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    Home»Sections»Investment»Naspers logs 11% rise in first-half profit

    Naspers logs 11% rise in first-half profit

    Investment By Promit Mukherjee22 November 2021
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    Naspers and Prosus CEO Bob van Dijk

    South African technology investor Naspers said on Monday its first-half profit climbed 11%, driven by a large contribution from Chinese Internet giant Tencent in which it indirectly holds a 29% stake.

    Its core headline earnings per share, which strips out gains or losses from non-operational items, stood at $4.16, versus the $3.76/share posted a year earlier.

    Naspers, Africa’s biggest company by market capitalisation, has parked all its international assets, including its Tencent stake, in its Amsterdam-listed subsidiary Prosus, in which it holds a 57% stake.

    Its e-commerce portfolio excluding Tencent started showing signs of rapid growth from last year

    Naspers, through Prosus, has investments spread across a multitude of online businesses including classified ads, food delivery, payments and education in countries from Brazil to India to China as well as in many parts of Europe.

    However, most bring minimal revenue gains and are overshadowed by profits generated by its Tencent stake.

    Its e-commerce portfolio excluding Tencent started showing signs of rapid growth from last year.

    “Our progress is reflected in the increasing value attributed to our e-commerce portfolio and, to capture the significant opportunity ahead, we stepped up investment in our core segments,” CEO Bob van Dijk said in a statement.

    Naspers, which also owns media house Media24 and e-commerce company Takealot, posted half-year revenue of $17.2-billion, up 29% from a year ago.

    E-commerce revenues grew 52% to $4.6-billion, outpacing revenue growth at Tencent, although the e-commerce portfolio as a whole posted a loss of $374-million.  — (c) 2021 Reuters

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