Cheap and Clean: Can Low-Cost Renewables Make African Factories Competitive
Economics - Trade & AfCFTA · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 Clean energy is usually sold as a climate story. In Africa, the more consequential pitch is industrial. Manufacturers compete on the cost of power as much as the cost of...
COVID19 Crash: How China’s economy may offer a glimpse of the future
By Staff Writer (World Economic Forum) - China's business and economic activity slowed dramatically as the novel COVID-19 coronavirus spread. It's thought the effects on the country's economy could foreshadow what the rest of the world can expect. The UN has estimated...
The Rise of Renewable Energy Projects in Namibia
Namibia, with its abundant solar and wind resources, is emerging as a leader in renewable energy in Southern Africa. The country’s ambitious energy projects aim to address challenges such as energy security, climate change, and economic development. By investing in...
Building a Results Oriented Sales Team
Businesses exist to make money. The main goal of sales is not the selling itself but the end result, that is the sale where there is an exchange of goods or service for the customer’s cash. Winning teams need to be in place and it takes time and skill to build such...
Moments of the Cup in Making
Soil is treasure. Despite the excessive heat, Potters extract clay soil with a vision of a company enjoying a cup of hot beverage. The clay soil is very dense than any type of soil. After the mining, water is added to enable the moulding which is carried out on the...
Business Opportunities in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has vast business opportunities as a growing economy in the north east of Africa, with a five-year GDP growth from US$74 Billion in 2016 to US$95 Billion in 2019. According to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2020, FDI inflows to Ethiopia decreased to USD 2,5...
Growth Industries in Egypt
Egypt is the third largest economy in Africa, and is expected to grow in the coming decade or two. Currently, Egypt's economy relies mainly on agriculture, media, petroleum, natural gas, and tourism; with other major industries being textiles, food processing,...
Opportunities in the Pottery Industry in Zimbabwe
Empires and Societies that stemmed from all regions of Zimbabwe, including the Great Zimbabwe, all made economic use of Pottery, and that skill set and those resources for production are still available today. They must be engrafted into the economic system of the rural and peri-urban farmer, to create not just a tourism element, but a formidable household industry that cuts across from the Kitchen, Living Room, to the Bathroom and Bedroom in Ceramic and Pottery-ware.
Global Pork Demand and the Tswana Swine
The Pig is known for producing the pork Ribs, Whole Carcass, Bacon, Polony, Sausages, Chops, Belly, Fillet, Ham, Smoked products, Leg, Neck, Salami, Shoulder, Gammon, Knuckles, Rhime, trotters, and the Frank just to name a few popular cuts that has shaped a global...
African Businesses need to Master Value Chains before dominating Supply Chains
African small businesses must master their value chain, before they dominate the supply chain for their respective industries. The value chain is a process in which a company adds value to its raw materials to produce products eventually sold to consumers. The supply...
Congo’s May ledger: CDF 4.5 trillion collected, 0.3 per cent spent on capital
By 28 May the state had collected CDF 4,540 billion and spent CDF 3,921 billion, most of it on pay. Capital spending was CDF 11 billion. For businesses, the biggest domestic customer is the payroll.
Congo’s May reserves reach US$1.24bn on the strict line, with a late jump unexplained
The BCC’s strict reserve line went from US$784 million to US$1,240 million in May, lifting import cover to five weeks. Metal prices were mixed, and Kamoa-Kakula’s first concentrate came too late to explain it.
Starting a Business in Nigeria
Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa, is fast growing economy, according to the World Bank, has a GDP that rose from US$376 Billion in 2017 to US$448 Billion in 2019. Starting a business in Nigeria is a very lucrative and commendable for those with interest in the...
Starting a Business in Egypt
Egypt is fast growing economy, whose GDP, according to the World Bank, rose from US$235 Billion in 2017 to US$303 Billion in 2019; creating haven of business opportunities for those desiring to start a business there. Starting a business in Egypt requires following...
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Beneath Congo’s mining headline, a 3.5 per cent forecast that feels like 0.5 per cent
Congo’s central bank projects 3.5 per cent growth for 2021, but population growth of 3 per cent leaves under 1 per cent per head. The gap is filled, or not, by roads, telecoms and food markets.
Congo’s reserve gap: US$6.5bn on paper, US$0.5bn in the central bank’s hands
The BCC reports two reserve figures, and April showed how far apart they sit. Metal prices surged, the franc held, and the buffer the central bank can actually spend stayed under half a month of imports.