Analysis

2 years ago | October 28, 2022

Understanding the Zambian Kwacha’s stability

Dr Keen Mhlanga The Kwacha is Zambia’s official currency. In the last decade, the country’s foreign exchange regime has ...

Breaking silos mentality in the workplace

Arthur Marara One of the common issues that comes out from team building interventions is that of “working in silos”. ...

National branding requires our commitment

Dr Musekiwa Clinton Tapera The position taken by the government of Zimbabwe to champion the national branding of this ...

How to deal with social media fires

Leslie Mupeti It has been an eventful week as far as brands are concerned. Hip Hop superstar and businessman Kanye West ...

2 years ago | October 21, 2022

Can the African become a true capitalist?

Clifford Shambare On December 1, 2020, I bumped into a piece by Strive Masiyiwa in which he is chiding his fellow ...

Six laws for personal, professional growth

Arthur Marara I am passionate about personal and professional development. Success has an interesting way of operating — ...

Strategies for successful rebranding

Leslie Mupeti According to the economic times, rebranding is the process of modifying an organisation’s corporate ...

Formulation of a nation branding strategy

Dr Musekiwa Clinton Tapera Nation branding in a mega project that requires huge resources, effective coordination and ...

2 years ago | October 14, 2022

Develop positive focus

Arthur Marara These past years have tested many businesses, and threw many off course due to many disruptions one of ...

Should Africans create own capital markets?

Clifford Shambare Capitalism is a veritable economic system that is made up of tangible and intangible components. So to ...

Resolving marketing vs finance conflict

Leslie Mupeti Wiping beads of perspiration off his youthful face, John quietly placed his now worthless papers back into ...

Tetrad Bank faces shareholders revolt

Business Writer In an unpresented development, Tetrad Investment Bank (TIB), which lost its banking licence eight years ...

Harnessing stakeholders’ interest

Dr Musekiwa Clinton Tapera It is generally accepted that the organisation can capture critical benefits by engaging ...

2 years ago | October 7, 2022

Centrality of stakeholders in nation branding

Dr Musekiwa C Tapera Nation branding has emerged as a strategy for all countries to compete financially, culturally and ...

Ten reasons why small businesses fail

Part II In the last instalment we commenced a conversation on why small businesses fail. While the talk so much is on ...

Connection between your brand and the customer experience

Leslie Mupeti Companies constantly try to foster a culture of trust, dependability, or goodwill in order to link their ...

2 years ago | September 30, 2022

Venture capital firms help start-ups succeed

Dr Keen Mhlanga A venture capital company gathers contributions from Limited Partners (LPs) into a fund and then ...

Whither African peasant?

Clifford Shambare This is Part Two of Whither African peasant?. We ended Part One by beginning to consider the part ...

Why small businesses fail

Arthur Marara People go into business for various reasons. With the levels of unemployment some people are quick to ...

UK’s crisis of confidence was years in the making

Britain is in a self-inflicted financial crisis that threatens to accelerate the economy’s dive into recession — and the ...