News #Standard Bank

South African retailer Pepkor Holdings is to merge its fintech subsidiary Flash with payments platform Shop2Shop, creating a merchant commerce and financial technology company that it plans to list separately

Telecoms giant MTN Group retained its position as the country’s most valuable brand for a 13th consecutive year, with a valuation of roughly $2.7 billion.

littlefish, the South African startup building financial infrastructure for small businesses, has raised a $9.5 million Series A round to scale its merchant operating system