Zimbabwe’s platinum story has moved into the capital phase
Tharisa’s near-$300 million raise for the Karo project shows that the next mining constraint is no longer only geology; it is the ability to mobilise capital and convert licences into production. Zimbabwe’s platinum opportunity is entering the stage where capital...
The Startup Compliance Guide
Content - Reports & Special Editions · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Most startups do not fail their first audit because they cheated; they fail because no one ever explained the rules. As digital VAT regimes and payment-trust...
The Botswana Boardroom Letters
Content - Books & Guides · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 An owner does not feel a global growth revision as a statistic; they feel it as a question about whether to hire next month. When the World Bank cut its global growth outlook to...
The Mining Services Directory
Content - Voices & Podcasts · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 A mines minister can announce a pivot in a single sentence, but it takes a thousand small firms to carry it out. When Botswana signalled it would expand exploration beyond...
Cheetah Cement to Build 800kt/y Plant, Creating 515 Jobs
Botswana imports cement to build a country it wants to make from its own ground. For an economy that has spent decades trying to convert mineral wealth into something more durable than royalty cheques, the gap between what the land yields and what the construction...
Djibouti’s Luban Workshop: Africa’s First, Built Beside a Railway
Africa’s first Luban Workshop opened in a country with almost no manufacturing base. Its classroom is a railway, and its first graduating class numbered 24.
Irrigation economics
Every litre of water a farm wastes is a litre bought twice in a drier, costlier world. As global growth forecasts soften, water-efficient farming stops being green and becomes plain economics.
Input financing
When fertiliser and fuel prices swing without warning, a Botswana farmer’s biggest enemy is the calendar. Input financing is about reaching capital before the planting window closes.
Durban’s Luban Workshop: A Single Campus Tests China’s Skills Diplomacy
The most visible symbol of China-South Africa skills cooperation is not a flagship factory or a port. It is two rooms on a Durban university campus, fitted out for 3D printing.
Beef export protection
Botswana’s beef trade is a national asset and a national exposure. Livestock disease and market access are the two risks that decide whether it keeps reaching the EU.
Trained to Hire: Luban Workshops and the Jobs Inside Chinese Firms
Luban Workshops teach skills and Mandarin together, feeding graduates into Chinese-invested enterprises. That pipeline is the model’s strength and its catch.
Food-price index watch
The FAO food-price index reads like distant data until you remember Botswana imports much of its food. For an import-dependent system, it is an early-warning instrument.
Fertiliser-cost exposure
Middle East disruption that threatened fertiliser exports is a Botswana story too – it lands on every input cost a farmer pays before a single crop is sold.
Luban Workshops: The Vocational-Education Story to Watch in Africa
China’s Luban Workshops trade lecture halls for lathes and robots. The model is spreading fast – and its scale claims deserve a closer count.
Green-retail positioning
Botswana’s energy and mineral deals with Oman point to a market where power is precious – and where retail brands will favour the malls that can keep the lights on.
Scholarships and Skills: China’s Bet on African Human Capital
China is pledging tens of thousands of scholarships and training places. The dividend depends on whether those graduates come home and find work.
Business parks for services
As Botswana pushes exploration beyond diamonds and into solar, it is also creating demand for somewhere to put the geologists, engineers and advisers who follow.
Cross-border depots
World trade kept rising in April, a reminder that goods still move – and that the depots sitting on the right SADC routes are the ones that capture the flow.
Schools You Can See: China’s Visible but Underwritten Education Build in Africa
China has funded more than 170 schools across Africa. The visible buildings raise a quieter question of who pays the teachers and bills after handover.
Industrial logistics
A diamond-sector downgrade and a shift in how rough is sold are quietly rewriting Botswana’s logistics map – and the high-security property that serves it.
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