Chabala Sunkutu Investment Banking Associate | Transaction Analysis, Valuations & Capital Markets Everyone is talking about how artificial intelligence is transforming investment banking. And they’re right, it is. But the conversation keeps missing the most important point. The biggest value an investment banker brings to a deal isn’t financial modeling. It isn’t combing through thousands […]
Is Nationalism Compatible with Economic Sovereignty
Reflections on KK Day – Tuesday 28 April 2026 By Savior Mwambwa Today, Tuesday, 28th April, is Kenneth Kaunda (KK) Day. KK Day is a Zambian holiday in form, but in substance, it belongs to all of Africa and to the wider Global South. Kenneth Kaunda was a founding architect of the Frontline States, a […]
DRC 100m from US and UAE “Paramilitary”
….to protect the mines. By Tshepo Magagane A pantomime of the leopold-era for SNL. Sierra Leone first lady put it best “for every USD100m of minerals that leave the country, we get USD10,000”! Protecting the Congolese Minerals from the Congolese who own them. The DRC can never have peace until the Congolese have peace. This […]
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 […]
Fuel Adjustments: Fiscal Trade-Offs, Debt Implications and the Social Spending Squeeze
Written By Nenani “The Analyst” Sichone The Trigger: A Global Oil Shock Meets Domestic Fragility On 31 March 2026, the Energy Regulation Board raised pump prices sharply: petrol to K27.15/litre (+2%), diesel to K29.78 (+28%), and kerosene to K32.26 (+53%). International crude had surged nearly 70% in a month to approximately $118/barrel, driven by the […]
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, […]
You Can’t Have One Without Copper!
By Tshepo Magagane https://archive.is/20260323202345/https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/climate-change-world-order-green-transition-fossil-fuel/ [The liberal international order’s replacement thus won’t be negotiated in Geneva or adjudicated in The Hague. It will be determined by who controls the energy flows, mineral deposits, and technological systems on which all modern life now depends. The cost of oil extraction in the Gulf is the lowest in the […]
Washington Is Holding Zambia’s HIV Patients Hostage for Minerals.
OPINION: Washington is threatening to withhold HIV treatment unless Zambia hands over access to its copper and cobalt. The terms are worse than anything offered to any other African country. But Zambia has more leverage than it thinks. By Savior Mwambwa Mr. Mwambwa works on economic sovereignty and development finance in the global majority countries. […]
Impact Banking – “IMPACT is the only sustainable form of Capitalism”!
By Tshepo Magagane Why we do what we do! “if not us, who will”! Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) has appointed Pangaea Securities as Transaction Advisor to mobilise US$60 million from Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and private sector investors to support the rehabilitation of the country’s railway infrastructure. The funding will complement a €50 million grant […]
Guyana: Africa’s Lessons, the Caribbean’s Energy, and a Frontier Market Coming of Age
By Ceaser Siwale I arrived in Georgetown on a Saturday morning. Seven days later, I left having witnessed one of the most compelling emerging market transformations I have encountered since the early commodity booms in sub-Saharan Africa. Guyana is not just growing — it is being rebuilt from the ground up, in real time, and the […]