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South Africans are apparently so elated at the exit of Jacob Zuma as president that their confidence as consumers has made an unprecedented jump to an all-time high. The 34-point move in First National Bank’s index

First National Bank is having another go at attracting the unbanked and underbanked in South Africa, announcing on Wednesday the launch of a mobile bank account that allows consumers to use either a feature phone or

Standard Bank is building a mobile virtual network operator, according to well-placed industry sources. The bank has hired former Virgin Mobile South Africa CEO Steve Bailey to its executive team. Standard Bank is

Former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan on Tuesday revealed in a tweet that he is backing a new digital-only bank, called Bank Zero, to be launched in South Africa later this year. In a post on Bank Zero’s newly launched

South African consumers are about to get their first taste of Chinese phone maker OnePlus’s line of smartphones. The company will launch its flagship OnePlus 5 device in South Africa next week. Distribution for the

Dartcom Fibre Solutions has launched a new fibre factory near Mamelodi in Pretoria that, at peak, will produce about 12 000km of fibre-optic cabling a year. The company, which is controlled by New GX Capital, an investment group focused