What we do

Businesses today are under more pressure than ever to deliver better, lasting results for stakeholders. KPMG professionals think like investors. At every point of the deal cycle — from buying a business, selling a business, funding a business, partnering, or transforming a business — we look at how deal opportunities can add and preserve value.

Today’s deals do not happen in a vacuum. Every decision should be made considering your entire business, sector, and the global economy. This may include strategy, integration, separation, value creation, transactions, or mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

KPMG member firm deal advisory & strategy specialists combine a global mindset and local experience with sector knowledge and analytic tools to help you navigate a complex, fragmented process. We help you make confident, well-informed choices to drive value and deliver outstanding results from end-to-end transactions and transformations. We bring together vast experience and deep sector expertise from across our local and global deals, tax, regulatory and advisory teams, all supported by sophisticated data analytics.

From helping to plan and implement strategic change to measurably increasing portfolio value, KPMG deals consulting professionals focus on helping you achieve a deal solution that will return tangible results - the kind of results that let you clearly see what you gained from the current deals transformation, and what you want to bring to the next deal down the road.

Our insights

Key insights from dealmakers

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to present a significant opportunity for investors. The region’s demographics and significant headroom for economic development are among the factors which will continue to spur growth over the coming years. Investors that take medium-to-long-term positions in the region with careful asset exposure are primed to potentially reap better long-term returns.

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Recent increases in US import tariffs and retaliatory actions taken by affected countries in response have had important commercial and economic effects and created significant economic uncertainties that have had knock-on effects on companies and asset valuations.

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By understanding behavioural biases, valuation practitioners and all financial market participants may be able to moderate or adapt to the biases and as a result improve the valuation outcomes. These biases may be categorised as either cognitive errors or emotional biases.

Over the past 12 months, the yield on the R2035 South African Government bond has dropped from 10.325% on 30 December 2024 to 8.195% on 31 December 2025.

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KPMG’s integrated team of specialists works to help you find and drive value throughout your transformation and transaction lifecycle.

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M&A demands decision makers to make the right moves confidently and swiftly to avoid missing opportunities.

We deliver independent advice to clients through robust and informed guidance on valuation matters across all sectors, throughout the entire life cycle of our clients

With value at the centre of diligence, KPMG can give clients an exponentially more powerful view of the full risks and opportunities of a deal. This will enable clients to make confident, effective deal decisions.