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Alec Hogg: Lucky number 8! You’re invited to BizNews’ special Birthday Bash A deviation from the Daily Insider’s usual format, but hopefully you’ll forgive me. First, it’s Happy Birthday to BizNews. Our journey began exactly eight years ago – 4 August 2013 – eight months after my well-documented departure from my earlier creation Moneyweb. Yes, eight is a lucky number…. True to form, we’ll be celebrating our birthday with something innovative – and risky – at noon today. T...

In January and February, there were around $300m in non-fungible token sales, according to Cointelegraph. But for many, NFTs are bewildering in the least. BizNews founder Alec Hogg makes sense of this digital movement with Invest Africa chairman Rob Hersov and Josh Minsk, COO of Momint. Hersov invested $50,000 into the local NFT-backed social media platform.  Rob Hersov on what a non-fungible token (NFT) is: Just to be honest with you, a month ago, I didn’t know what an NFT was. So, if anyon...

SA billionaire who sold business to Warren Buffet behind Cape Winelands Airport 11 March 2021 11:26 AM Share This: Cape Town-born Rob Hersov returned to South Africa after many years overseas to try and help make a difference. Rob Hersov and partner Nick Ferguson plan to convert the old Fisantekraal airstrip into a thriving airport called the Cape Winelands Airport. Billionaire Rob Hersov was born and bred in South Africa. But after living overseas for decades he decided to return home. Rob H...

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By Bloomberg• 26 February 2021 Caption A worker holds a handful of gold bullion granules during manufacture at the Rand Refinery Ltd. plant in Germiston, South Africa, on Wednesday, Aug. 16. 2017. Established by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa in 1920, Rand Refinery is the largest integrated single-site precious metals refining and smelting complex in the world, according to their website. Business Maverick By Bloomberg• 26 February 2021 Caption A worker holds a handful of gold bullio...

‘A SPAC is a special purpose acquisition company and it’s like an IPO in reverse’, says Hersov. ‘Ours is the only Africa and only mining SPAC on the market – in a sea of them’. He tells BizNews founder Alec Hogg about how the exciting process works and what it entails. African Gold SPAC Targeting ‘Well-Trodden’ Nations Raises Cash By Antony Sguazzin (Bloomberg) – African Gold Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company targeting gold assets on the continent, raise...

Jack Vearey/ Getty African Gold Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company targeting gold assets on the continent, raised a more-than-expected $360 million ahead of a listing in New York on Friday. “We are the only Africa mining-focused SPAC amongst a sea of SPACs,” Rob Hersov, the founder and chairman of the company, said by text message. Potential acquisitions will be in “well-trodden mining countries, so no surprises. And we will likely buy a mining company and possibl...

Jersey Finance, the body which promotes the island of Jersey as an offshore financial centre, has found a new ally in its efforts to attract business from rich South Africans. Rob Hersov, who is the

Along with the launch of a vehicle aimed at raising $300m to invest in African gold, businessman Rob Hersov, heir to the founding family of mining giant AngloVaal, is also pouring money into politics