Finweek
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Finweek is a South African weekly business magazine published in both English- and Afrikaans
-language editions. It is one of the country's largest circulating business titles. Competitors include fellow weekly Financial Mail
.
Finweek was launched in September 2005, following the merger of Finance Week and Finansies & Tegniek, both established titles in their respective English- and Afrikaans-speaking markets. In the same month, the magazine merged with the financial website Finance24 to create Fin24.co.za, the country's most accessed financial portal.
Finweek's content focuses on business and investment issues with a leaning towards investigative stories and columns. The primary audience is business executives and investors.
The magazine is owned by Media24 Magazines, South Africa's largest magazine publisher, which is in turn owned by diversified media group Naspers
(JSE: NPN, NASDAQ: NPSN).
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
-language editions. It is one of the country's largest circulating business titles. Competitors include fellow weekly Financial Mail
Financial Mail
Financial Mail , is a South African business publication focused on reaching the country's top business people. This weekly publication, which was launched in 1959, underwent a major "look and feel" change in 2006, which saw it reclaim its position as the most widely read English business weekly in...
.
Finweek was launched in September 2005, following the merger of Finance Week and Finansies & Tegniek, both established titles in their respective English- and Afrikaans-speaking markets. In the same month, the magazine merged with the financial website Finance24 to create Fin24.co.za, the country's most accessed financial portal.
Finweek's content focuses on business and investment issues with a leaning towards investigative stories and columns. The primary audience is business executives and investors.
The magazine is owned by Media24 Magazines, South Africa's largest magazine publisher, which is in turn owned by diversified media group Naspers
Naspers
Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media and print media Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media (including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber...
(JSE: NPN, NASDAQ: NPSN).