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The Port Elizabeth-born executive won the Finance & Technology Award in 2016

Join CFO SA, CHRO SA, Workday and Magda Wierzycka at the upcoming 'Be the Change' event.

Calib Cassim, the Acting CFO of Eskom, has said the power utility cannot commit to nuclear expansion.

Set goals for yourself and pursue continuous learning, advises Motus CFO Ockert Janse van Rensburg.

South Africa's Reserve Bank has established a three-man FinTech unit to monitor the impact of new technology developments

MTN Group has said it returned to profit in 2017, having recovered from its $1 billion Nigerian fine

Pushpender hold a BCom degree from Bikaner University and graduated as a chartered accountant from ICAI in India

The rigorous interview process for the CFO Awards 2018 kicked off in impressive fashion, with seven two-hour long interviews with SA's best finance leaders.

With the launch of its new Polo, VW has completed its R6.1 billion SA investment programme.

"Do the basics brilliantly. If you do that, you will get most things right," says Andrew McMaster.

Former Steinhoff CFO Ben la Grange has resigned as non-executive director of Steinhoff Africa Retail.

Amplats has completed the sale of Union Mine and Masa Chrome for some R400 million.

PIC has made an equity investment in ZAR X for the Government Employees Pension Fund 

2017 was the best year on record for the continent's tech startups

Brian Molefe has been ordered to pay back money he received from Eskom's pension fund

Sasol expects a 6 percent increase in profit for the six months ending 31 December 2017

We scoured our archives to find out how leading CFOs got into finance

African investment company Arise has partnered with FMO, the Dutch Development Bank and Above and US-based Beyond Tech (a&b) on a collaborative FinTech initiative

Standard Bank's Stephen Brickett and Paul Fallon explain IFRS 9 and what it means for CFOs

Workday's top executive Gonzalo Benedit on success, change and new challenges

Eskom's suspended CFO Anoj Singh resigned on Monday evening

This is Tryphosa's second nomination, after she was put forward in 2014

Magda Wierzycka, Treasury and the Finance Minister have joined forces against state capture 

"Nothing has captured the imagination in this new FinTech age quite like cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin"

"It's been a hectic few months," says Deloitte's new CFO Africa, Jen McDonald

Jayendra Naidoo has resigned from the Steinhoff supervisory board to focus on STAR

The South African Reserve Bank has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.75 percent

Risto Ketola, currently chief financial officer of MMI, has been appointed the group's FD

We scoured our archives to find out how five CFOs approach work-life balance and achieve mental and emotional steadiness

Wiseman Nkuhlu and Ansie Ramalho are new appointments to the KPMG board

Indian-born chartered accountant Udayan is a finance professional with 25 years' post-qualification experience

Finance must be the torch bearers of ethics, says Nkonki's risk advisory boss Emma Mashilwane

Former Momentum MD Hillie Meyer has replaced Nicolaas Kruger as CEO of MMI

Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan is once again revolutionising the banking sector with the launch of Bank Zero - a 45% black-owned app-driven bank

UCT's Tim London shares what he considers four positive outcomes of the Steinhoff scandal

Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has removed Rabelani Dagada from the mayoral committee for finance

She is also a director of Kumba Iron Ore

Bernard Agulhas, CEO of Irba, says the body's investigation in audit firm KPMG is almost complete

Do you want to keep up to date with the latest developments in finance, but you are short of time? Don't worry. CFO South Africa weekly collects 10 of the most important articles from international media for your convenience.

A strategic business partner, Joe leads, plans, directs and influences multiple functions within finance in the Africa region

Get the basics right to see continued success, says Torre Industries CFO Shivan Mansingh

SARS has said it is looking into the tax implications of transacting in cryptocurrencies

The World Bank says it anticipates growth in SA's economy this year, and increased investment

The European Central Bank has sold its Steinhoff bonds at a loss

Africa Rising Advisory Services has joined Finance Indaba 2018 as a silver partner

Bidvest Group unit to acquire Cannon Asset Managers for an undisclosed sum

Here are four ways to prevent going into freefall

SA saw a 2.4 percent YoY drop in new vehicle sales, though Naamsa believes this will pick up

Ben la Grange has stepped down as Steinhoff CFO, replaced by acting CFO Philip Dieperink

Kenya is the most attractive market in Africa for workers in the FinTech industry

Liaan started in his current role in January 2014, after almost two years at Volvo Trucks

The CFO Case Study Competition 2018 is ready to go, as is the TV series

The chartered accountant has 21 years working experience in the retail, air transport, property management and construction industries

Angela Pillay has been appointed group financial director for the Sasfin board of directors

Pieter van Buuren has been appointed CFO of construction firm Basil Read

Casper Troskie has been appointed new FD of Old Mutual Emerging Markets

Tim delivered a fascinating masterclass entitled Accountability in times of #Guptaleaks - when ethics become a competitive imperative

We scour our archives to bring you compelling advice from leading executives

Humaniq has announced the launch of its Android App to enable users in Africa to access to next-generation financial services with facial recognition

The chartered accountant is currently the Acting CFO for Monash South Africa and Finance Director, Laureate South Africa, and is pursuing a master's degree in international business

Moody's Investor Services has downgraded Steinhoff's credit rating deeper into junk

After a bumper 12 months last year, the pace of China's import growth is set to slow

