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Moakanyi Magazine | March 2021 | Zebra Zones

Moakanyi Magazine | March 2021 | Zebra Zones

Zebra Zones: Building Botswana within Special Economic Zones. Botswana has eight SEZs, namely Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (mixed use), Tuli Block (Agropolis), Lobatse (meat and leather), Fairgrounds (international finance and technology), Pandamatenga...

Moakanyi Magazine | January 2021 | Rekindling Tourism

Moakanyi Magazine | January 2021 | Rekindling Tourism

How then do we restore and rekindle the industry, which is the gateway to the economy? This is a question being asked and solutions lie in firstly realising that the world, and Botswana, will never be the same because of the pandemic, and from this realisation, a...

Moakanyi Magazine | November 2020 | The Social Balance Sheet

Moakanyi Magazine | November 2020 | The Social Balance Sheet

In accounting a company's Balance Sheet is essentially your total assets equaling your total liabilities, with various factors in play; same is for the Social Balance Sheet, wherein there are relational assets and liabilities that make up your balance sheet.

Moakanyi Magazine | October 2020 | The Relationology of Mr Price

Moakanyi Magazine | October 2020 | The Relationology of Mr Price

It is possible for a fashion entrepreneur to create and grow a brand like Mr Price in today's South Africa, and Africa at large. One must just go back and study the “simples” that the founders of Mr Price created. The success story of Mr Price is one of relating with...

Moakanyi Magazine | August 2020 | Staying Relevant

Moakanyi Magazine | August 2020 | Staying Relevant

It is important to stay relevant as a Marketer in the Digital Marketing Age in Africa. I graduated with my marketing degree close to fifteen years ago and attained most of my experience around that time and I can tell you that most of our treasured knowledge from back...

Moakanyi Magazine | June 2020 | The Pula Fund

Moakanyi Magazine | June 2020 | The Pula Fund

There comes a time when one must look to their saving in order to navigate themselves through a period of uncertainty, and for Botswana, the time may have arisen to look to savings from the Pula Fund to mitigate damages brought about by the Covid19 Pandemic.

Moakanyi Magazine | April 2020 | The Tswanovative Futurist

Moakanyi Magazine | April 2020 | The Tswanovative Futurist

Eng. Mmoloki Makoba is a Chemical Engineering PhD Researcher, a Global Expo Investment Battlefield 2019 winner, Botswana Innovation Fund 2019 winner from the Botswana International University of Science and Technology, famous for an innovation of turning Coal into...

Moakanyi Magazine | March 2020 | The Flying Economy

Moakanyi Magazine | March 2020 | The Flying Economy

There are six distinct aspects of economic thought in Botswana that an investor or entrepreneur trading in the country must be aware of, all cited in specific factors of an economy in flight – Botswana's Financial sector, Meat Sector, Technology, Energy, Development,...