We’re all doing this for the first time. President Hakainde Hichilema, like the six men before him, had no experience being the final boss. Even the man dancing at a reception for his third marriage is doing it for the first time with that woman. And one thing about life? It shows when you think […]
Some of our friends play for the other team.
Have you ever noticed how one of or a few of the guys you know are just … different? From childhood all the way to date, there’s always been something sneaky or uncertain about them. It starts early in your friendship but becomes more pronounced as life begins to happen. You know your circle by […]
Zambia has a new pension law.
Savior Mwambwa Africa’s Green Finance Agenda | IFI & MDB Reform | Sovereign Wealth Funds, Tax Justice & DRM | Programme Manager, Open Society Foundations | 23-Country Track Record- Global | Pan- Africa | Zambia | New York The President signed NAB 68 of 2026 into law on 4 June. It repeals and rewrites the […]
Reserves, Reality, and the Zambian Election-What the Debate Is Getting Wrong on Both Sides
Savior Mwambwa Africa’s Green Finance Agenda | IFI & MDB Reform | Sovereign Wealth Funds, Tax Justice & DRM There is a debate happening right now in Zambia, loudly, on social media and at campaign rallies, about the meaning of foreign exchange reserves. It has in many ways, become the central argument of the 2026 […]
A man with kaso will always be ugly.
A man who picks out the right clothes for an occasion, drives carefully on the road, speaks eloquently and can cook a decent meal? He’s usually celebrated as a catch. But when he budgets and plans for his money, it’s always a different story. You could be one of the most handsome men in the […]
Play with it a little bit.
Every man can pretend it doesn’t affect him or that he’s already experiencing it. But there comes a time, without good fortune for some in their early forties, where a man simply has to look at how nothing seems to move naturally unless he plays with it. Life does become mundane. Repetitive. Work, home, church. […]
Royalties v Shareholding
Royal Bafokeng’s secret sauce was converting Royalties into Equity By Tshepo Magagane At the very base, Equity gives you: 1. Strategic Input 2. Operational Influence 3. Most importantly CURRENCY – which enables the ability to transact 4. When it comes to the argument that NI can be manipulated by companies; that is the role of […]
South Africa Grid Localisation
By Tshepo Magagane This could be a good test to see how much Copper value-addition is done in Africa!Remember that currently it is cheaper to bring end-copper products through Durban port from China than it is to bring them from Zambia – something has to change. 1. 14,500km of Transmission lines – will require about […]
The Sulphur Acid… Acid Test
Africa’s supply chain crisis is not about oil. It is about what sits beneath it. By Ceaser Siwale Everyone is watching Crude. The downstream has already moved past it. Sulphuric acid is not a commodity most people track. It should be. It underpins phosphate fertiliser, copper cathode production, cobalt processing, and a chain of industrial inputs […]
Stop Pitching. Start Aligning.
Why the Smartest Investors in Africa Are Winning Deals Before They Walk Into the Room By Ceaser Siwale | March 2026 There is a hard truth that many in the boardroom still struggle to grasp: in the African investment landscape, the pitch is often over before you even walk through the door. As Amne Suedi recently observed, […]