BUSINESS

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a landmark agreement that has the potential to significantly impact the growth and development of small businesses in Africa. One of the most significant benefits of the AfCFTA for small businesses is the reduction...

As a business owner in Africa, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents both challenges and opportunities for the growth and development of your business. One of the key opportunities presented by the AfCFTA is increased market access. The agreement...

Economic development in Africa is steadily happening, and key to this is the infrastructural development of the Trans-African Highway network - roads that connect countries in Africa. The Trans-African Highway network is a network of roads that spans the continent of...

All war affects geopolitics and has a direct impact on global economics by reshaping demand and supply. From an international trade perspective, the current Russia-Ukraine dispute has created opportunity for largest African agricultural commodity exporters like South...

South African small businesses are capable of sustaining the lives of their business owners, communities, and the national economy, as they are the largest employer (50% of labour force), and contribute over 30% of GDP. The World Bank and International Finance...

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...

Many citizens of developing nations are more worried about the fluctuation of their local currency rates against the US dollar, when they should be concern themselves more on what they are actually producing for export. In this world of trade, what matters more is...

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...

Money Transfer is on the rise in Africa, and there are several brands taking the lead in dominating territories and other market segments. Remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa were recorded to be $48 billion in 2019, but the true total is likely to be significantly...

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,...

According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), Travel and Tourism is Zambia’s 2018 fastest-growing national economic sector, contributing US$1,846.9 million (ZMK19.4 billion) to national economy, reported WTTC, and 318.9 thousand jobs to the Zambian economy...