Laplex Investments (Pvt.) Limited, founded in 2014, quickly secured a significant market share in Zimbabwe’s wig industry. However, increased competition from low-priced wig imports from Zambia and China significantly eroded Laplex’s sales. The company’s inability to accurately forecast shifts in consumer preferences further exacerbated inventory accumulation. By late 2024, operational challenges intensified, forcing founder Jianfeng Zhao to contemplate .....more

Headquartered in Botswana, Wilderness Safaris was an ecotourism operator that organized several camps and mobile safaris in Africa. Recently, Wilderness Safaris, and the industry in which it operated, had suffered from significant revenue loss because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Wilderness Safaris had managed to remain operable, the pandemic had changed the industry’s long-term landscape. The vice-president of Wilderness Safaris was interested .....more