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The future of digital banking in Africa

In this Classic FM interview RMB’s Muzi Nkosi talks about the acceleration to improve digital banking technology for Africa’s corporate banks and their clients.

Forex: To hedge or not to hedge?

RMB Botswana's Lesego Osman says forex hedging allows firms to focus on their core business whilst allowing their trusted banking partner to ensure their forex risk is adequately mitigated. In this article he highlights the benefits of forex hedging.

How fintechs are shaping financial services

Fintech is combining cutting-edge technologies and financial intelligence to better serve consumers and businesses. With African consumers being avid adopters of mobile technologies, the opportunities are endless.

Better finance, better grid

RMB and the Development Bank of SA recently hosted an event that brought together high level public and private sector players to discuss investment in South Africa’s transmission grid.

COP29 - The finance COP

As we approach the critical juncture of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, scheduled for November 11-22 this year, the global community finds itself at a crossroads.

The role of carbon credits

The role of carbon credits in Africa’s transition to clean cooking

Structured investments

Tailored financial instruments designed to deliver a high rate of return with managed risk.

Sustainability talks

Sustainability Talks is RMB’s thought provoking series that explores the realities, opportunities, and complexities of sustainability in practice.

Adaptation finance

Episode 5

Our Sustainability Talks series explored transition finance, carbon markets, social finance, and the innovation shaping sustainable finance today. This final episode turns to adaptation – the part of the climate conversation focused on managing impacts that are already being felt. In Africa climate losses are rising, infrastructure is under increasing pressure, and balance sheets are increasingly exposed to physical climate risk.

Carbon Finance

Episode 4

Carbon Finance sit at one of the most contested intersections in sustainable finance. On the one hand, they offer the potential to mobilise significant capital toward emissions reduction and nature-based solutions, particularly in emerging markets such as Africa. On the other hand, carbon markets are frequently linked to greenwashing, raising doubts about whether carbon finance truly drives decarbonisation or merely postpones it.