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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...
Self-Isolation: The Cure for Covid-19 and the Mirror
Kealeboga Ronald Ngwigwa | for Moakanyi Magazine By In each step we take, there is a high probability of coronavirus contraction. Our chances of being victims of the deadly pandemic are upon our mobility. It is through these movements we make that we are able to fend...
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...
Cabanga Magazine | June 2020 | Credibility Diplomacy
Credibility is a tangible intangible, an asset of social, political and business economy opening and shutting doors with equal swift. It is a subtle defined currency that bygone champions like Nelson Mandela were simply endowed. A probable litmus test of this was...
Cabanga Magazine | May 2020 | The Agriconomy of South Africa
South Africa is a diverse agricultural economy made up of 40,000 commercial farms according to the recently published Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA) of 2017 Report. An agricultural powerhouse that feeds Africa, its economic health affects many other countries...
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 | April 2020 | The Tswanovative Futurist
Eng. Mmoloki Makoba is a Chemical Engineering PhD Researcher, a Global Expo Investment Battlefield 2019 winner, Botswana Innovation Fund 2019 winner from the Botswana International University of Science and Technology, famous for an innovation of turning Coal into...
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...
Cabanga Magazine | February 2020 | The Standard of Banking
According to Forbes, Standard Bank is “the largest lender in Africa”; a position that is backed by 157 years of lending money to business owners and individuals in South Africa and the globe.
Moakanyi Magazine | January 2019 | Doing Business in 2020
Botswana is open for business, and its ranking on the African and Global market space is getting better by the day; 2020 will be a great year for the country, as the world furthers Doing Business in Botswana.
Cabanga Magazine | January 2020 | The Fourth Industrial Revelation
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (#4IR) in the form of Internet of Things (IOTs), Blockchain, Cloud, Quantum Computing, and Avatar Human Capital, are quite the buzzwords these days, but let's be real, are we ready? Do we even know what we're asking for as the world,...
Cabanga Magazine | December 2019 | The Unconventional Entrepreneur
Approach and objectivity matter when you need the service of an Accountant, and Bakani Ngulani is one with a simple approach and is always objective in solving accounting challenges or establishing systems for businesses. He is unconventional.
Moakanyi Magazine | November 2019 | The Lion King of Energy
As a rising lion in the Savannah, Shumba Energy is shaping to be the Lion King of Energy in Africa, as it holds a diverse portfolio not only in exploration, but in project development, as they believe and act on “powering the future”.
Cabanga Magazine | November 2019 | Doing Business in South Africa 2020
There is a global economic performance indicator which affects policies, laws, and industries within countries, that no CEO, shop owner, or manager of a business in South Africa cannot ignore – The Ease of Doing Business, published by the World Bank Group.
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...
Moakanyi Magazine | September 2019 | Bankability
Imagine that at some point you then get the chance or courage to learn about business development, create a business plan, draft business proposals for investment, then you apply, only to be told "your business is not bankable".
Moakanyi Magazine | August 2019 | Beefy Exports
According to FAO, the world has 1.468 billion head of cattle, and Botswana has 2.5 million of that herd, and it is estimated to account for less than 2% of Botswana's GDP.