Johannesburg, 16 October 2025: The South African delegation at this year’s SA Tomorrow Investor Conference will be represented by key figures from both the government and the financial sector including, South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago; Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa; Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson; Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation; Maropene Ramokgopa as well as Eskom and Transnet CEO’s, Dan Marokane and Michelle Phillips. Together with executives from South Africa’s leading JSE listed companies, they will engage the US investor community to showcase the country’s investment landscape, policy direction and long-term economic potential.

 With South Africa's historic assumption of the G20 presidency, this year's conference arrives at a crucial moment as the nation champions investment opportunities across Africa and the Global South, while advancing principles of solidarity, equality, and sustainable development.

“The SA Tomorrow Investor Conference brings together the full ecosystem of policymakers, business leaders and global investors to drive South Africa’s investment agenda. It provides a direct forum for investors to engage with the country’s reform progress, policy direction and market fundamentals. For the JSE, enabling this dialogue is part of our role as a catalyst for capital, ensuring that long-term investment finds transparent, productive pathways into growth. At a time when fiscal anchors are holding, energy supply is improving and valuations remain attractive, this engagement is essential to converting reform momentum into real investment,” said Leila Fourie, Group CEO of the JSE.

“The SA Tomorrow conference aims to contribute to South Africa’s growth strategy. We view the conference as an important opportunity to explore the growing attractiveness of the South African economy with a global investment community that is looking for both growth and stability.  As the largest bank on the continent by assets, Standard Bank is committed to driving Africa’s and South Africa’s growth. We firmly believe that the diversity, sophistication, and robustness of South Africa’s economy - combined with the dynamism that comes from increased regional integration across our fast-growing continent – makes a compelling investment case," says Sim Tshabalala, Chief Executive of Standard Bank Group.

The conference programme will explore essential reforms in energy, agriculture and trade, framed by evolving global geopolitical and economic trends. The forum will also provide high-impact updates on South Africa's inflation trajectory and interest rate outlook, which are essential for navigating the country's evolving financial landscape.

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ABOUT STANDARD BANK

Standard Bank Group is the largest African bank by assets, operating in 20 African countries and 5 global financial centres. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, we are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB. Standard Bank has a 157-year history in South Africa and started building a franchise outside southern Africa in the early 1990s.

Our strategic position, which enables us to connect Africa to other select emerging markets as well as pools of capital in developed markets, and our balanced portfolio of businesses, provide significant opportunities for growth. The group has over 50 000 employees, more than 1 100 branches and 9 000 ATMs on the African continent, which enable it to deliver a complete range of services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking and wealth management.  Headline earnings for 2019 were R28.2 billion (about USD2 billion) and total assets were R2.3 trillion (about USD163 billion). Standard Bank’s market capitalisation at 31 December 2019 was R277 billion (USD20 billion).  The group’s largest shareholder is the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank, with a 20.1% shareholding. In addition, Standard Bank Group and ICBC share a strategic partnership that facilitates trade and deal flow between Africa, China and select emerging markets. 

For further information, go to http://www.standardbank.com