FIKIRIA MAGAZINE

There are 36 million South Africans that use the internet as at January 31st, 2020, being over 60% of the population, moving forward the digital economy. The Digital Economy is a reality to everyone in South Africa, with retail industry leading in ensuring everyone is...

It is possible for a fashion entrepreneur to create and grow a brand like Mr Price in today's South Africa, and Africa at large. One must just go back and study the “simples” that the founders of Mr Price created. The success story of Mr Price is one of relating with...

It is possible for a fashion entrepreneur to create and grow a brand like Mr Price in today's South Africa, and Africa at large. One must just go back and study the “simples” that the founders of Mr Price created. The success story of Mr Price is one of relating with...

It is important to stay relevant as a Marketer in the Digital Marketing Age in Africa. I graduated with my marketing degree close to fifteen years ago and attained most of my experience around that time and I can tell you that most of our treasured knowledge from back...

South Africa needs more Black Owned Banks. Everyone wants a bank that provides Cash, Convenience, and Community as banking services. Most banks achieve the first two and are very hazy on the Community part as that creates a relational complexity – emotional banking. ...

A Story of Craftsmanship in Entrepreneurship. When you pay attention to the needs of the people, you are able to see opportunities; that is what Patrice Motsepe did in the 1970s as a teenage boy.

As we prepare for the Post-Corona New Normal in global and local economics, Zambian business owners and brands can no longer ignore the intellectual property issues arising from product package designing that affect their sales or product growth in their markets –...

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 about by the Covid19 Pandemic.

Credibility is a tangible intangible, an asset of social, political and business economy opening and shutting doors with equal swift. It is a subtle defined currency that bygone champions like Nelson Mandela were simply endowed.   A probable litmus test of this was...

South Africa is a diverse agricultural economy made up of 40,000 commercial farms according to the recently published Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA) of 2017 Report. An agricultural powerhouse that feeds Africa, its economic health affects many other countries...