2011 | Cognician: A thought is a terrible thing to waste | The mind is the greatest tool available to man and thoughts and ideas are its most profound expression. One idea could change the entire human race if managed properly. However, a great idea is useless unless you do something with it, and m... |
| Feb 2, 2011 | Cognician: A thought is a terrible thing to waste | The mind is the greatest tool available to man and thoughts and ideas are its most profound expression. One idea could change the entire human race if managed properly. However, a great idea is useless unless you do something with it, and m... |
