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2026 Fintech year ahead

Fintech is reshaping financial services, with advances in machine learning, payments, crypto and investment platforms redefining how businesses and consumers interact. Across Africa, these shifts are opening new avenues for growth and collaboration, writes Lerato Lamola, Partner, Webber Wentzel.

Emerging markets tech: bubble or structural growth cycle?

Tom Wilson (Head of Emerging Market Equities at Schroders) writes that, while IT earnings momentum is strong, valuations and expectations are extended and forecast risk is high.

The digital gateway to visibility and trust for financial planners

Rizanne Oosthuisen-Botha, founder and CEO of ProfileMe, believes that the less effort it takes to do business, the easier it is for clients to say yes.
Rob Macdonald, Independent Consultant

What is the real value of human financial planners?

AI can handle the numbers, but can it replicate the human relationship, asks independent consultant Rob Macdonald?

Recalibrating South Africa’s Industrial Edge

Exito Media Concepts Announces the 33rd Edition of the South Africa Manufacturing Show 2026 - Recalibrating South Africa’s Industrial Edge

Recalibrating South Africa’s Financial Edge

Exito Media Concepts Announces the 36th Edition of the BFSI Innovation & Technology Summit – South Africa 2026.

The 36th Edition of the BFSI Innovation & Technology Summit –...

Exito Media Concepts Announces the 36th Edition of the BFSI Innovation & Technology Summit – South Africa 2026.

The 33rd Edition of the South Africa Manufacturing Show 2026 –...

Exito Media Concepts Announces the 33rd Edition of the South Africa Manufacturing Show 2026 - Recalibrating South Africa’s Industrial Edge

When AI steps off the screen: the real-world revolution

Stuart Copley (Head of Investment Process at Fundhouse) explores how real-world AI is emerging, why it matters and why investors should pay attention.

Tokenisation of traditional securities

A strategic evolution in market infrastructure. By Dr Wiehann Olivier, Partner and FinTech and Digital Asset Lead, Forvis Mazars South Africa.
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FPi celebrates excellence and the future of financial planning at 2026 Gala Dinner

The Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPi) celebrated excellence and the people helping shape the future of financial planning at its annual Gala Dinner in Cape Town on Wednesday 7 October 2026, as part of the FPi Professionals Convention.

Helping clients turn wealth into lasting impact: The role of advisers in legacy giving

Christel House South Africa is launching its Legacy Giving Programme at two breakfast events in Johannesburg and Cape Town this October.

How enhanced indexing is redefining quantitative investing

For investors, the debate between passive and active management has often been framed as a binary choice writes Florbela Yates, Managing Director, Equilibrium.

From scribes to software

What changes, what endures and why AI is different, asks Francois du Toit, Founder and Director, PROpulsion.

Building wealth through consistency

Therese Grobler, Head of Wealth Management at Momentum Financial Planning, explains why she believes South Africans need a new savings mindset.
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