Executive Introduction

The Innovation Party Lab — If I Was an African President series is a fictional policy and systems-design platform by Tiisetso Maloma, author, innovation theorist, and IP entrepreneur, focused on reimagining governance and economic development for Africa and emerging markets through applied innovation, systems thinking, and antifragile design; it functions as a public “policy laboratory” where ideas are developed, stress-tested conceptually, and released for adoption or critique rather than as a traditional political party or ideology, and it is guided by the belief that emerging markets do not fail from lack of ideas but from fragile systems; follow the latest ideas and policy releases at http://www.tiisetsomaloma.co.za/IfIWasAnAfricanPresident and join the conversation using #IfIWasAnAfricanPresident.

Updates: Policy Notes Ideas

12 May 2026 #IfIWasAnAfricanPresident I’d copy post-apartheid South Africa’s economic policies — especially on currency stability.

AFRICAN NATIONS NEED TO COPY POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

Struggling African countries need stability first. The cheapest, fastest way? Invite established foreign businesses (especially South African ones).

Stop leading with ideology. Pan-Africanism, feminism — they feel good, but they’re not first-principle development. They’re just a cheat code to sound intelligent.

Quick and cheap stability comes from retail chains, banks, and big business.

Look at Shoprite leaving Nigeria—currency volatility tied to oil prices discouraged it. Private sector commerce (not commodities) stabilizes currencies.

Big business provides the foundation. Entrepreneurs then take risks because mom & dad work at Shoprite. Fund 1000 entrepreneurs through enterprise development — 51-80% of those funds should go DIRECTLY to entrepreneurs in cash, with minimal strings.

South Africa since 1994: didn’t break the economy, slowly included the majority. Economics is a complex system — like a human body. Don’t operate all organs at once or the patient dies.

Time tells results. SA has remained Africa’s top economy. Copy that. Especially Zimbabwe.

20 April 2026 #IfIWasAnAfricanPresident  #IfIWasPresident I would place firm limits on how much church leaders are allowed to earn.

Problem:

In some religious organisations, large sums of money circulate with limited transparency. In the absence of clear reporting, this can enable the accumulation of personal wealth under the cover of ministry.

Innovation:

Any religious organisation earning more than R1 million annually must:

– publish independently audited financial statements

– fully disclose leadership compensation

– classify structured payments to leaders as taxable income

If a church leader’s total earnings exceed R5 million:

– the organisation becomes partially taxable

– significant donations must be formally recorded and disclosed

– large donations include a defined cooling-off period during which they may be reversed within a set timeframe

Impact:

This strengthens accountability, protects congregants, and reduces the risk of financial abuse within faith-based organisations.

Principle:

Faith must never become a veil behind which wealth is accumulated without transparency or responsibility.