Over the last couple of months, TFHZPC has been writing on a series of articles that chronicle Fizambia.com’s journey through the experience we have had investing in 5 companies on LuSE. However, although our pursuit has been for capital gains and dividends, there is another beneficiary that we cannot ignore. The Zambian economy. The economy is […]
Over the last couple months, we have analyzed the annual reports of the 23 companies on LuSE. We have demystified some of the jargon that comes with the financial statements. We now believe our astute readers are now ready for the next level of analysis of Zambia Premier Companies. In our first edition, we discuss […]
Premier companies all over Zambia listened with intend when Minister of Finance delivered the 2018 budget to parliament on 29 September 2017. In his presentation, he stated that it would be in 4 parts. Overview of the global economy, performance of the local economy, details of the budget for 2018 and concluding remarks. However, TFHZPC […]
“We have resources, perhaps more resources than any other country in the world. We are not a poor country. We can’t be a fragile country,” said Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) in Durban. This statement brings forth a long-standing debate on the existence of ‘fragile’, ‘failed’, and ‘collapsed’ states […]
The Zambian economy is a beneficiary of the stock exchange. The stock market plays a pivotal role in the growth of the industry and commerce of the country that eventually affects the economy of the country to a great extent. How does the market affect the economy? The role of our stock exchanged is engraved in law through […]
The Lusaka Securities and Exchange (LuSE) is an integral part of Zambian commerce. However, asking the common man or woman in Zambia, few people know what its role is. Those that do have often found themselves wondering what this institution is all about and whether it can deliver on the promise of value creation. This […]
The 2018 budget season has been well underway for some time now. My business partner and I were lamenting at the fact that we missed the bus in terms of getting Financial Insight (Fi) into one of the strategy committees on the budget at Ministry of Finance (MoF). It must have been the wine because […]
In his Harvard Business Review (HBR) classic, “The Competitive Advantage of Nations”, Michael Porter stated that “national prosperity is created, not inherited”. He explains his assertion that “it does not grow out of a country’s natural endowments, its labor pool, its interest rates, or its currency’s value, as classical economics insists”. He believes that a […]
Martin Namasaka (@Martinnamasaka) is an International Development Specialist with experience working with a wide range of organisations drawn from Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda. He holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he was a member of the Programme for African Leadership (PfAL). At […]
I have been waiting for this coming Friday with much anticipation. There has been so much buzz around the 1st of September! Multichoice announced reduced DStv prices across all its bouquets effective 1st September (great news for the subscribers and a possible indication of the effectiveness of competition in any industry but that’s a subject […]
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