Written By: Mutisunge Zulu Chief Risk Officer | Global Executive PhD Cand. Business Mgt, AI & Strategy at ESCP Business School | Global Executive MBA (Manchester) Copper’s breach above $11,000/MT didn’t just surprise markets, it invalidated the analytical architecture many of us have used for decades. What the industry long regarded as a cyclical industrial […]
From Grievance to Design
By Dean N Onyambu For years, we have said, “Africa pays too much to borrow because the rating agencies are biased.” That anger is understandable. It is also incomplete. In sovereign markets, default is the crash. The spread is the cost of insurance. Investors are not only looking at who has crashed before. They are […]
Zambia Just Got a Credit Upgrade: What It Actually Means for You in Simple Terms
By Savior Mwambwa Fitch Ratings (one of the world’s three major credit rating agencies) has upgraded Zambia’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B-‘ from ‘RestrictedDefault’ (RD). This is according to Fitch’s own rating action commentary released on Friday 28th November 2025 titled: “Fitch Upgrades Zambia to ‘B-‘; Outlook Stable”Think of it like […]
Why You’re Shooting Blanks!
We all go to the same war. Discover what we’re good at, get better at it, apply it somewhere to make enough money that we can save to help our family bury us with dignity. Ok, this opening was dark. Sorry about that.But the point I’m making is that while we’re all pursuing a respectable […]
What If You Don’t Die First?
Men tend to die first. That’s why they’re implored to have a will that determines the aftermath of their demise. This anomaly has us focused so much on how we should plan for our loved ones when we’re gone. Men never consider the alternative. The possibility that it is not us, but our partner, who […]
MAC Clause
You just cant pull out of deals because you have 2nd thoughts! Same thing is going to happen with the Anglo coal assets. Anglo will also get another boost as they are going to plug higher LT coal prices in models now (and the stars aligning with the IEA coming back with scenarios of longer coal […]
The New Gateway to African Trade
Ceaser Siwale The Southern African Development Community (SADC) finds itself at the intersection of a global logistics crisis, a structural commodity boom, and an unprecedented push for sustainability compliance. For Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that form the essential support structure for the region’s vast mining sector, navigating this turbulent environment means recognising that auditable sustainability […]
“It’s Gonna Be A Big Event”
You probably know by now that a man’s biggest milestones rarely announce themselves with trumpets and a man in a white rob descending from the shimmering sky above us. Frankly, that’s the only time it’s gonna be a big event. For everything else, life is a series of occasions that add up to the next […]
Comparing Sick Notes
Sure, there are men among us that simply refuse to give up on Arsenal FC and that’s admirable but there’s something about how we handle pain that seems to be specific to men. The ability to endure sickness in silence is a rising problem. A man will stare into an empty fridge in a house […]
Copper Supply Shocks!
By Tshepo Magagane It is so difficult to explain to people outside the industry what the challenges are with copper supply are. Even if you assume just 35Mtpa by 2030 (see that I am not even talking about 50Mtpa) – give me a list of new projects out there that can produce just 200ktpa? 200ktpa […]