
Capitec: onwards & upwards
The past year has, to put it mildly, been taxing for business leaders. But some, like Capitec’s Gerrie Fourie, have thrived on the challenge, as ELMARI RAUTENBACH discovers.


The past year has, to put it mildly, been taxing for business leaders. But some, like Capitec’s Gerrie Fourie, have thrived on the challenge, as ELMARI RAUTENBACH discovers.

Twenty years ago it was dismissed as a ‘fly-by-night’. Today Capitec is the largest digital bank and the largest bank by active banking clients in South Africa.