South Africa, May 16 -- The Johannesburg-based radio station Hot 102.7FM has been ranked among the continent's top-performing businesses in the Financial Times' Africa's Fastest Growing Companies 2025 list, securing an impressive 22nd position among thousands of companies considered.

This year's highly sought-after ranking, created in partnership with Statista and published in the Financial Times print edition and on FT.com on 14 May 2025, evaluated the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of a carefully vetted collection of companies over the three-year period from 2020 to 2023.

Analysts from Statista sifted through thousands of submissions, accepting only independent, African-stationed businesses. To qualify, companies had to demonstrat...