East Africa’s Dams: Chinese Hydropower Tests the Industrial Promise
Economics - Industry & Resources · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 A dam is supposed to be a beginning, not an end. Across East Africa, Chinese contractors have raised some of the continent's largest hydropower stations on the...
Trends Shaping Namibia’s Manufacturing Sector in 2024
Industry | Staff Writer | Moakanyi Magazine Namibia’s manufacturing sector is evolving, driven by innovations, policy shifts, and the need for sustainability. As the country strives to diversify its economy beyond mining and agriculture, manufacturing plays a critical...
The Special Economic Zone Authority
By SEZA | for Moakanyi Magazine The Government of Botswana has established the Special Economic Zone Authority (SEZA) in 2015 to support and manage the development of the 8 SEZs in Botswana, and assist in economic diversification through developing trade and...
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets
By Staff Writer | for Moakanyi Magazine Trade and markets lie at the heart of the development process. In food and agriculture, markets expand consumers’ choices and create incentives for farmers. Markets thereby enable the optimal allocation of resources and provide...
Stimulus Budget Targets Roads and Power to Revive Growth
Economics - Macro & Markets · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · June 2026 Every commodity economy reaches the same fork: when the export that funds the state softens, does the budget retrench or does it spend its way toward something new. In February 2024, Finance...
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Beneath the copper record: Congo’s diamonds, cocoa and rubber diverged in 2020
The BCC’s 31 March 2021 digest lifts 2020 copper to 1.60 million tonnes and cobalt to 89,749 tonnes, yet artisanal diamonds fell 28 per cent and rubber 43 per cent. Cocoa rose 40 per cent.
US$6.4 billion of reserves, US$503 million of firepower: Congo’s external account
At the end of March 2021 Congo’s broad reserves stood near US$6.4 billion, yet the BCC’s own position was US$503 million, about two weeks of imports. Copper and cobalt prices are doing the heavy lifting.
Accounting Firms must Maximize on Digital Marketing in South Africa
Without Digital Marketing, no Accounting Firm can grow in this Digital Age. In eight sessions of the DigitalPlus Course in Digital Marketing, we recently trained an Accounting Firm’s executives, with one of the outcomes being a realisation that they had made enough reputation to get new clients leveraging on and further mining into their current client base.
Copper up 12 per cent, cement down 22: Congo’s real economy in February 2021
The BCC’s February 2021 digest shows 2020 copper output near 1.59 million tonnes while cement, flour and soft drinks shrank. Mining is the headline, but domestic volumes tell businesses where demand really sits.
Cobalt up 50 per cent, copper up 11: Congo’s metals rally, the reserves lag
BCC data show LME cobalt up 50 per cent and copper up 11 per cent since December, while strict reserves slipped to US$664m. Why export gains reach the central bank late, and what to do meanwhile.
Is It Easy To Start A Transport And Logistics Business in South Africa? | Khaya Mahlangu
Here is a very useful and thoughtful video we found on YouTube. It is a short nuggets video on how to start a transport and logistics business in South Africa by Khaya Mahlangu, a vlogger and business consultant for Start-Ups in South Africa. M: +27 79 351 6337 |...
Trucking business in Africa | Lusani Phadagi
In 2020, Lusani Phadagi had a chat with Thabang a young South African entrepreneur who is into logistics business to be precise bulk trucking business.
Congo’s real economy beneath the mining boom: copper up 12 per cent, cement down 20
BCC output data to November 2020 show copper and oil rising while cement, diamonds, flour and drinks shrank. What the split means for firms that sell to households rather than to mines.
Congo’s reserves: US$5.8bn on the broad count, US$0.7bn on the strict one
The BCC reports two reserve figures that differ by US$5bn. Why the gap exists, how copper and cobalt gains reach the central bank, and which number importers and lenders should watch.