Largest African Insurer Sanlam Plans to Continue Growth via M&A October 11, 2019 By Roxanne Henderson Africa’s largest insurer is getting breathing room to build on its biggest-ever acquisition and expand existing operations as rivals scale...
S. Africa Insurer Discovery Opens Bank, Challenging Traditional Lenders June 28, 2019 By Roxanne Henderson It took Discovery Ltd. 1.5 million man hours over four years to build a bank. When the startup opens to...
African Bank Expands into Digital Banking, with Plans to Offer More Insurance Products March 26, 2019 By Roxanne Henderson and Loni Prinsloo African Bank Holdings Ltd. is joining the rush into digital banking to fail-proof the business and provide an exit for...
S. Africa Lender FirstRand Aims to Offer Services Such as Insurance December 11, 2018 By Roxanne Henderson and Gordon Bell FirstRand Ltd. is emulating Amazon.com Inc. with a digital offering that will span everything from insurance, car license renewals to...
Largest African Insurer Sanlam Completes Acquisition of Morocco’s Saham Finances October 11, 2018 By Vernon Wessels and Roxanne Henderson Sanlam Ltd., Africa’s largest insurer by market value, said it fulfilled all the conditions for the $1.1 billion purchase of...
Old Mutual Finishes Restructuring to Focus on S. African Market June 26, 2018 By Roxanne Henderson and Thembisile Dzonzi South Africa’s prodigal insurer returned home to a lukewarm welcome on Tuesday. Old Mutual Ltd. started trading its stock in...