South Africa

South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent, marked by several distinct ecosystems. Inland safari destination Kruger National Park is populated by big game. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-topped Table Mountain.

Pharmacies Drive More Retail Innovation
Pharmacies Drive More Retail Innovation
August 26, 2019  |  Retail

Pretty much everyone needs medicine at one or another, and that need is helping to drive retail innovation and attempts at disruption in the pharmacy...

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Sureswipe Acquisition Aims To Cash In On Card Machine Growth
Sureswipe Acquisition Aims To Cash In On Card Machine Growth
May 29, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

A group of investors has acquired Sureswipe, a South African payments company, for an undisclosed amount. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Massmart Slashes EPS Forecast, Names Walmart Exec As CEO
Massmart Slashes EPS Forecast, Names Walmart Exec As CEO
May 23, 2019  |  Earnings

With consumers reigning in spending in South Africa, retailer Massmart cuts its earnings per share forecast for the first half of the year and named...

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Naspers To Create, List New Internet Company To House Tencent Stake
Naspers To Create, List New Internet Company To House Tencent Stake
March 25, 2019  |  Investments

Naspers, the South African company, is gearing up to spin off and list its Amsterdam internet assets in a new group that will include all of...

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PwC Probe Uncovers $7.4B Steinhoff Accounting Fraud
PwC Probe Uncovers $7.4B Steinhoff Accounting Fraud
March 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

According to Reuters, in what the publication described as the largest corporate scandal in South Africa, corporate auditing firm PwC has uncovered a $7.4 billion accounting...

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Sasfin And Hello Paisa Team Up For South African Banking Venture
Sasfin And Hello Paisa Team Up For South African Banking Venture
March 06, 2019  |  Financial Inclusion

Two South African FinTech companies, Sasfin, a banking group, and Hello Paisa, a money transfer startup, are teaming up to start a bank with a...

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ATMs For Medicine? That’s One Way Pharmacies Are Going Digital
ATMs For Medicine? That’s One Way Pharmacies Are Going Digital
March 04, 2019  |  Healthcare

Pharmacies and the delivery of prescription medication are both undergoing significant change, and much of the credit for that can be directly or indirectly attributed...

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Industry 4.0 Pulls South Africa’s SMB Banking Sector Into The Technology Mix
Industry 4.0 Pulls South Africa’s SMB Banking Sector Into The Technology Mix
February 27, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The South African economy has struggled in the last decade. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth has failed to surpass 4 percent, with unemployment hovering above...

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Global Leaders Want Global Oversight Of Big Tech
Global Leaders Want Global Oversight Of Big Tech
January 24, 2019  |  Regulation

World leaders from countries including Japan, South Africa, China, and Germany said there should be global oversight of the technology industry, underscoring the interest internationally...

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