According to BrandFinance chairman, Thebe Ikalafeng<\/a>, the top 50 most valuable brands listed account for almost R300 billion – 3.3% of the R9 trillion market cap of the 400 listed companies on the JSE.<\/p>\n “What these results show \u2013 and affirms \u2013 is that Africa’s premier Brand Building nation, South Africa continues to inspire with the successes and pace that MTN<\/a>, Africa\u2019s most valuable global brand, is setting for peer brands and businesses,” Ikalafeng said.<\/p>\n MTN is the only African brand to be listed in the BrandFinance Global 500.<\/p>\n “With a value of R43.1 billion and a AAAbrand rating, MTN maintains its position at the top of the table,” said BrandFinance MD, Ollie Schmitz<\/a>.<\/p>\n South Africa’s biggest mobile operator and rival to top-dog, MTN, Vodacom<\/a> placed second with a brand value of R19.386 billion.<\/p>\n South African banking institutions are well-represented in the top 10 list, with Standard Bank<\/a> (4th), Absa<\/a> (5th), Nedbank<\/a> (6th) and FNB<\/a> (8th) all featuring.<\/p>\n Capitec<\/a> increased its brand value by 42%, and moved up seven spaces to 33rd, overall – the biggest change in brand value over the past year.<\/p>\n Other telecoms and tech players in the top 50 include MultiChoice<\/a> (16th), Telkom<\/a> (18th), Media24<\/a> (22nd) and Altech<\/a> (40th).<\/p>\n Top 10 South African brands<\/p><\/div>\n In terms of global brands, Apple maintained the top position with a brand value of US$87.304 billion, though rival, Samsung, climbed 4 spaces to second position with a brand value of US$58.771 billion.<\/p>\n Samsung’s climb to second pushed former number two, Google, to third position, with US$52.132 billion brand value.<\/p>\n![\"Top](\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Top-10-brands.jpg\")
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