RMB Ventures
RMB Ventures (“RMBV”) and Bopa Moruo Private Equity (“Bopa Moruo”), alongside management, has acquired a majority stake in Icon Oncology Holdings (“Icon”) which is a leading provider of cancer treatment in South Africa. Since inception, Icon and its subsidiaries Icon Radiotherapy, Icon Chemotherapy and Icon Managed Care have pioneered the move to value-based care (VBC) in cancer treatment in South Africa.
At RMB Ventures our purpose is to empower people, teams and businesses to unlock their full potential. Fostering diversity of thinking is a cornerstone in achieving this. During a recent event focused on Gender Diversity, a panel moderated by Dharshni Padayachee, RMB’s Head of Inclusion, Belonging, Diversity, and Equity, underscored the role of inclusivity in driving business performance. The panel featured industry leaders Helen Nicholson, CEO of The Networking Company; Niven Postma, strategy, leadership, and culture expert; Alan Pullinger, former CEO of FirstRand Limited; and Andiswa Bata, CEO of FNB Business. Together, they explored the complexities of gender diversity and shared practical insights on building a pipeline of female leaders.
Private equity today involves far more than just funding; it has evolved into a powerful platform for fostering meaningful social change while amplifying business growth. By leveraging greater ecosystems and relationships, and by connecting with the right partners and platforms, Private Equity can support innovation that enables businesses to develop successful, scalable solutions for real-world challenges.. A promising example of this impact is in the healthcare sector, where technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping how care is accessed and delivered.
We now exist in a digitally transformed world. The rapid and mass adoption of digital technologies such as electronics, computing, mobile devices, the Internet, social media and artificial intelligence (AI) has forever altered the human experience, fundamentally changing the way we all live, work, communicate and entertain ourselves. Fully analogue experiences, it would seem, have now become more of an exception rather than the norm for most human beings, as ones and zeros infiltrate every aspect of our lives.