JSE-listed fintech group Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSAK; JSE: LSK) is consolidating its merchant-focused businesses under the name of Lesaka. The new brand signals how Lesaka has brought together leading fintech companies into a single platform that mirrors how merchants run their businesses. The move follows Lesaka acquiring the Connect Group in 2021 and Adumo…
The short answer? Around the middle of the year. While many businesses only start thinking about corporate gifts in the final few months before the holidays, that’s often when product choices become limited, production schedules tighten and unnecessary compromises creep in. The strongest year-end gifting campaigns don’t begin with a last-minute product search. They begin…
CEM Africa, Africa’s leading customer experience conference, has announced three internationally respected speakers who will take to the stage at CEM Africa 2026, taking place from 18 – 20 August 2026 in Cape Town. Bringing together senior leaders from customer experience, marketing, digital transformation, retail, customer service and business strategy, CEM Africa continues to attract…
Richard Okello, co-founder of African investment firm Sango Capital, sees strong potential across a variety of sectors. Okello is particularly keen on African retail. “The transformation from unorganised retail to organised retail is underway,” he notes. One of Sango’s standout investments has been Sundry Markets, the parent company of Marketsquare, a Nigerian supermarket chain founded…
South Africa’s entrepreneurship ecosystem falls behind, according to the 2026 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) National Expert Special Report. South Africa has no shortage of entrepreneurs, but their ability to turn promising ideas into sustainable, job-creating businesses is let down by a weak support ecosystem that ranks 7th lowest globally. The 2026 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) National Expert…
When South Africans prepare to emigrate, the focus is usually on the visible milestones: securing visas, booking flights, choosing schools and packing up a home. Yet one of the most important parts of the journey is often left until the last minute: planning your financial emigration. For anyone considering financial emigration in South Africa, knowing…
Consult Financial Adviser Juan Gebhardt believes you can, but that it takes patience, consistency and a “millionaire mindset”. While the old quiz show might have been called, “Who wants to be a millionaire?”, the question arguably would have been better posed as, “Who doesn’t want to be a millionaire?” Because – aside from a handful…
Scaling a business isn’t always about strategy or funding. Discover the five hidden leadership barriers that prevent founders from achieving sustainable growth. There comes a point in almost every founder’s journey where the challenge is no longer finding customers, generating revenue or refining the product. The business has proven itself. It has survived the uncertainty…
By the middle of the year, many South Africans are experiencing mid-year fatigue. You may even have found yourself saying, “I’m tired, but I don’t know why.” Following conversations with people across different industries and life stages, I’ve realised this is a different kind of exhaustion. It’s not necessarily burnout or a major crisis, but…
Five entrepreneurs tapping into Africa’s agribusiness potential, from farming chickens in Rwanda and growing moringa in Uganda to exporting dried hibiscus flowers from Nigeria. 1. Nigerian creates business exporting avocados and chillies from Rwanda to European supermarkets Nigerian-born Seun Rasheed was working for oil giant Shell in Qatar when a holiday to Rwanda set him…
