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Truth Be Told (TBT)

"Relationship comes first, sale comes second. When you put the relationship first, the sale tends to take care of itself."
Gosego January, CEO of Debswana Pension Fund
BIHL Group CEO, Catherine Lesetedi.
Catherine Lesetedi, BIHL Group CEO
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Finance Matters

Be Intentional With Your Money
An Investment Banker Taught Me about Transcending the Recession
How much should a start-up CEO pay themselves?

Binns on Brands

"I obviously love the Orange Botswana brand. So the fear is not the unknown of the brand Orange but rather I have had the same number since 1999 with another network."
"The fisherman is more patient, more ready to back away to fish another day. The fish will eventually come; that is the attitude."
Nike continues to garner love and support for the successful athletes it sponsors and endorses.
When hell freezes over, we’ll learn to ice skate.

HotLife

"I recently came to realise that I do in fact punch like a girl. And let it be known, I’m actually incredibly proud of that fact."
HotLife
Punch Like a Girl
Taazima Kala-Essack
6 min read
"I’m quite happy to keep punching like a girl, because dammit, we punch hard and we punch with purpose." - Taazima Kala-Essack
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Hot Musings

"Yes, a Kalanga Man had leapt deep into the Indian Ocean. Ironically and somewhat symbolic, that same Kalanga Man had a similar leap in career. He left his comfort zone to find buried treasures deep in the floors of the business ocean."
Hot Musings
Chronicles of Scuba Diving and Business
Wangu Mphinyane
5 min read
“3,2,1 we dive together!” Those are the words from Tito Gomes, a skipper I came to befriend during my blissful stay in Ponta de Ouro, Mozambique...a hidden gem." - Wangu Mphinyane
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In Botswana Veritas

Botswana Flag
In Botswana Veritas
Was Botswana's Independence Day Arbitrarily Decided Upon?
Taazima Kala-Essack
2 min read
Dr. Jeff Ramsay clarifies from a historical perspective.
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