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Emchi Detergents, is small scale manufacturer of household detergents in Belvedere, Harare. Emchi is a product and brand of Emily Chiinze. Emily with her family, for many years now, have made detergents for family, friends, neighbours and local shops in Belvedere, and...

According to the updated registers at the Department of Social Development, there are slightly over 80,000 compliant NPOs in South Africa. In recent years there were over 150,000, but due to non-compliance and financial challenges, almost half were classified as...

In 1886, John Stith Pemberton invented Coke, and in that year, it is said he only sold 25 bottles of his product. In today's value that would be lightly over US$20 if you are in South Africa. It dawned on me the other day that, like Coke, there are some businesses...

Woodfuel is the main cooking fuel for over 60% of households in Africa. This is expected to increase in the coming decades, due to lack of alternative household energy and growing charcoal demand in urban centres. Commercialization of woodfuel provides income to...

In 2015, Wilbert R. Mutoko of the North-West University (South Africa), presented a paper titled ‘The role of small, micro- and medium enterprises in employment creation: The case of the manufacturing sector in Botswana’ at the 2015 7th International Conference on...

There is a new Companies and Other Entities Act of 2017, that is about to be enacted, packed with new changes. In a series of articles, Capital Magazine explores the background of this bill, starting with reviews made public by the Law Development Commission in its...

Garfunkels is a brand with a porky story that can only be understood in their own words, that has invaded and made domineering space in the quality meats market in Zimbabwe within four years. Garfunkels is a wholly Zimbabwean enterprise producing the highest quality...

As Zimbabwe and China trade surpassed the USD One Billion mark in September 2016, making the two countries important trade partners, there is need for the Zimbabwean entrepreneur and executive to understand basic business etiquette with the Chinese. With increasing...

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,...

Out of the sixteen countries in Southern Africa (SADC), the most inventive and innovative women are from Botswana, as was revealed by a report by the UK Intellectual Property Office in September 2019, titled “Gender Profiling in Worldwide Patenting: An Analysis of...

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...

(South Africa) - This is a preview extract of the book “Trade Secrets of Business in South Africa”, hence this article will explore diverse issues in the subject of trade secrets for business and entrepreneurship. Before you start or grow a business in South Africa,...

(South Africa) - 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. Bakani...

(Zimbabwe) - In Brand Ideology, Oysters and Posh are brands that work together to use relational techniques with consumers in a cloak and dagger game that results in growth in influence and in sales. The brands Posh and Noma Ndebele are a Cloak and Dagger combo built...