Billionaire Patrice Motsepe-linked Tyme Bank moves to acquire South African fintech lender, Retail Capital
TymeBank is owned in part by African Rainbow Capital Financial Services Holding, a Black-owned and -controlled company.
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TymeBank is owned in part by African Rainbow Capital Financial Services Holding, a Black-owned and -controlled company.
MetroFibre is partly owned by African Rainbow Capital, an investment unit founded by Motsepe.
The Motsepe Foundation facilitated $4.4 million in funding for the first two projects.
The news comes a year after the his energy firm acquired a strategic 40-percent stake in SOLA Group.
Motsepe is a member of the WEF Board of Trustees.
Motsepe’s net worth has risen to $3.1 billion so far this year.
The new entity is expected to have a combined total group equity value in excess of $2.1 billion.
Motsepe, the South African billionaire and current President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) founded the mining firm in 1997.
Motsepe, a billionaire businessman, offered his assistance after witnessing the devastation caused by recent floods.
The billionaire is one of the richest men in Africa.
SEACOM is privately funded and about 75-percent African-owned.
Motsepe, who has been instrumental in the success of the South African miner, has a substantial 39.7 percent interest in the company.
Motsepe founded the mining enterprise in 1997 as South Africa’s first Black-owned mining firm.
Masiyiwa is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
ARM is a significant South African mining and minerals firm with holdings in a variety of mines.
Motsepe owns a minority stake in Sanlam through his financial business Ubuntu-Botho Investments.