Africa Solar Belt: A Demonstration Pledge Meets a 600-Million Access Gap
Economics - Industry & Resources · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 The Africa Solar Belt arrives wrapped in the language of access, but the early ledger reads more like a demonstration than a rollout. Proposed by China in September...
Trade Dressing: Zimbabwe Willards Foods and Hanawa Foods
Have you noticed that Hanawa Super Foods’ cheese flavor packaging and Willards cheese flavor packaging look alike; therein lies what is now known as Trade Dressing in the world of Intellectual Property under trademark laws. Willards is an established brand in the...
How Much Does LinkedIn Advertising Cost?
As social media platforms continue to rise in popularity, it opens the door for businesses to advertise and reach new leads. LinkedIn is a great platform to help you garner brand awareness and earn new leads using ads. How much does it cost to advertise on LinkedIn,...
The Challenge of Revenue Generation for SMEs
By Oscar Habeenzu | for Cabanga Media Group Hustle, hustle, that is the order of the day, yet a complex matter that many just brush off as easy to do. There is a challenge in revenue generation for SMEs that needs to constantly be addressed and experiences shared, for...
What is the next great leap forward for your business and life?
This is a question we must all ask ourselves, in light of the reality and context we live in. It therefore goes without saying that to avoid answering this question is tantamount to failure. It is the inalienable question that determines growth, by defining how to...
Vendors & Cross Borders: Zimbabwe must Formalise Informal Businesses for Economic Growth
An informal business sector is that sector which uses capital and unskilled labour in production and produces non traded consumption goods whereas a formal sector utilizes skilled and unskilled labour in production and produces a traded good which is both an...
Resolving Youth Unemployment in Africa
The continent of Africa is seized with a catastrophe whose antidote seems elusive with the passage of time – Youth Unemployment. Many see it coming, Governments across the continent continue to complain about it, youths are not only anxious but disappointed that...
Economic Opportunities of Cultural Industries in Africa
Africa is a cultural economy, and there are vast economic opportunities of Folklore and Cultural Industries in Africa, that must not only be protected, but commercialised and continentalised as the AfCFTA unfolds, for the benefit of small business, just as global...
Congo’s budget showed a CDF 948bn surplus and CDF 11bn of capital spending by July
By 16 July 2021 Congo’s Treasury had collected 84 per cent of its 2020 tax and customs take, run a CDF 948 billion surplus, and spent half of outlays on wages and 0.2 per cent on capital projects.
Congo’s reserves hit US$8.1bn by mid-July 2021 as debt service passed all of 2020
Broad reserves stood at US$8.12 billion on 16 July 2021, 7.7 months of imports, with cobalt up 64 per cent since December. Yet external debt service had already exceeded the whole of 2020 in franc terms.
China’s Trademark Economy: A Lesson for Africa
As African countries activate the AfCFTA, it is important to emulate profitable Intellectual Property economic strategies from global giants like China, in order to grow industrial activity in all sectors of the continent's economy. According to the World Trademark...
Milborrow: The Animal Health Kings in Africa
Animal Health in Africa is big business, as livestock business owners are increasing, and at the core of their product choice is Milborrow, the brand that has led the industry across Africa since the 1886 in Africa. Milborrow Animal Health was formed in 1886, and the...
Growing a Business using Intellectual Property in West Africa
West African business owners must know that Intellectual Property is very important for a business, because it is at the core of business development, as represented by Trademarks, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Patent, and Utility Models. Intellectual property (IP) is an...
Business Opportunities in Chad
Chad, the Central and North African economy with potential, that many African business people are not paying attention to its opportunities, whilst international investors have much interest in. According to the US Government's International Trade Department, Chad's...
Opportunities in the Medical Supply Industry in South Africa
There are vast opportunities in the Medical Supply industry in South Africa, both for local use and for export into neighbouring countries that do not have advanced products and equipment as South Africa has access to. South Africa has a growing population and is...
The Green Economy of Ghana
According to the United Nations, the Green Economy (GE) is the pathway to achieving sustainable development in contemporary times, especially in developing economies such as Ghana. Ghana has A Green Economy Initiative, that will transform its socioeconomic status in...
Copper up 6% in 2020 while cement fell 22%: the Congo the mining headline misses
In 2020 Congolese copper output rose 6.3 per cent and cobalt 9.2 per cent, while cement fell 21.6 per cent and soft drinks 14.9 per cent. Growth per head was negative. Here is what that means for business.
Why Congo’s own dollar reserves nearly tripled between March and June 2021
The BCC’s own foreign-exchange position went from US$506 million at end-March to US$1.39 billion by mid-June 2021. Higher copper and cobalt prices, bigger volumes and mine prepayments explain the climb.
African Business through the African Continental Free Trade Area
There are many opportunities for business through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) that small businesses in African countries can take advantage of. The AfCFTA can help to boost industries, create jobs and increase investment, starting with small...
The AfCFTA for Small Businesses in Africa
The AfCFTA is here, a reality that Small Businesses in African economies must maximise the leverages available. There are many challenges that befall small businesses in Africa, and it is these challenges that the ACFTFA was created to solve. The African Continental...