Author: Loni Prinsloo

Multichoice Group is looking to spend half its content investment on African shows with local actors and producers within the next two years.

Vodacom Group is mulling a bond issue and will pay a smaller proportion of its earnings in dividends as it looks to finance new growth plans.

EOH Holdings CEO Stephen van Coller is considering a sale of the IT services firm after returning the group to profitability, sources said.

Prosus expects to write off the equivalent of R11.8-billion and has asked its directors on the board of social media platform VK to resign.

Eskom is considering selling distribution assets as prospects of the government taking over about half of its R392-billion obligations dim, sources said.

Helios Investment Partners is in talks with African telecoms operators and banks about ways it can help them cash in on their mobile money and digital payments platforms.

A group of out-of-pocket bitcoin investors is pushing for criminal charges against the South African brothers who ran a suspected fraudulent cryptocurrency platform.

Prosus plans to invest further in its fast-growing online car dealership business, expanding an e-commerce empire that already includes payments, food delivery and education.

Vodacom Group may consider a separate listing of its financial services business in South Africa to unlock value.

Four-year-old South African stock exchange A2X expects to break even by 2023 as trading in the secondary listings it offers takes off.