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Ivan Heigan For many first-time investors, especially those with a limited income, building wealth can seem so out of reach. Many believe it takes a lot of money to start investing, making it something only wealthy people can do. Micro-investing tears down the barriers that come with traditional investing and helps more and more people grow their money. Micro investing is an investment strategy where one invests a small amount of money, into stocks, funds, or other financial instruments. You can buy a fraction of a whole share of the company's stock instead of necessarily needing to buy a whole…

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Last week Namibia hosted the Commonwealth Business Summit which took place parallel to the ministers of trade meeting. “Namibia hosts historic Commonwealth Summit to bolster trade”, screamed a headline in one of the dailies in an apparent bid to invoke a sense of pride, if not in itself as a publication for whatever reason, and equally in the club of illusive and aspiring capitalists, but no doubt in the general Namibian public. Least the Namibian workers, as if the Commonwealth means and would ever mean anything to the workers. Not to mention the fact that if they have…

PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) A Summit of Symbols and Struggles: The Unsteady Choreography of Power Under the gleaming banner of “Sustainable Partnerships for Inclusive Growth”, the 2025 US-Africa Business Summit in Luanda projected itself as a pivot point in global diplomacy. Presidents shook hands, investment pledges were declared, and corridors buzzed with the language of opportunity. Yet, beyond this theatre of polished speeches and protocol smiles, the summit revealed the unsteady choreography of a continent negotiating its space between the aspiration for autonomy and the persistence of subordination.Each African head of state arrived not…

Jennifer Pogisho In an age where knowledge is power, the right to access information has taken centre stage in conversations about governance, democracy, and development. But is the growing emphasis on Access to Information (ATI) justified or is it just another buzzword? Far from being a new or trendy concept, the right to information is deeply rooted in international human rights law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) affirms it as “the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media.” Similarly, Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights reiterates the significance…