Court Papers filed in the United States reveal that a host of Africa’s former political leaders and their families are allegedly stashing their cash in South Africa’s property market, once again highlighting the importance of due diligence. “The country’s status as Africa’s most sophisticated financial hub and its low prosecution rate are enabling politically exposed persons to hide vast amounts of money in real estate,” a February...

Financial Technology, or FinTech, brings to mind crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin, which after an initial boom and subsequent die-down, appears once again to be on the rise.  Bizcommunity reported a 20% jump in the crypto-currency in less than an hour on 2 April. “The cryptocurrency’s price crossed the $5 000 mark, touching the highest level since November 2017. All other major cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum, XRP and Litecoin...