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African Bank has officially announced musician, athlete, and philanthropist, Kabelo Mabalane as the brand ambassador for the African Bank Soweto Marathon 2025 (ABSM 2025). The announcement was made during an energetic internal launch event at the Bank’s headquarters, where hundreds of staff members gathered to celebrate the reveal of the ambassador for the race. This…

Standard Bank, the biggest bank in Africa by assets, recently announced that its Angola subsidiary, Standard Bank Angola, has obtained approval to open a correspondent account with J.P. Morgan, the biggest bank in the world by market capitalisation. This seminal approval marks Angola’s reintegration into the global financial system with correspondent accounts in US Dollar…

FNB continues to improve access to affordable housing for low- to middle-income South Africans, amid rising property prices and economic challenges. The bank approved R3.3 billion in affordable housing home loans over the last 12 months, putting close to 6 000 families earning less than R34, 000 into homes. Moreover, the bank supported customers with an integrated Financial…

There is an unmistakable connection between urbanisation, population growth and waste management. As urbanisation propels, more people find themselves relocating to urban areas to adjust to changing lifestyle habits and workplace demands. Research shows that more than 700 million people already live in African urban areas, with this number expected to double to 1.4 billion by 2050 –…

South Africa’s tavern sector,  worth an estimated R40 billion to R60 billion a year and comprising more than 34,000 licensed tavern owners, plays a central role in township economies and community life. But technology adoption has lagged in this sector, with most taverns still operating on cash transactions and basic recordkeeping. Fintech solutions are helping to change that…