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Investing, bonds and T-bills, money market funds and budgeting, explained the way a friend would. Short, practical and written with Kenyan examples by Wanja Waithaka, CPA-K.

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Investing

Dissecting Kenya’s First Listed Infrastructure Fund

There is a fascinating intellectual dissonance in how we view development. For years, as you drove past massive logistics hubs, expanding fiber networks...

· 5 min read
Bonds and T-bills

Concrete or Greenery? Choosing Sides in Kenya’s Bond Boom

I’ve been sitting by my window in Nairobi, watching the skyline shift, and I realized something: the cranes aren’t the only things moving. Money is moving...

· 2 min read
Investing

A Financial Reflection on the New Year

There is a particular kind of optimism that only January can produce: a mix of “New Year, New Me” energy and the cold reality of school fees. Yet, as I sat...

· 3 min read
Bonds and T-bills

From M-Akiba to the “Hustler Bond”: The 500-Shilling Revolution

There is something profoundly poetic about the Kenyan government asking for five hundred shillings. It is the ultimate “de-institutionalization” of finance...

· 2 min read
Budgeting

Stop “Watching” Your Money Disappear: How to Build a Budget That Actually Sticks

We’ve all been there. You check your bank account on a Tuesday, see a number that looks “fine,” and by Friday, you’re wondering where that last Ksh.2,000...

· 2 min read

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