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Mak-Scholar

Mak-Scholar is targeted at undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing finance, business and commercially related qualifications. This may be in the form of a Masters in Business Administration, Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration or Executive Education courses including finance, strategy, economics, and sector specialisations such as banking, energy, retail, technology, services and agriculture.

  • Book Keeping and Recording Transactions
  • Budgeting and Planning - All Sectors
  • Chisumbanje Ethanol Plant - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • Conquering Your PhD/Masters
  • Corporate Governance
  • Finance and Accounting - All Sectors
  • Finance and Accounting - Short Term Insurance Sector
  • Financial Ratio Analysis
  • Kalkbult Solar Power Plant - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • Management Accounting and Costing
  • Micro-Economics
  • Mozal Aluminium Smelter - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • Project and Infrastructure Finance in Africa
  • Seacom Undersea Cable - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • The Environment of Business - All Sectors
  • The Gautrain - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor - A Case Study in Project
  • The Sasol Natural Gas Project - A Case Study in Project Finance

Mak-Business

Mak-Business is targeted at professionals employed in commerce and industry who are either attending a short training intervention, or are seeking to independently improve their education and skill set. Mr-Mak Business offers general content including finance, strategy, economics, and sectoral specific content such as banking, energy, retail, technology, services, and agriculture.

  • Book Keeping and Recording Transactions
  • Budgeting and Planning - Agricultural Sector
  • Budgeting and Planning - All Sectors
  • Budgeting and Planning - Public Sector
  • Building a Business Case
  • Business Models
  • Business Report Writing
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Chisumbanje Ethanol Plant - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • Company Credit Assessment
  • Corporate Governance
  • Credit Ratings Agencies
  • Critical Thinking Skills
  • Direct Listing vs an Initial Public Offering
  • Entering African Markets - A Teaser
  • Finance and Accounting - Agricultural Sector
  • Finance and Accounting - All Sectors
  • Finance and Accounting - Banking Sector
  • Finance and Accounting - Mining Sector
  • Finance and Accounting - Municipalities and Local Government
  • Finance and Accounting - Retail Sector
  • Finance and Accounting - Short Term Insurance Sector
  • Finance and Accounting - Technology Sector
  • Finance and Accounting - Telecommunications Sector
  • Financial Ratio Analysis
  • Foreign Exchange Fundamentals
  • Industry Analysis
  • Kalkbult Solar Power Plant - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • Management Accounting and Costing

  • Micro Economics
  • Mozal Aluminium Smelter - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • Netflix - A Business Master Class
  • Platform Business 101
  • Project and Infrastructure Finance in Africa
  • Seacom Undersea Cable - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • Tesla - A Business Master Class
  • The Blockchain Opportunity
  • The Business Implications of 5G Mobile Networks
  • The Environment of Business - Agricultural Sector
  • The Environment of Business - All Sectors
  • The Environment of Business - Banking Sector
  • The Environment of Business - Mining Sector
  • The Environment of Business - Public Sector
  • The Environment of Business - Retail Sector
  • The Environment of Business - Short Term Insurance Sector
  • The Environment of Business - Telecommunications Sector
  • The Gautrain - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • The Gig Economy
  • The Mechanics of Venture Capital
  • The Municipal Finance Management Act
  • The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • The Perfect Business Plan
  • The Power of the US Dollar - Reserve Currency of the World
  • The Public Finance and Management Act
  • The Sasol Natural Gas Project - A Case Study in Project Finance
  • The Vision Fund
  • The Weaponisation of Finance and SWIFT

Mak-Entrepreneur

Mak-Entrepreneur is targeted at individuals pursuing new and established entrepreneurial ventures. It offers a series of practical lessons on how to start, run, and grow a business. It also seeks to build a trusted community forum for emerging entrepreneurs enabling them to network and do business.

