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A Game of Monopoly in The Kingdom of Angola

A Game of Monopoly in The Kingdom of Angola

By Tendai Chitapi “This family has taken Angola hostage and turned it into its own private business empire.” - Elias Isaac, Director – Angolan office of The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa I would like to think Africans have an intuitive sense of when...

Starting a Business during Covid Pandemic

By Eli Baruti | for Moakanyi Magazine Starting a business during COVID-19 can be stressful, difficult but it is not impossible. Many people may think it is a bad idea to pursue entrepreneurship in such uncertain times, convincing as it may be, but the fact is that any...

Supply Chain Lessons from Coronavirus

By Standard Chartered Bank | Extracted for Moakanyi Magazine While over-concentration emerges as the biggest challenge supply chains are facing through COVID-19, increased awareness of bottlenecks, a proliferation of intra-regional cooperation and flexibility of...

Actions for the private sector

By Staff Writer | for Moakanyi Magazine The first responsibility of private-sector firms is to ensure business continuity in the ongoing crisis. Based on our discussions with risk and health professionals in more than 200 companies across sectors, we suggest several...

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Cabanga Magazine | April 2020 | Trade Secrets

Before you start or grow a business in South Africa, ask yourself if your business concept is protected. There are a lot of misconceptions over what a trade secret is, and most importantly many businesses in South Africa and Africa, do not place much attention to the...

Moakanyi Magazine | March 2020 | The Flying Economy

There are six distinct aspects of economic thought in Botswana that an investor or entrepreneur trading in the country must be aware of, all cited in specific factors of an economy in flight – Botswana's Financial sector, Meat Sector, Technology, Energy, Development,...

Cabanga Magazine | March 2020 | The Future is Green

In February 2020, Euromoney awarded Nedbank Private Wealth the second-best bank in the category of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)/Impact Investing in Africa; second to UBS Group AG, a Switzerland based multinational investment bank. They moved from 5th place...

Moakanyi Magazine | October 2019 | The Big Five

Whilst Botswana's population is 2.3 million and internet users are just over one million, this actually means just a little under 50% of the population is using the internet, and that in itself is reason to celebrate as a country, making the digital economy easier to...