40 new hotels for Marriott in 2018 will increase its property portfolio to 422 

According to Trialogue, companies in SA invested more than R9 billion in CSI last year

Rehive has built a flexible, easy to use platform to attract entrepreneurs

A key element of Mint's strategy is to provide remittance services via its mobile wallet for its customers

The Competition Commission says ArcelorMittal SA can pay off its R1.5 billion fine in installments

Steinhoff will restate 2016 financial results and postpone release of 2017 results

Elvin de Kock has been appointed CFO of Ansys, replacing Burt Lambrecht

André Koekemoer has been appointed CFO of Capital Drilling

Manie Mayman has taken over from Cindy Hess as (acting) CFO of Media24

Rui has been the CFO and an executive director at Dis-Chem Pharmacies since August 2012

In Sierra Leone, three financial technology start-ups are setting out to test new ideas on contributing to the SDGs through greater financial inclusion

The BCX founder joins executive directors Dean Sparrow and Anton Gaylard, co-founders of Crossfin

The industry in Nigeria is being held back by the lack of sound regulation

New York-based Media Development Investment Fund has acquired the Mail & Guardian

Standard Bank has announced that Lungisa Fuzile will be its new CEO as of 15 January 2018

The actions of a few CAs are not a reflection of the entire CA(SA) population, says the AWCA

Moody's believes that Ramaphosa's win as new ANC president is a good start to fighting junk status

Mike Brown, Nedbank CEO, has given Cyril Ramaphosa, new ANC president, his full support

AYO Technology has listed on the Computer Services sector of the main board of the JSE

Steinhoff's supervisory board has nominated Danie van der Merwe as acting CEO

This is the long-serving executive's debut nomination

It is the first move by a bank to outsource the provision of some of its client-facing banking services to a technology platform

Construction firm Murray & Roberts has increased its stake in Bombela to 50%

Motus Corporation CFO Ockert Janse van Rensburg is extremely ambitious - literally - having climbed some of the world's highest mountains

BCX is investing R100 million to grow scarce digital skills in ICT infrastructure and software programming alongside cybersecurity, fintech and artificial intelligence

Sola David-Borha, African Regions boss at Standard Bank, shares her leadership advice

Recent uncertainty at EOH, including a huge drop in share price, prompted ex-CEO Asher Bohbot to return

Fairfax intended to buy a 23 percent stake in PPC for R2 billion, but the deal has fallen through

Sibanye-Stillwater has agreed to buy troubled mining house Lonmin in an all-share deal

Kutana: the deal to buy a 51% stake in Grinaker-LTA fell through because of uncertainty about the unit's performance

Azar Bank will be South Africa's first 100% black-owned digital bank

A deal aimed at helping Aveng become profitable again, by selling a stake in Grinaker-LTA, has been terminated.

CFOs spend two-thirds of their waking hours working, but would prefer if this was much less

Malegapuru Makgoba and Tshepo Mongalo will join the board of struggling, state-owned Eskom

Sola David-Borha moved from Nigeria to Joburg earlier this year to become Standard Bank's CEO for all African regions outside SA.

Nomanini is a South African-based enterprise payments platform provider that optimises transactions in the informal market

Peter has been lauded for his work at the facilities solutions company

Sygnia CEO Magda Wierzycka is a keynote speaker during the star-studded season opener of CFO South Africa and CHRO South Africa on 15 February 2018.

Bitcoin passed $18,000 when it began trading on the Cboe on 10 December, causing excitement in some, angst in others

Viola has announced an initial closing of $100 million toward a target of $120-$150 million, for a new global FinTech fund

Verster takes over from Wim de Klerk, who recently announced that he would be retiring in January 2018

"My pet hate word for 2017 is 'disruptive' - but dare I say it, that's exactly what we are."

New solution aims to facilitate Kenya and its highest rate of mobile payment technology adoption in the world.

These 10 types of innovation will boost your company's business and upend the market in which it operates

The Post Bank should thus become first choice for government and the primary platform for government transactions

The investigation concerns Oakbay, Steinhoff, Vodacom, Famous Brands, Super Group, and WG Wearne

He will, however, remain CFO of Steinhoff, as no wrongdoing has been found

The company was created to address the funding gap left by the formal banking sector and Micro-Finance Institutions in Africa

Deloitte will be the principal sponsor at the 2018 CFO Awards. The firm will also partner with CFO South Africa throughout 2018 to help CFOs boost their knowledge, network and career.

The growth was largely attributed to strong performance by the agricultural, mining and manufacturing sectors

Alexander Forbes posted a positive set of interim results for the six months to end-September, as it continues with the implementation of its much-vaunted turnaround strategy

Alex Smith, Altron CFO, will be leaving his role end February 2018, to instead fill the CFO role at Net1 UEPS Technologies

Deloitte's Sumendra Naidoo unpacks the incoming XBRL requirements

He has been recognised for his efforts in driving finance transformation, African expansion and systems integration at the pharmaceutical multinational

The result is an IT global force that will use data and digital capabilities to empower decision-makers

The new hub aims to further the development and acceleration of firms as well as the interaction between investors, entrepreneurs, government bodies and financial institutions

Team UMCC from the University of Münster, Germany and Team Westville from Westville Boys High, KZN came out tops

The recently appointed public sector CFO is also the winner of the 2017 BWA award in the Government category