  • 5 Killer Financial Metrics
  • An Idea is Not Enough
  • Becoming an African of Excellence
  • Being a Founder
  • Being an Entrepreneur
  • Capital Sources for a Growing Business
  • Choosing a Business Partner
  • Control or Growth
  • Courage, Fear, and Loneliness as an Entrepreneur
  • Direct Listing vs an Initial Public Offering
  • Does God Exist?
  • Dream Big Dreams!
  • Entrepreneur vs Investor
  • Entrepreneurship - A Calling
  • Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
  • Just Show Up
  • Life in the Faith Lane
  • Making Yourself Investable
  • Missionary or Mercenary
  • People! Product! Process!
  • Scalability in Business
  • Staying in the Game - The Power of Stubbornness
  • Technology Platform Companies – Africa
  • Technology Platform Companies - North America
  • Technology Start-Up Success
  • The Cash Flow Don!
  • The Gig Economy
  • The Mechanics of Venture Capital
  • The Perfect Business Plan
  • The Power of a Planned Life/Business
  • The Power of Discipline
  • The Power of Focus
  • The Power of Innovation
  • The Power of Patience
  • The Power of Persistence
  • The Price of Leadership
  • The Top 20 Reasons Start Ups Fail
  • Types of Business Entities
  • Your Billion Dollar Business

Mak-Nology

Mak-Nology is Mr-Mak's technology offering. This pillar is aimed at equiping people with the skills and insight to understand how rapid technological changes are impacting on their existing businesses. A platform as to how to respond to both the opportunities and threats that technology poses is nurtured. Within the Mak-Nology pillar we specifically interrogate the implications of technology for countries in Africa, whilst contextualising this within secular technological trends globally.

  • Finance and Accounting - Technology Sector
  • Netflix - A Business Master Class
  • Platform Business 101
  • Technology Platform Companies - Africa
  • Technology Platform Companies - North America
  • Technology Start-Up Success
  • Tesla - A Business Master Class
  • The Blockchain Opportunity
  • The Business Implications of 5G Mobile Networks
  • The Gig Economy
  • The Vision Fund

Mak-Money

Mak-Money is targeted at the individual needs in terms of personal financial planning requirements. It is educational, provocative, action oriented and unashamedly promotes a high savings and investment culture, and a candid opposition to excessive credit fuelled consumption expenditure. Products unpacked include home loans, car loans, personal loans (micro-loans), store cards, investments in shares and other asset classes, retirement and provident funds etc.

  • Active vs Passive Investment
  • Conquering a Car Loan
  • Conquering a Home Loan
  • Conquering a Personal Loan
  • Mastering a Credit Card
  • Mastering a Shop Card
  • Mastering Multi-Level Marketing
  • Talking to Your Children About Money

Agri-Mak

Agri-Mak delivers agricultural training content through two broad categories. The first category is focused on the agricultural ecosystem, and how key business principles including marketing, finance, strategy, capital requirements, and operations play out in both primary agriculture and agri-processing. The second category is aimed at actual farmers and delivers training on the most effective farming practices and methods that help emerging and established farmers increase their yield and productivity, taking into account the challenges of farming in Africa.

  • 5 Exciting Reasons to Start an Agri-Business in Africa
  • African Agriculture - Reality vs Potential
  • Budgeting and Planning - Agricultural Sector
  • Farming is Making Africans Poor!
  • Finance and Accounting - Agricultural Sector
  • Goats Farming Masterclass (English)
  • Goats Farming Masterclass (IsiZulu)
  • The Agricultural Value Chain
  • The Environment of Business - Agricultural Sector
  • The Role of Women in Agriculture
  • The Top 5 Reasons Why Youth Should Choose Agriculture
  • The Top 5 Ways Agriculture Impacts the Global Economy

Mak-Public Sector

Mak-Public Sector is targeted at professionals and learners in public service institutions at national, provincial (state), and local (municipal) government. It also addresses business and commercial issues relating to state owned companies and the various pieces of legislation and regulations governing these entities including the Public Finance Management Act, Municipal Finance Management Act, and Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act etc.

