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How The Vuka Investment Club Platform Works + How To Buy And Sell Units Of The Acorn I-REIT On The Vuka Platform

If you have been keen enough as you move around Nairobi, you may have seen the Qwetu and Qejani brands of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) facilities. When you invest in the Acorn Income REIT  (Real Estate Investment Trust), you own units in the two assets....

How To Use Cashlet App To Create Sinking Funds For Beginners In 5 Easy Steps

“What does financial success look like to you?” This is one of the questions I ask all my potential financial coaching clients. Almost all of them say; “I want to travel more.” “I want to travel on a whim.” “I want to travel more without feeling guilty about it.”...

June 2023 Infrastructure Bond: Bond Redemption Structure & Amortization

Every Treasury Bond has terms and conditions stipulated in the bond prospectus. This document 👇🏾:     Investors in Kenya are used to long-term bonds where there’s only one redemption date (when your principal amount is paid back in full). For example, an...

What Is Your Net Worth? How To Calculate Your Net Worth In 2 Easy Steps & Why It Matters

What is your net worth? If you asked me that question 5 years ago, I’d have thought you were crazy. Broke people don’t have a net worth, right?   I’d have also immediately thought of Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, Jeff Bezos, Chris Kirubi, Beyonce'… because to me, some...

March 2023 Infrastructure Bond: Bond Redemption Structure & Amortization

Every Treasury Bond has terms and conditions stipulated in the bond prospectus. This document 👇🏾: Investors in Kenya are used to long-term bonds where there’s only one redemption date (when your principal amount is paid back in full). For example, an 18-year bond...

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A Personal Finance Roadmap for Beginners 2

A Personal Finance Roadmap for Beginners 2

Good news! I completed and passed (I got an A!) the online accounting course. Confession! I had been procrastinating on taking the final exam since mid-April because of fear. I wasn’t scared of failing the exam. I just kept making excuses in my head to justify the...

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A Personal Finance Roadmap for Beginners 1

A Personal Finance Roadmap for Beginners 1

“Making a budget is scary, scarier than it’s hard. I think if I start putting in those numbers I’ll break into tears. And that’s what I’m trying to avoid, the premium tears.” “Thinking about the future just freaks me out. I’m also trying to avoid filling the savings,...

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The Four Golden Rules of Investment Management

The Four Golden Rules of Investment Management

I have read several articles online that say ‘rich people don’t save money, they invest.’ I have also heard it being repeated in personal finance videos on YouTube. And from conversations on money I’ve had with people of late. There might be some truth to it. I’m not...

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Aggregation of Marginal Gains

Aggregation of Marginal Gains

Dave Brailsford is known for having popularized the concept of aggregation of marginal gains which he described as ‘the 1% margin for improvement in everything you do.’ He used this concept to improve the performance of professional cyclists in Great Britain when he...

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What Does Wealth Mean To You?

What Does Wealth Mean To You?

My first job after uni is one that I’ll never forget. It had many perks. During the interview, the CEO didn’t ask me any questions to do with my degree, skills or work experience. It was a warm and delightful conversation that started with… “Who is Agatha?” At first,...

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Budgeting 101

Budgeting 101

Since I post a lot of book recommendations on my WhatsApp statuses, somebody asked me this week; “How did you develop an interest in books?” I get asked this a lot. “My mama. She loved reading and had many books.” I said. Remember the finance lesson on the power of...

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