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The Money Academy on radio – KISS 100

Catch us tomorrow, Wednesday the 19th of Jan, 2011, on the Big Breakfast on Kiss Fm (100.3) with Caroline Mutoko, Larry Asego and Jalang’o, doing the money talk from 7AM. The topic for the show is ‘Dude, Where’s MY Money’ where we will try to discover how come there s…
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9 Tips for Better Productivity

There's never enough time to do all the things that we'd like to do in a day. Find out how to get more things done, and move you closer to your goals.
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Deacons Public Share Offer: A Summary

Deacons Kenya Ltd is currently running a public share offer. Read the summary of the prospectus and the recommendations by participating stock-brokers.
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World Aids Day

Today, Dec 1, is World Aids Day. AIDS has infected 33.4 million people worldwide. 22.4 Million of those are in Africa AIDS kills 2 million people a year, worldwide. 1.4 Million of those are Africans. AIDS infects 2.7 million new people every year worldwide. 1.9 Million of those are African…
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10 Life Lessons I've Learned in My First 30 Years

Read one person's lessons on her march to the big three oh.
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Isn't a SACCO just a bank?

A few months ago, I wrote about some wisdom my grandpa dispensed when I first started working. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t quite follow all the guidelines, and now 5 years later I will be seriously engaging with a SACCO. Very few people under 30 are members of…
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A LinkedIn Profile that Works

As I’ve said many times before, LinkedIn is a game changer when it comes to an effective job search in today’s online world. There has never been a resource that made it as easy to find the critical information you need when you’re looking for a new job……
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Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Billionaire?

Want to make a billion dollars, but sadly not part of a rich dynasty? If you’re a middle-aged man born in September who got a degree from Harvard and took his company public, you might be in luck. If you’re a woman, you might as well forget it unless you’re…
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7 Powerful and Amazingly Motivational Quotes from Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar was born in 1926 in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. He is an American author, salesperson and a motivational speaker. He is over 80 years old and still travels around the world attending motivation seminars to help people get stuff done. Sometimes, a simple quote can change the…
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Pre-Investment Questions

Fraud is always a possibility, even with secured, regulated investments. Before investing, ask tough questions, both of yourself and those who are soliciting your investments. If the answer to any of these questions is “No” or if the answers are vague or complicated more than likely the investment…
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The Best Way to Vanquish Debt- Lesson 1

Every so often (for most of us at mid month when our cash is out) we will look at our personal finances and wonder, ‘where does it all go?’. It’s at this point in time (which is probably right about now, the 25th or earlier in the month…
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Common Financial Planning Mistakes

Planning for your financial future is by all means a difficult task and to make it harder you have to realize that any mistake may be a detrimental one. For so many aspects of financial planning there is no going back, at least not without some sort of penalty. The…
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Should I Save or Get Rid of Debt?

You should do both–save and eliminate your debt. Doing both is very important to your financial success. Doing both ensures your success in staying out of debt. I know all the arguments . . . there are those on the side of saving, and those that claim that hitting that…
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Personal Finance

Every so often (for most of us at mid month when our cash is out) we will look at our personal finances and wonder, ‘where does it all go?’. We do our annual tax returns, look at the money we took home as net pay, and we can’t…
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Chamas & Investment Clubs

Investment clubs and Investments partnerships have been around for decades. They are the abridged version of chamas, and merry-go-rounds and obviously my choice bet for those new to investing and wish to learn about investing in friendly group settings. After awhile though individuals eventually find that the skills…
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