BUSINESS

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...

There are nine Trans-African Highways, all under development and enhancements, and the fourth one - Cairo-Gaborone-Cape Town, pass through Botswana and Zambia. At present, the Cape to Cairo trail passes through Botswana, into the Western territory of Zimbabwe, into...

In the centre stage of empowering the citizen in Botswana is the Local Enterprise Authority, that provides Training, Mentorship, Market Access, and Technology Support to Micro and Small enterprises across the country. The Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) was...

There comes a time when one must look to their saving in order to navigate themselves through a period of uncertainty, and for Botswana, the time may have arisen to look to savings from the Pula Fund to mitigate damages brought about by the Covid19 Pandemic. Botswana...

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 investment in Botswana while providing...

There are six distinct aspects of economic thought in Botswana that an investor or entrepreneur trading in the country must be aware of, all cited in specific factors of an economy in flight – Botswana’s Financial sector, Meat Sector, Technology, Energy, Development,...