Review By Tshepo Magagane Heatmap of artisanal mining – we need to find financing solutions to formalise this key sector! NB: since then, I have come across more info that the production is higher!! After Insaka in Lusaka last year, I wrote the below – this is an opportunity for capital to make financial returns […]
Trump’s Second Term: The First 100 Days
Observation By Ceaser Siwale President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January 2025 marked a whirlwind of executive action, sweeping policy shifts, and renewed ideological battles. Within his first 100 days, Trump issued 141 executive orders, reshaping immigration, energy, education, and foreign policy. While supporters hail this period as the dawn of a “Golden Age,” […]
Women In Space
By Ceaser Siwale $11 million spent. 11 minutes in space. But at what expense? This week, the first-ever commercial spaceflight crew made up entirely of women soared into space.The media called it “historic.”Socials called it “feminist.”Headlines called it a “win for women.”But was it really? This was the crew: • Lauren Sánchez – Jeff Bezos’ fiancée • […]
Men Are Covers, Women Are Books…Modern Masculinity Is Judged And Slotted Into Categories We Didn’t Sign Up For.
The moment you take your first breath of ZED’s air and a mid-wife says, “It’s a boy!” you know you’re in for a lifetime of expectation. Because being a Zambian man is an indictment of how you’ll probably repeat or remix the mistakes of your father, presidents, brother or friends. As a man, you will […]
From Raw Materials to African-Made: How Africa Can Own Its Resource Value Chain
By Savior Mwambwa Summary: In this short think-piece, I examine how African nations can transform exploitative resource extraction patterns into sustainable economic development. Drawing from my forthcoming research paper, I explore how strategic state involvement, regional integration through AfCFTA, and inclusive governance models can help Africa move beyond raw material exports toward manufacturing and value addition. […]
Do you have a loose 5k?
You’ll be at home on a Friday evening with your family or alone. You receive a phone call from your friend. In the background, inebriated baddies are singing along to some promiscuity-inducing hit song and your friend screams into your ear, “Boi, do you have a loose five thousand? Payable month end!” Zambians have been […]
Copper Supply and Financing Challenges in the face of increased Demand – There is No Transition Without Africa (so where is the Capital?)
By Tshepo Magagane, Mine Finance Senior Africa is blessed with an abundance of base metals including Copper across the Central African Copperbelt (Zambia, DRC), Kalahari Copperbelt (Botswana, Namibia), Kaoko Copperbelt (Namibia, Angola). Prospective tenements are available; however, they lack capital to risk-unlock into Feasible Projects. There are no new Pre-Feasibility Stage projects, and capital is required to […]
A Reset Gone Awry
Observations By Ceaser Siwale The implementation of sweeping tariff policies under President Donald Trump’s administration has sparked significant debate among economists, business leaders, and global trading partners. Initially intended as a strategic reset to address longstanding trade imbalances and reinvigorate domestic industries, the approach has generated unintended economic consequences, raising concerns about its effectiveness and […]
There Are No Handouts
One of the toughest places for a man to navigate his prejudices and masculinity is right after he leaves the relative comfort of secondary school. This is when he realizes that academically, he will eventually come good but socially, he will never receive pizza on a Friday night and a new iPhone just because he’s […]
Build v Buy Debate in Mining
By Tshepo Magagane The most value-adding approach is to find and build – FQM started out by producing 2,000t pa and now, just in Zambia, they are about to hit 500,000t pa! Khoemacau was taken over for USD35m in distress (went into it during commissioning) and was sold for USD2.0Bn! The thing about buying a […]