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Understanding Beneficial Ownership in Africa

Understanding Beneficial Ownership in Africa

Across the continent, new laws are reshaping how businesses operate - not in theory, but in practice. One of the most important shifts in recent years is the requirement for companies to declare their Beneficial Owners. In countries like South Africa, it is now...

Why Monthly Bookkeeping is the Backbone of SME Growth

Why Monthly Bookkeeping is the Backbone of SME Growth

There's a truth many entrepreneurs learn too late: financial success has less to do with how much money a business brings in, and everything to do with how that money is managed. For thousands of SMEs across Africa, the challenge is not a lack of ambition or sales -...

How Mobile Money is Transforming Financial Access in East Africa

How Mobile Money is Transforming Financial Access in East Africa

In East Africa, where traditional banking services are often out of reach for many, mobile money has emerged as a transformative force. Platforms like M-Pesa, Airtel Money, and MTN Mobile Money have revolutionized how people send, save, and spend money, making...

Community Banks: South Africa needs more Black Owned Banks

Community Banks: South Africa needs more Black Owned Banks

By Oscar Habeenzu | for Cabanga Magazine An economic view of a traveller; a coffee Tourist simplifying black empowerment, with a case study and scenario builds. Having been involved in the foundations of several black owned banks in several African countries in the...

The Challenge of Revenue Generation for SMEs

The Challenge of Revenue Generation for SMEs

By Oscar Habeenzu | for Cabanga Media Group Hustle, hustle, that is the order of the day, yet a complex matter that many just brush off as easy to do. There is a challenge in revenue generation for SMEs that needs to constantly be addressed and experiences shared, for...

Factors Influencing SMMEs Borrowing from Banks

Factors Influencing SMMEs Borrowing from Banks

In 2017, Wilbert Mutoko of North-West University, South Africa, and University of Botswana, published a research titled "Factors influencing small, medium and micro-sized enterprises’ borrowing from banks: The case of the Botswana manufacturing sector". The main...

The Pula Fund: Look to Your Savings

The Pula Fund: Look to Your Savings

By Staff Writer | for Moakanyi Magazine 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...