10 Money Lessons from Summiting Mt Kenya

10 Money Lessons from Summiting Mt Kenya

Between 10th and 15th July 2019, a group of 19 alumni of Starehe, 16 old boys, 3 old girls and 1 staff member took up an enormous challenge: to summit Mt Kenya (point Lenana, 4985 metres above sea level) and raise $60,000 for the Griffin Memorial Trust Fund while at...
Why is Financial Planning & Awareness Important?

Why is Financial Planning & Awareness Important?

Writing inspiration didn’t come to me this week. Maybe because I’ve been feeling both physically and mentally fatigued. I want to fill that leave form and ask for 1 week off, but I’ve been wondering if that will be a waste of my leave days. Ideally, I’d want to spend...
Is a Scarcity Mentality Keeping You Broke?

Is a Scarcity Mentality Keeping You Broke?

A few weeks back, I wrote an article on what wealth means to me. One of the items on my list was having free time ‘just sitting, without having to worry about the next meal.’ I wrote that “growing up in poverty meant that when you sit to ‘relax’, the first thing that...
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