In this Business Day TV interview, CEO Salvador Anglada breaks down a first half defined by the rise of Micro Financing Solutions: a 50% jump in interim headline earnings per share, powered by 58% revenue growth, with MFS revenue itself up 84% and now accounting for 72% of the group total — up sharply from […]

On The 702: The Money Show, host Stephen Grootes sits down with Optasia Group CEO Salvador Anglada to talk through a strong set of first-half numbers: revenue up 58% year-on-year to $185.3 million, adjusted EBITDA up 45% to $77.9 million, and normalised net income up 40% to $39.3 million. The conversation centres on what’s driving […]

This CNBC Africa segment turns the spotlight on the headline number from Optasia’s interim results: a 50% jump in headline earnings per share. In the channel’s familiar markets-desk format, the segment sets that figure against the group’s broader first-half performance — revenue up 58% to $185.3 million, distributed value up 46% to $3.5 billion, and […]

Business Day’s esteemed journalist Mudiwa Gavaza covered two threads of Optasia’s expanding ecosystem on results day. One piece unpacks how the Finergi acquisition, agreed back in March, is about to become an active third line of business. Finergi’s technology turns prepaid electricity meters into digital wallets: customers request credit by mobile, and the amount is […]