By Amanda Ellen Nicola Jojo ACHIEVING gender equality and the economic empowerment of women is both a moral and social imperative—and it’s also good business. In this regard, women-owned businesses are essential to economic stability and recovery. Female entrepreneurship has proven to be one of the most powerful ways to
By Amanda-Ellen Jojo NOWADAYS, the boundary between the physical and a virtual world is not clearly visible because of the digitalisation age. In this era, the payments ecosystem is gradually becoming digital and this has been evidenced by new entrants who are utilising the digitalisation. In a bid to fast-track
By Vongai Mbara ZIMBABWE has been ranked by Global Edge as one of the top three African countries that offer the best Return on Investment (ROI). It was ranked after Nigeria and Kenya in a survey which was conducted with the aim of establishing the African country that would offer
By Nepson Moyo TO a simple lay person, think of the following, the country produces goods and services that we use in our everyday life, directly or indirectly. These goods and services are owned by someone out there. That someone could be you. There is a market that enables you
By Amanda E Jojo FINANCIAL Markets Indaba is set to co-host the Financing Climate Change Adaptation Investment Conference in March, The Entrepreneurial Magazine has learnt. The finance sector presides over a large pool of capital which could be steered towards low carbon, climate resilient activities hence the Investment Conference will
THE story of property development business mogul Kenneth Sharpe starts way back as a young boy who dreamt of being a surgeon and then a fighter pilot. Growing up with a father who was into mining, the young shy boy got to be moved around towns and homes and at
By Tadiwanashe Donald Chiketa IF I had been told these things about money earlier in my life, then I would definitely have been better off money-wise than I am right now. In our culture, money issues are not freely discussed in families, it’s like a taboo. We are left to
By Simba Mswaka IN 2009 there was excitement about Nigeria as an African heavyweight. The Republic of South Africa was experiencing the effects of the GFC and professionals were looking for the next big thing. There was an exodus by some individuals to join the bandwagon and others stayed in
PERHAPS if you have been following the stock exchange, you would have seen that there is a new trend lately. We have seen Apple becoming the first company to reach and cross the $2 trillion market capitalization and Elon Musk surpassing Jeff Bezos as one of the richest man in
By Tadiwanashe D Chiketa WHEN choosing an investment, a one size fits all strategy does not work. Investments are like shoes, you do not buy a shoe because it looks good on someone. You have to find one that fits you perfectly, one that you know looks good on you.