Rain's R18 billion valuation
African Rainbow Capital (Arc) Investments has released its half-year financial results and announced that it had maintained its 20.25% shareholding of Rain at a R3.635 billion valuation.
Dividing the valuation by Arc’s shareholding shows that the company believes...
Rain shareholder announces plans for mobile services
African Rainbow Capital (Arc) released its interim financial results on Thursday and confirmed that 4G and 5G network operator Rain plans to launch mobile services.
This comes after Rain founder and director Michael Jordaan revealed they...
Rain plans to launch mobile 5G
Rain plans to launch a mobile 5G product within the coming year, according to Johan van Zyl, co-CEO of shareholder African Rainbow Capital (ARC).
Van Zyl also provided more details on Rain's plans to add to its fixed 4G and 5G offerings during an interview with...
Rain will be "player of note" in fixed and mobile broadband
Rain intends to be a "player of note" in South Africa's fixed and mobile broadband market, according to African Rainbow Capital (ARC) co-CEO Johan van Zyl.
During ARC's annual financial results for the year ended 30 June 2022, Van Zyl...
TymeBank to acquire Retail Capital
TymeBank plans to bolster its business banking offering with a series of initiatives, including a proposed acquisition of Retail Capital.
Retail Capital is a fintech company providing funding to small and medium-sized businesses in South Africa.
ARC stake in Metrofibre sold
African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Investments has sold its stake in Metrofibre Networx and expects to receive the cash this week.
Responding to questions during an investor call on Thursday, ARC co-CEO Johan van Zyl said he expects the money to clear into their bank...
Rain's billionaires
African Rainbow Capital’s (ARC’s) interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021 revealed that it values Rain at R16.6 billion, an increase of R287 million over the last six months.
The increased valuation is partly thanks to the mobile operator’s strong...
Rain to make more than R1 billion
Rain is on track to exceed its budgeted R1 billion earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortisation for the year ended February 2022.
This is according to African Rainbow Capital’s interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021.
African Rainbow Capital acquires Crossfin in R1.5 billion transaction
ARC Financial Services is part of a consortium that has entered into agreements to acquire 100% of Crossfin Technology Holdings.
Why Rain's valuation dropped by R791 million
Rain’s valuation dropped by R791 million in six months because of challenging economic conditions, increased forecasted network investments, and increased employee cost.
African Rainbow Capital’s (ARC’s) financial statements for the year ended 30...
Rain on track to make R1 billion this year
ARC co-CEO Johan van Zyl said Rain has been profitable in 2021 and is set to generate R1 billion in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) this year.
Speaking to investors, van Zyl said if Rain did not accelerate the...
Rain’s valuation takes a hit — but it is still over R16 billion
African Rainbow Capital (ARC) released its financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2021, which revealed that it values Rain at R16.357 billion.
ARC owns a 20.26% stake in Rain, down from 20.7% a year ago. The value of its...
All the companies Patrice Motsepe owns
Patrice Motsepe is one of South Africa’s most successful businessmen with shareholdings in many of the country’s top companies, including Sanlam, Rain, Alexander Forbes, and TymeBank.
Motsepe is also a shareholder in Mamelodi Sundowns and the Blue Bulls...
ARC co-CEOs' incredible R370 million bet
African Rainbow Capital (ARC) co-CEOs Johan van Zyl and Johan van der Merwe made R192 million in less than a year by betting big on the ARC Investments share price.
On 30 April 2021, Van Zyl and Van der Merwe bought 67,272,736 of ARC Investments’s...