Duncan Logan, the CEO of RocketSpace, made an interesting observation last year; “You only get 40 attempts at farming. From your 20’s to your 60’s, you get 40 seasons. In tech you get 40 attempts a week.”. His message is clear, technology will pave the future of farming for decades (perhaps longer) to come. Investment […]
The past week has been interesting specifically around the unfolding ‘refinancing’ discussions by the general public. This was brought to the fore after the President raised the subject with the President of Turkey. Listening to the ensuing debates and discussions was perhaps as interesting as to those debates and discussions that unfolded on the topic […]
So, on a day that was declared a public holiday by the Head of State, I decided to do what a typical entrepreneur ought to do in their spare time: Network. By chance, I had heard of the arrival of 50 business delegates from Japan from various industries such as agriculture and construction who would […]
It is no secret that the IMF has been dating Zambia for several months now as two of Zambia’s Finance Ministers have attempted to secure a deal to plug in the fiscal hole of USD 1.3 billion. To take you back, it was the eruption of reports in Mozambique that hidden debt existed caused an […]
There has been continued concern over the depreciation of the kwacha. The local currency has seen most of its value eroded, and most FX analysts fear that it could depreciate further. On 1st June 2018, the currency closed at 10.3 against the USD. Historically, the kwacha hit its lowest point in November 2015, when it […]
Bonds are an interesting financial instrument. An entity lends money to a borrower who in turn agrees to pay back the amount with periodic payments during the tenor known as coupons at an agreed rate. It’s simple right? Well, not so simple as we are beginning to learn from the Eurobonds. To unpack it, it […]
This week, Dr. Denny Kalyalya, Governor of Zambia’s central bank, announced his MPC’s decision to hold rates. The Financial Insight team has been closely watching the decisions that have been coming out of the committee and often have predictions of their own in terms of how they believe the MPC will act. This time round, […]
As governments in emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) grapple with stretched resources and dependence on the foreign money to plug in the deficits, it has become more apparent that the PPP model for infrastructure development is one of the few options that is becoming more and more attractive for not only Governments but private […]
In 2012, one of America’s most prolific hedge fund managers, David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital published an intellectual and intriguing piece in the Huffington post, challenging the reflexive and conventional monetary economics. In his piece David argued against a continued easing of monetary policy that the Federal Reserve Bank of America was pursuing at the […]
On the 10th of May 2019, I was privileged to speak at the Youth and Agriculture Symposium organisation by Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) at Radisson Blu. My presentation was on Farm Financial Management and despite this being a heavy topic, I was only allocated 20 minutes. I tried my best and managed to […]
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