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 […]
What Separates Great Investment Bankers from Great Artificial Intelligence
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 […]
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 […]
Please Tell Your Fathers That We’re Tired …
There is a Zambian man who has become quite a common sight. You won’t find him dancing to amapiano at Dacapo, filming people on the streets and force-feeding them a dictionary or talking at every forum, masterclass and conference in town. You’ll find this man on radio, TV, social media and especially this year, in […]
Why the Zambian Man is Under Care and Maintenance …
There’s that tired scenario where a mine goes into “care and maintenance,” to indirectly ask a government to take it easy with planned tax hikes. It doesn’t mean the mine is closing. It simply keeps its assets in decent shape so everything doesn’t fall apart. Today’s Zambian man has good reason to place himself under […]
Africa, These Minerals Belong To Us
By Tshepo Magagane The West is underpinned by the wealth that has been extracted from Africa. For Zambia to get to 3Mtpa, you need 800ktpa to come from Independent Projects. From MRE, PFS, BFS, PF; it will take USD12-15bn. However, when these projects come into production – they will be throwing off that much in […]
Masculinity is a drama not even Netflix can make.
I recently checked the brochure and couldn’t find anything on our wives or girlfriends having to be friends with each other. You see, just because we grew up together in Chingola or Chelstone or work together, it doesn’t call for the women in our lives to share recipes and skin care routines out of politeness […]
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. […]