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Looking Back: On Safaricom
Looking Back is a series of blog posts dedicated to looking back on the last 10 years in the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Peter has been analyzing the performance of these stocks on his Twitter timeline and...
View ArticleIs Consumer Debt Good As Long As You Can Comfortably Pay It Off?
Have you joined the #52WeekChallenge powered by M-Shwari? To join, set up an M-Shwari Lock Savings Account, start saving and you just might get a cash reward. As I post this, we are kicking off Week 4...
View Article8 Money Lessons I Have Learnt Picking A School For My Child
How are your 2019 money goals so far? We are in Week 28 of the #52WeekChallenge take time to save some money this week.If you are yet to join, here is how to start the #52WeekChallenge today! It is...
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5 Questions About The #52WeekChallenge
Hi there! We are in Week 29 of the #52WeekChallenge. We zoomed past the halfway mark a few weeks ago! This post is an aggregation of the questions that I receive from my readers in the comments...
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Why Our Purchases Stop Making Us Happy After Some Time
About 15 years ago while I was in university, my mother and I were talking about life after school, and my plans once I got a job. I remember clearly telling her that while I did not have many...
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{Reader Feature} I Used My 2019 #52WeekChallenge Savings To Start A Business
Other than first time visitors who can learn about it here, every one of my log readers knows about the #52WeekChallenge. We are in August, week 32 and this week’s update is exciting. Zahra (awowoderia...
View ArticleA helpful guide for buying life insurance {Part 1}
I want to start this post by making one point clear: A life insurance cover is NOT an investment! Whether it is advertised as an investment/education plan / bonus plan. It is NOT an investment. With...
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Understanding Life Insurance – The Common Pitfalls
In the first part of this series, we looked at the life insurance basics, types of products and why we buy life insurance. In the second post, we look at the common issues customers face when...
View ArticleWhy Buy Stocks When You can Always Invest In Business?
Whenever we have conversations about investments in instruments such as stocks or real estate, there is always that one person whose default response is: The returns are too low, I would make more...
View ArticleFive Ways To Prepare For Job Loss While You Are Still Employed
Unless you have been living in a bunker, you know that our economy is not in a good place. In the last three months, at least 2,000 people in nine companies lost their jobs. Financial services...
View ArticleThe Benefits Of Group Savings Schemes
Group savings, or “Merry Go Round” as they are more commonly called in Kenya are as old as the country’s history. Our mothers and grandmothers used their Merry Go Rounds (MGRs) to furnish houses, buy...
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How To Know You Are Living Beyond Your Means
How are your 2019 money goals so far? We are in Week 48 of the #52WeekChallenge guys, just four weeks to go! It might be too late to start from scratch, but how about you join me in a sprint to the end...
View ArticleParental Support Part 1: School Fees
In many African families, children are expected to support their parents financially. This support can be for the essentials such as school fees for younger siblings, or even the luxuries such as...
View ArticleParental Support Part 2: Medical Expenses
As we come to the end of the year and the #52WeekChallenge 2019 edition, this series of posts is supposed to trigger us to reflect a bit more deeply than usual as we make our 2020 money goals. This is...
View ArticleParental Support Part 3: Living Expenses
As we come to the end of the year and the #52WeekChallenge 2019 edition, this series of posts is supposed to trigger us to reflect a bit more deeply than usual as we make our 2020 money goals. In this...
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Making a little money on the side? This is a post for you
There is a version of hide-and-seek that little children play, where instead of hiding from you, they shut their eyes tightly, then cover them with their hands thinking that since they can not see you,...
View ArticleDo this to achieve all your 2021 money goals
As I write this post, we are 21 days away from the start of the new year. Whether you are for, or strongly against new year resolutions, psychologists make a good case for fresh starts, and the new...
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Holiday Series: How to take control of your spending
This is the first of a couple of posts I am writing for the next two weeks as useful reading for this period. Last week, I wrote a long, but great post about setting yourself up for success where money...
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5 Things To Think About As You Turn 30 This Year
In the last week, social media was filled with commentary about kids who were born in 1991 turning 30 this year. On one hand there was schadenfreude from the older ones “you thought you’d never grow...
View ArticleHow To Use New Year Resolutions To Achieve Your Goals
In recent years, new year’s resolutions have become quite unpopular. It is not without reason, research shows that only about 19% of people stick to their new year resolutions. We abandon our...
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