  • Budgeting and Planning - Public Sector
  • Finance and Accounting - Public Sector
  • The Environment of Business - Public Sector
  • The Municipal Finance Management Act
  • The Public Finance Management Act

Career Launcher

Career Launcher is targeted at learners in tertiary institutions about to enter the work place, and graduates who have recently entered the professional work place. The thrust of this content is qualitative professional and life skills, emphasising the personal responsibilities that enable career advancement. These include matters such as on-going personal development, pro-activeness, time keeping, dressing appropriately, communicating professionally, collaborating, critical thinking, problem solving, preparing for interviews, meeting deadlines, accountability etc.

  • Accountability is a Verb
  • Adversity is a Privilege
  • An Idea is Not Enough
  • Becoming an African of Excellence
  • Being Overlooked for Promotion
  • Dedication and Introduction
  • Dressed to Kill!
  • Feeding Yourself
  • Getting Bosses to Trust Your Capability
  • Grow Up!
  • Independence vs Interdependence
  • Keeping Time
  • Killer Instinct
  • Life in the Faith Lane
  • Meeting Deadlines
  • Missionary or Mercenary
  • Nailing That Interview
  • Paying Attention to Detail
  • Should I Hire or Reject You?

  • The Black (Wo) Man's Burden
  • The Danger of Consultants
  • The Danger of Entitlement
  • The Danger of Familiarity
  • The Discipline of Finishing What You Started!
  • The Power of a Planned Life/Business
  • The Power of Discipline
  • The Power of Focus
  • The Power of Innovation
  • The Power of Patience
  • The Power of Persistence
  • The Power of Planning
  • The Power of Respect
  • The Power of Thank You
  • The Price of Leadership
  • What Career Should I Choose?
  • Who the Hell are You?
  • Your Billion Dollar Business
  • Your Enemies Grow You

Mak-Book Klub

If you love to read and are passionate about business books, self development, and African literature, this is where you can discover our latest suggestions by way of crisp video book reviews. We pick and review the perfect business books and African literature that will delight and enthrall you. Our aim is to build a bridge that gives you access to the thinking, raw emotions, and motivations of leading entrepreneurs and business people, and some of the most potent and compelling authors from Africa and Africans in the diaspora. Our book reviews are compiled by a blend of the Mr-Mak management team together with contributions from Mr-Mak users, enabling any passionate reader to generate reviews on books they have found captivating. Mak-Book Klub provides a community to share your love of business books, self development, and African literature.

Business Books

  • Africa’s Business Revolution - Acha Leke, Georges Desvaux, and Mutsa Chironga
  • Bloomberg by Bloomberg - Mike Bloomberg
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki
  • The Ride of a Lifetime - Robert Iger
  • The Secrets of Sand Hill Road - Scott Kupor
  • The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires And The Middle Class - Keith Cameron Smith
  • We Are Still Human and Work Shouldn't Suck - Brad Shorkend and Andy Golding

African Literature Books

  • Bare - Jackie Phamotse
  • Bassie - Basetsana Kumalo
  • Becoming a Person of Excellence - Andre Olivier
  • If You Keep Digging - Keletso Mopai
  • Of Thee I Sing - Barack Obama
  • So Long a Letter - Mariama Bâ

Personal Development Books

  • The Path Made Clear - Oprah Winfrey
  • The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck

Mak-Flix

Mak-Flix houses the TV related media content of the Mr-Mak platform. These include two shows that will be eligible for TV distribution namely, ‘Emerging Market Leaders’ and ‘Davidhoff’. Mak-Flix will also house less formalised video content in the form of short interviews, commentaries and book reviews, that contribute to making Mr-Mak an immensely valuable ecosystem of business knowledge.

  • Emerging Market Leaders - Magda Wierzycka
  • Emerging Market Leaders - Sisa Ngebulana
  • Emerging Market Leaders - Zakhe Khuzwayo
  • Mr Mak Commencement Speech - Glencore Graduations
  • Mr Mak Commencement Speech - South African National Parks Graduation
  • The Professionals