Masunga Sports Complex Opens; Council Eyes Solar and Fee Review
A new sports complex is easy to open and hard to sustain. The ribbon-cutting draws a crowd; the running costs arrive quietly every month thereafter. At end-March 2026 Masunga, in the north-east, faced exactly that test as its sports complex opened for public use — and...
MUSIKA opens four Regional Markets to South African Suppliers
The new B2B procurement platform combines South African supply with a trade desk serving Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Musika launches today, giving South African manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors a managed route to business buyers in four Southern...
Changing of the Guard: How Roger Jardine Succeeds Trevor Manuel at Old Mutual
Chair succession at a financial-services group is usually framed as a safe pair of hands handing over to another. Old Mutual has framed its handover differently — as generational change. The insurer named Roger Jardine as chair-designate, effective 5 June 2026, to...
Authorities Clarify FMD Controls: Dairy and Aggregates Exempt
Foot-and-mouth disease control tends to be discussed as a single switch — borders shut, trucks stopped, trade frozen. The reality is more granular, and the gap between blanket fear and the actual rules is where commercial damage often happens. In mid-February 2026,...
The Tax Base Lost When Microbusinesses Vanish
When a microbusiness is forced to close, the visible loss is one shop counter. The fiscal loss runs much further along the chain, through channels that never carried the shop’s name and taxes that were never obviously its own. South Africa’s revenue...
The Productivity Loss Behind Voluntary Repatriation
Voluntary repatriation removes trained workers and migrant entrepreneurs faster than replacements arrive. Costing replacement time, onboarding, customer loss.
Cabanga Africa Launches Musika, a Verified B2B Sourcing Platform for SADC Businesses
Buyers post a requirement and receive one landed price from a verified supplier, with the border, paperwork and carrier carried on a single invoice There is a specific hour that every cross-border trader in Southern Africa knows. You have a buyer. You have a price....
Zero Tariff: How China’s Duty-Free Window Opens for South African Exporters
China’s duty-free window opens to South African exporters from 1 May 2026 — but SARS Rules of Origin certificates are the real test of who can claim it.
Aterian Starts 90km² Copper Survey in the Kalahari Copperbelt
UK-listed Aterian plc has begun a 90km2 soil geochemical survey for copper-silver in Botswana’s Kalahari Copperbelt, defining future drill targets. What it
Business Closures Are the First GDP Estimate of Unrest
Shutdowns and absenteeism in South African unrest are lost output no one counts in time. How to build a rapid local-output tracker for protest days.
The 2026 Opportunity Atlas
Global trade is holding up. The 2026 Opportunity Atlas is Moakanyi’s capstone, mapping all 270 issues by section, sector and business action for Botswana operators.
The Food Security Founder
Global food prices keep moving. The Food Security Founder profiles the agri-operators in Botswana solving supply risks rather than just enduring them.
The Energy-Literate Founder
Botswana has signed energy and mineral deals with Oman. The Energy-Literate Founder teaches owners to read oil, power and solar risk for themselves.
The Exporter Readiness Checklist
World trade is rising again. The Exporter Readiness Checklist gives Botswana firms a toolkit to prepare for regional demand before the orders arrive.
The Africa Thinks Here Index
Global trade is proving resilient. The Africa Thinks Here Index ranks opportunities by section across Moakanyi’s nine-desk architecture, turning coverage into a map.
The Pula Planning Notebook
With Botswana’s budget projecting a rebound, the Pula Planning Notebook helps owners plan scenarios around growth, debt and prices rather than guess at them.
The Startup Compliance Guide
Digital VAT and payment trust are rising demands on young firms. The Startup Compliance Guide turns compliance from a fear into a teachable checklist.
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC: the lived regional economy and what comes next
Walk the beaches of Luanda's Ilha do Cabo or the coastal roads south toward Benguela and the blue economy is not a policy phrase, it is the boats coming in at dawn, the informal fish markets, the dive operators and lodges depending on marine conservation areas...
Angolan kwanza in RTGS across SADC — institutional capability — for regional operators
Regional integration in SADC is usually described in the passive voice — a protocol is adopted, a strategy is approved, a system is upgraded — as though institutions move on their own momentum. They do not. This week's confirmation that the Angolan kwanza became...
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC: regional demand and access and what comes next
Ask a household in Windhoek, Maputo or Dar es Salaam whether SADC's blue economy agenda has changed anything about the fish on their plate or the beach holiday they can afford, and the honest answer, as of this week, is not yet. The 3rd Africa Blue Economy Week,...
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