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Sanlam’s New Business Slips as Clients Shift Products and Distribution Resets Bite

Long-term capital formation remains the decisive variable. Large-scale mining requires stable exchange rate policy, predictable foreign currency retention thresholds and enforceable contract framework

Mar 12, 2026
Companies
Nestle Scale-Up Fuels Axia's Stellar Half-Year Growth

Axia Corporation has delivered a robust half-year performance amid regional economic headwinds, with standout revenue surges across several key subsidiaries highlighting resilience in consumer goods a

 Mar 11, 2026
Companies
Kavango Raises $8 Mn Across Two Exchanges: Nara Dispute Has Not Slowed It

Kavango Resources has completed what is, by some distance, its largest capital raise to date, $8.4 million drawn simultaneously from investors in London and on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange accord

 Mar 11, 2026
Zimbabwe
Choppies Profits Squeezed as Botswana's Diamond Curse Hits Checkout Till

Yet beneath the earnings pressure, the cash story reads differently. Free cash flow is expected to surge between 118% and 128% to between BWP 116 million and BWP 121 million, up from BWP 53 million in

 Mar 11, 2026
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Sun International Cautions Strong Earnings Jump as Digital Surge Offsets Land-Based Pressures

The collapse of the proposed R7.3 billion acquisition of Peermont, a rival casino group, after regulatory delays, has also freed up capital. Bengtsson has signalled the group will reassess its capital

 Mar 09, 2026
Companies
Santam Steps onto the World Stage with Lloyd's Syndicate 1918

Lloyd's of London is a marketplace, a centuries-old institution where syndicates of underwriters come together to insure risks that are often too large, too complex, or too specialised for conventiona

 Mar 09, 2026
Companies
Standard Chartered Bank Zambia repositions as transition completes

Long-term capital formation remains the decisive variable. Large-scale mining requires stable exchange rate policy, predictable foreign currency retention thresholds and enforceable contract framework

 Mar 09, 2026
Dot Com Zambia Posts 94% Profit Growth

The Zambian context for Dot Com Zambia's growth is compelling. The government's drive to digitise revenue collection at every level of the public sector, road tolls, municipal levies, utility payments

Mar 09, 2026
The Billion-Dollar Revenue: Zimplats Is Already Halfway

Zimbabwe's platinum giant Zimplats Holdings Limited has posted the most striking half-year financial transformation, turning what was barely a rounding error in profit twelve months ago into a war che

Mar 06, 2026
Liquor Supplies Uncorks Tigere's Top Turnover Rental Spot, Signalling Sector-Wide Spirits Boom

Long-term capital formation remains the decisive variable. Large-scale mining requires stable exchange rate policy, predictable foreign currency retention thresholds and enforceable contract framework

Mar 06, 2026
Botswana drags Africa's biggest bank's performance

Long-term capital formation remains the decisive variable. Large-scale mining requires stable exchange rate policy, predictable foreign currency retention thresholds and enforceable contract framework

Mar 05, 2026

How Government Brought OK Zimbabwe to Its Knees: And Reformed Later

When OK Zimbabwe, the country's largest listed supermarket chain and a retail institution founded in 1953, filed for corporate rescue on 24 February 2026, it did not come as a shock to those who had

Mar 05, 2026

Tigere Targets US$100m Net Asset Value for FY 26, Sets Sights on US$200m by 2028

Tigere Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), a leading Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed entity, has projected a 100% growth in Net Asset Value (NAV) to US$100 million in full year 2026 from US$50 million

Mar 05, 2026

A Disputed Claim in a Country Full of Them: Zimbabwe's Gold Rush and Risks Investors Are Taking

Kavango Resources is pursuing all available legal avenues against Simon John Bowman and his operating company Romjack Mining Limited after the seller defaulted on the agreed terms of a Call Option Ag

Mar 05, 2026

Profit Triples, Wallets Shrink, Borrowings Surge: The Three Stories Inside InnBucks' Six Months

InnBucks MicroBank Limited has delivered half-year results for the six months ended 31 December 2025 that, at first reading, appear remarkable. Profit nearly tripled to ZWG 99.5 million from ZWG 33

Mar 04, 2026

Nedbank Hits Historic 8 Million Client Milestone in 2025, Eyes 66% Stake in NCBA Group

Nedbank Group, one of South Africa's four major banks, has achieved a historic milestone by reaching 8 million clients for the first time in its nearly 140-year history according to the latest circula

Mar 03, 2026

Nestlé Begins SA Retrenchments Amid Global 16,000-Job Cut

Nestlé’s global , the world's largest food and beverage company’s restructuring programme has reached South Africa, with the group initiating retrenchment consultations affecting more than 400 employe

Mar 02, 2026

Zimplats Profit Soars 3,376% in HY26, Set for Third US$1bn Revenue

Zimplats Holdings Limited, Zimbabwe's largest platinum producer, has recorded a 3,376% increase in profit after tax to US$143.7 million from US$4.1 million in the comparative period, according to the

Feb 27, 2026

Simbisa Brands to Open 31 New Stores, Reports 78% Surge in Profit in HY 26

Simbisa Brands Limited, the quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), plans to open 31 new stores over the next six months according to the short form an

Feb 26, 2026