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2020, the Worst Year in Tourism History

2020, the Worst Year in Tourism History

By Staff Writer | for Moakanyi Magazine Global tourism suffered its worst year on record in 2020, with international arrivals dropping by 74% according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Destinations worldwide welcomed 1 billion fewer...

Africa and the Largest Megacities by 2100

Africa and the Largest Megacities by 2100

By Staff Writer | for Moakanyi Magazine By year 2100 Lagos Nigeria, Kinchasa DRC, and Dar Es Salaam Tanzania will be the three largest cities in the world. Researchers at the Global Cities Institute have crunched the numbers to provide us with one view of the...

Action: Do-the-Do before the Do-Does-You

Action: Do-the-Do before the Do-Does-You

By Kealeboga Ronald Ngwigwa | for Moakanyi Magazine Hesitation is a thief of a well-deserved lifestyle. It leaves one in poverty; physically, mentally, spiritually and financially. It is the state of indecisiveness on taking action towards opportunities of greatness....

Joe Thorpe on Sustainable Development in Africa

Joe Thorpe on Sustainable Development in Africa

Joe Thorpe, a doctor at law, is founder and president of a New York based ANLAC, a United Nations registered a non-governmental organisation whose goal is the direct united elimination of poverty in our communities using local labor, local ownership, local leadership,...

Preparation – Be Prepared to succeed

Preparation – Be Prepared to succeed

In 1907, Baden-Powell, an English soldier, devised the Scout motto: Be Prepared. In Scouting for Boys, Baden-Powell wrote that to be prepared means “you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.” More than a century later, preparedness is...

The Pula Fund: Look to Your Savings

The Pula Fund: Look to Your Savings

By Staff Writer | for Moakanyi Magazine 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...

Batswana are Pinterested People

Batswana are Pinterested People

By Oscar Habeenzu | for Moakanyi Magazine Contrary to traits in many African countries, Batswana use Pinterest just as much as Facebook. There are 965,000+ people that use Pinterest in Botswana, making it the most used Social Network in the country. Now sitting at 300...