On Friday this week, (February 16, 2018) the Chinese will celebrate their New Year. This is a little known event on our shores, as are most things about China and its culture. China threatens the Unites States for the title of world’s biggest economy and we posit that it is in our best interests to learn more about this giant of the Orient, for its going to be a valuable
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- Let’s look East and find a friend On Friday this week, (February 16, 2018) the Chinese will celebrate their New Year. This is a little known event on our shores, as are most things about China and...
- We’re two years Vision 2036 implementation, here’s a benchmark There is this island nation, Mauritius. The World Economic Forum ranked it the most competitive economy in Africa for the period 2013/14. It topped the 2008 Ibrahim Index of African...
- Francistown, where is Vision 2022? In 2014, amidst much pomp and ceremony, the City of Francistown launched a bold and ambitious vision for itself – Vision 2022. It was launched full clad with a vision...

There is this island nation, Mauritius. The World Economic Forum ranked it the most competitive economy in Africa for the period 2013/14. It topped the 2008 Ibrahim Index of African Governance. The World Bank assessed it to be the best among African economies on Ease of Doing Business in 2013 and the Wall Street Journal found it to be the freest economy on the continent in its 2014 Index of

In 2014, amidst much pomp and ceremony, the City of Francistown launched a bold and ambitious vision for itself – Vision 2022. It was launched full clad with a vision council, a secretariat, and an initiative to operationalise it, the Francistown Investment Forum. We had never seen anything like that on our shores, a local authority being so proactive and taking such initiative. The then mayor, James Kgalajwe, was aptly