Top Woman Entrepreneur in Kenya: Joanne Mwangi
Joanne Mwangi is the founder of Professional Marketing Services. Her firm came No.1 in the Top 100 SME competition. The only race you have to win is the race against yourself – there will always be someone faster and stronger but there will never be another you, so…
Proper Financial Advice For That Average Family
When you have a family you have to tackle a number of responsibilities. With proper financial advice, any family can make sure that their financial conditions remain stable and they are able to fulfill all their aspirations from the short term ones like traveling down to the Coast on holiday…
Saving Money Tip 1:Spend Less.
This is not over simplifying the best way to save money! It is essential if you are serious about being a long term money saver and being able to save money every day. Review what you spend and look at ways you can save money. Consider making telephone calls for…
Reasons Why You are Failing in Personal Finance
Failing a class in school is one thing. Failing your financial goals as an adult is another. Here's how to earn an A-plus in personal finance.
4 Fatal Financial Fantasies
Many of us have financial fantasies that help us to remain optimistic in the face of financial hardship. But while there’s nothing wrong with dreaming, some fantasies do more harm than good, especially when they affect the way we behave. Why give up the dreams? Because expecting a windfall or…
Ezekiel Kemboi Getting His Groove On at Daegu 2011
This is not a money post, as you can tell, but being Kenyan, we were as proud of Kenya’s stellar performance at Daegu 2011 as the athletes themselves, and were so entertained by Ezekiel Kemboi’s virctory dance that we had to share it. Kemboi is so far ahead that…
Live Below Your Means … and Use the Balance To Increase Your Means
You have heard these words of counsel plenty times before, but have you ever thought of putting that advice into practice and seeing how it works for you? Probably not. It’s not easy to give up all those little “necessities” that you spend quite a bit on every day. You…
Friday Face-off: The Battle of the Internets
Yes. It says ‘Internets’ up there. As you can tell, we are big fans of LOLcats Inspired by @Mwirigi‘s post on the new data bundles offered by Safaricom, we sent out one of our research bots to find out how various ISPs compare…
Money Advice for Twenty-Something Year Olds
A question that arises severally: I would like to know how to go about saving, being a student in my final year in campus. This is because it gets difficult to save when the little cash am given is meant for my upkeep in a month and the same amount…
Choose your medical insurance cover wisely
Medical costs have a way of getting at you when least prepared, often indirectly through your parents, siblings and others not included in your policy. It is therefore prudent to have some cover for these dependants. Choosing what cover to subscribe to is hard, many assume that the cheaper…
Getting My Money Right
Ever since I turned 30, everyone wants to know how it feels and I tell them, so far, it’s the same as when I turned 29. But even I know 30 is one of those ages people think about long before we get to it. I don’t know exactly where…
Face-off Friday: DStv vs Zuku vs Smart
With the competition in the pay TV field in Kenya getting tougher, who offers the best bang for your buck? Is it the 15 year old DStv – the first pay TV provider in Kenya, the Wananchi Group offering, Zuku, which comes bundled with high-speed internet access and voice, or…
Before you Pick Up the Hoes
A series on creating extra income streams cannot be complete without a post about my favourite side hustle; farming. I don’t really need to make a case for farming on here, I believe it’s quite obvious. Food doesn’t go out of fashion, everyone eats from the rich to the poor,…
5 Easy Steps to Becoming a Millionaire
Who wouldn’t want to be worth a million dollars? Many of us dream of achieving this goal, more often than not for the sake of the freedom financial stability would bring. So how can we get there? The answers are actually much easier than you might expect. Here are several…
Dream and Values
My son awoke this morning, upset about a dream that I had died in a car wreck; not the sweet dreams I requested when he went off to bed the night before. Knowing that the dream frightened and upset his sleep was more disturbing to me, than the dream itself,…
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