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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 a SACCO especially in this age where the work place is getting less and less informal….

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New Year Resolutions That Work

Looking through the blogosphere and Twitter world, one thing that stands out is the fact that most bloggers and twitterers are at that age where they’re searching for their life purpose, which I believe is a lifelong process. Once you have an idea of who you want to be ‘when you grow up’, then the greatest question becomes, how do you move from where you…

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From Grandpa

My Grandpa is headed to 90 years, was trained as a teacher, joined the Mau Mau freedom fighters, quit teaching to be a farmer and investor. He has no formal finance training, he doesn’t understand stocks analysis, doesn’t know anything about pension plans, real estate bubbles, or the stock market crash. This is what he had to say to me some 4 years ago about…

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The Richest Man In Babylon

Title : The Richest Man In Babylon Author: George S. Clason Year: 1926 Cost: Kshs 690 at Text Book Centre Sarit. Are you fresh out of school and are looking to start earning an income? Have you been earning money for a long time but wonder why you don’t have savings? Did you read this book once, but haven’t read it in 2010?

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