South Africa's rand and stocks gained on Friday as investors turned their attention to the final day of the two-day Group of 20 finance meeting, which South Africa, the first African host nation, hopes to conclude with a formal communique.

African fintech firms are no longer just seeking global investment, they’re acquiring international players, reshaping payments, and putting the continent at the center of global financial innovation.

Njenga said climate finance is not just a political choice – it is a matter of survival, development, dignity and equity.

Finance chiefs of G20 countries were close to agreeing a common position on trade and other global challenges on Friday, which would be the first since U.S. President Donald Trump's election victory and tariff war.

Speaking on the margins of the 20th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), she underscored that “Climate finance is not just a political choice – it is a matter of survival, of development, of dignity and of equity.”

Africa is poised to launch a new initiative aimed at transforming its financial landscape with the introduction of the first-ever Structured Finance Africa (SFA) Forum. Scheduled for September 25, 2025,

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U.S. Treasury Secretary marked his second absence from a South Africa G20 event, though Washington assumes rotating presidency by end of year