F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Online lender Rainfin sells majority stake in business to bankroll new R1bn fund
SA online lending platform RainFin has effectively sold its business to its current BEE shareholders, the LeBashe Investment Group. The deal, announced last week on the lender’s blog, will enable Rainfin to…
Banks are ‘stuck in the past’ — Yiba defiantly enters African credit market
The peer-to-peer (P2P) lending space in South Africa is heating up. A Johannesburg-based startup called Yiba, an acronym for “You’re Invited Banks Aren’t”, is…
