Your personal finance
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Happy birthday Osivela: Financial advice to a 3-year- old
Hey! Osivela, do you know what date it will be next week Tuesday? Yes, 18th April. Ringing any bells? It…
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Tread carefully on Lake Malawi water contract
I have looked at the legal and regulatory requirements governing large-scale infrastructure projects in Malawi and elsewhere. I have also…
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Busy accumulating wealth and neglecting your health
I am posting this article again by public demand. Its advice I shared in 2015 and somehow I have had…
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Debt is inevitable but budget properly first
Personal finance covers a wide variety of money topics including budgeting, expenses, debt, saving, retirement and insurance, amongst others. Understanding…
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If only you knew how much time you are wasting
It’s a fact. Many of us spend the greater percentage of our time doing things that do not add value…
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Debt is inevitable but budget properly first
Personal finance covers a wide variety of money topics including budgeting, expenses, debt, saving, retirement and insurance, amongst others. Understanding…
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Verily verily, read these retirement tips—Part I
Last week we discussed on where one can start in planning for retirement. We did point out that three important…
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Will you live the same comfortable life when you retire?
Last week, I sat looking through the bedroom window of my house in Harare. I began to ask myself…
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Are you ready to retire?
Life is you walking into your office one morning and your secretary telling you that the boss wants to see…
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Malawi to benefit from K14bn AfDB project
Over 10 000 small-scale farmers from Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mocambique are expected to tap from the African Development Bank…
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You have no idea how poor you are
Last weekend, the discussion around ‘Why educated Malawian are poor’ attracted a lot of feedback and hopefully sent a…
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Why educated Malawians are not rich
Long time ago I remember my mum insisting that I be in school. There were times, during my early…
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How to improve employee morale without breaking the bank
It’s New Year and one resolution I have made is to keep my staff happy. Happy, engaged employees are…
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Mental maths and good spending choices
First of all, I will admit that I am not really good at mental math—but I am good enough. Doing…
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When Christmas spending finishes you off
The times are particularly hard this year—if not the case for you, then count yourself lucky. I can bet you,…
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Spend as you want this festive season but don’t come back crying!
With Christmas barely a week away and the end of the year just ahead, now is the time to…
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Personal tolerance for investment risk
Whether deserved or undeserved, emotions often play a huge role in the type of investing you do or whether…
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How do you tell if your project is viable or not?
There are many systematic ways of ascertaining the viability of your project over a period of time. We will look…
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No regrets–my free advice to the youthful!
When I was young, I dreamt about a lot of things. I wanted to be a writer, writing stuff that…
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Should you invest in that expansion project on your business?
An important step in deciding on whether to make a major purchase or take on a major project under your…
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