Pepkor builds R21-billion fintech giant

Pepkor builds R21-billion fintech giant

Pepkor CEO Pieter Erasmus Pepkor is merging its Flash business with Shop2Shop to create one of South Africa’s largest fintech platforms focused on the informal economy. It’s a combination valued at R21.3-billion that the retail group plans to list separately in the medium term. The JSE-listed group said on Wednesday it will take a 57.1%…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – July 22, 2026

Africa: All of Africa Today – July 22, 2026

  Ghana Opposition Slams 20-Year Illegal Mining Sentence Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned the conviction of its Ashanti regional chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as “Chairman Wontumi”, after he was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for illegal mining offences. Boasiako has been convicted of granting mineral rights without…

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COJ squabbles with Action SA over call centre outage

COJ squabbles with Action SA over call centre outage

The City of Johannesburg’s call centre was only down ‘temporarily’. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Freepic, Pexels & Wikimedia Commons.) Action SA has lambasted the City of Johannesburg after its call centre went offline, saying this is “deeply concerning and wholly unacceptable” while criticising the city’s financial management and investment in critical infrastructure. The city, in…

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