Capitec’s non-bank fintech bet pays off: R2.7-billion

Capitec’s non-bank fintech bet pays off: R2.7-billion

Capitec’s fintech business – value-added services including prepaid airtime, data, electricity and money transfers, plus its Capitec Connect mobile service – contributed R2.7-billion to group headline earnings in the six months to 31 August, according to the group’s own breakdown. That is about three-quarters of the R3.5-billion in headline earnings from its Personal Banking business…

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Africa’s Non-Bank Capital Pools Cross  Trillion Mark

Africa’s Non-Bank Capital Pools Cross $2 Trillion Mark

Africa’s domestic capital base has reached a scale that now exceeds external financing flows over the past decade, marking a turning point in how the continent funds its growth and industrialisation, according to the Africa Finance Corporation’s (AFC) State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report 2026. The report finds that cumulative external flows to Africa totalled approximately…

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