Ascent – your future, enabled

Put plainly our team is trained to summit.

Are you ready to ascend?

Only the exceptional – but never the average – will push themselves to summit the peak of this mighty giant. Ascent exists to offer hands-on skill and experience that businesses need when they want to move from base camp to their peak. We have what it takes to help you reach your true business potential

Are you ready to reach new heights?

Why choose Ascent

Ascent is a business and technology consulting firm. Our clients are technology-enabled companies that want to transform their business, markets and societies with next-generation financial services.

WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

The Why?

– Improve Customer Experience
– Increase revenue
– Decrease costs
– Enter a new market
– Accelerate delivery

The What?

Business Offering:
– Business and technology strategy
– Operational excellence
– Large scale systems delivery
– Payment Transformation
– Financial services and banking
– Finance, Risk and Compliance

The How?

People and Approach
– Core Competencies/Capabilities
– Methodologies

We’re the team to talk to when…

You want to provide or improve financial service capabilities in South Africa, Africa and other emerging markets

You want to become a dominant player in your environment

You want to make a real difference for your customers,business, and your staff

You want to achieve something disruptive or transformative in financial services

What differentiates us?

Our combination of industry, consulting and geographical experience makes Ascent the right solution.

Industry knowledge

We focus on the financial services arena across industries. This means that we have the right team, experience and knowledge to help you deliver financial service offerings at a new level.

Geographical knowledge

We’ve built a depth of geographical experience to ensure we can provide local context to global design and guarantee a practical solution that is appropriate for South Africa and other emerging markets you operate in.

Consulting knowledge

We are a collective of industry leaders, consultants, operators and technologists that offer our skills and experience to deliver pragmatic solutions and real results.

Africa & Emerging Markets Experience

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Solutions that work in-country
Ascent helps clients operate successfully in South Africa, Africa, and other emerging markets. We have worked in over 18 countries and this number grows consistently. We offer clients our in-depth knowledge about country nuances so that you can be sure that the solution we develop will work successfully in-country. Our journey has also aligned us with like-minded technology service providers, allowing us to offer the right solutions for every environment.

Average years in financial services

Tier 1 institutions

Individuals trained on payments

Project categories

African countries

Contact us

151 5th street
Sandton
Johannesburg