Financially Incorrect
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Money doesn't have to be intimidating. The Financially Incorrect Podcast is a fun and informative way to learn about personal finance. Host Barrack Bukusi debunks money myths and reveals the truth behind common misconceptions. Join him with a different guest every week as he helps you achieve your financial goals.
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- From Airforce Pilot to Leading Kenya’s Top Schools | Christospher Khaemba · 1 h 48 minChristopher Khaemba’s journey is shaped by decisions that tested his ambition, integrity and approach to money.He once hoped to attend Alliance High School but was rejected…
- Why He Retired a $20K-a-Month Business to Bet on AI | Brian Namanya | Uganda Edition · 1 h 29 minBefore Tubayo had a working app, Brian Namanya was selling travel experiences through WhatsApp and DMs. He eventually built a travel and commerce business in Uganda, including a…
- He Turned KES 11,000 Into Scanad, a Listed Pan-African Company | Bharat Thakrar| Business Edition · 2 h 22 minIn December 1982, Bharat Thakrar started Scanad with KES 11,000 after selling his Honda for KES 14,000. What began as a one man advertising agency grew into a listed Pan African…
- I Raised $1M.Then Couldn't Afford KES 500 | Kevin Mutiso · 2 h 4 minWhat does it take to rebuild financially, professionally and personally after a business you have invested everything in collapses?Kevin Mutiso's relationship with money and…
- From Making Kitenge Earrings to A Self-Funded RWF 15M Art Center |Jemima Kakizi |Rwanda Edition · 1 h 12 minJemima Kakizi was already earning from her art before she graduated from university. But when the momentum slowed after graduation, she had to rethink what building a career in…
- 25 Years, Multiple Awards, One Admission: Architecture Would’ve Paid More | Nameless · 1 h 47 minA hit song can make you famous. But does it make you wealthy?For Kenyan music legend Nameless, the answer depends on what happens after the song takes off. A major hit can…
- She Lost Her Business, Then Built a Creative Brand From Wood Scraps | Doreen Natukunda | UG Edition · 38 minDoreen Natukunda Opio spent nearly eight years trying to rebuild her livelihood after losing her first business. From selling T-shirts and household items to experimenting with…
- How Kevin Kamau Built a Successful Agribusiness in Africa | Business Edition · 1 h 56 minHow do you build an agribusiness managing nearly 5,000 acres across Africa without owning the land? When Kevin Kamau returned to Kenya in 2015 after a decade in the US, he…
- How Kenya's Entertainment Pioneer Made Millions, Fell Into Debt & Rebuilt His Legacy | Fakii Liwali · 2 h 24 minFakii Liwali spent decades helping shape Kenya's entertainment industry, working with some of the country's biggest artists and corporate brands. From Homeboyz and Capital FM to…
- Why Leaving a Top Banking Job Was His Best Investment | Kevin Rudahinduka | Rwanda Edition · 1 h 36 minWhat would make a senior banking executive walk away from career security to return to university while supporting a family? For Kevin Rudahinduka, the decision meant rethinking…
- From Sauti Sol's Musical Director to Building His Own Music Path | Mutoriah · 1 h 28 minFrom playing keyboard at church for KES 5,000 a month to becoming Sauti Sol's musical director and building his own music ventures, Mutoriah's career has been shaped by a…
- From Selling Juice to Investor: How Manuela P Mulondo Changed Her Money Story | Uganda Edition · 1 h 44 minManuela P Mulondo had the kind of public success most people would assume came with financial security. She was speaking at major events, meeting presidents and receiving…
- How M-Tickets Handled Millions in Sales & Mass Fraud | Brian Bogonko | Business Edition · 1 h 20 minIn 2014, Brian Bogonko set out to solve a simple problem: how do you sell event tickets digitally, track who is buying and eliminate the fragmented cash and paper systems that…
- She Helped Build QuickMart From 4 to 72 Stores | Betty Wamaitha · 1 h 58 minFrom four stores to 72, Betty Wamaitha was part of the commercial journey that helped transform QuickMart into one of Kenya’s biggest supermarket businesses. In this…
- How Table Flipping Fixed Her Restaurant Margins | Sonia Iraguha | Rwanda Edition · 1 h 23 minA busy restaurant can still be a bad business. Sonia Iraguha, founder of Bicu Lounge, built the Kigali hospitality destination during COVID after investing roughly RWF 40…
- He Saw the Opportunity in Pensions and Built a Business Managing KES 85+B | Fred Waswa · 1 h 41 minFred Waswa started working on KSh1,500 a month. After losing his father as a teenager, he became responsible for helping support his mother and siblings, learning early that…
- How a 1-Minute Sketch Became a UGX 1.6B Creative Brand Katoto| Richard Musinguzi |Uganda Edition · 1 h 31 minRichard Musinguzi once received UGX400 million from his animation business and realised that making serious money was easier than knowing what to do with it. The creator of…
- She Furnishes Kenya’s Biggest Events: How Furniture Rental Works| Patricia Mwalimu| Business Edition · 1 h 25 minWhat if you could build a business from assets your customers never need to own?Patricia Mwalimu started Party Lounges with roughly KSh 85,000 worth of furniture. Today…
- How He Turned Car Content Into a Multi-Million Deal Network| Lookie63 · 1 h 19 minLookie’s automotive journey did not begin with a luxury car, a large audience or a dealership.It began with approximately $1,000 from his father and a family connection in London…
- Why I Moved Back to Rwanda to Build a Profitable Fitness Business| Bashir Yannick | Rwanda Edition · 1 h 5 minBashir Yannick Ntwari’s first gym attracted hundreds of members. The numbers still didn’t work. After returning to Rwanda in 2015, he invested in his first fitness business…
- Why Making Hit Songs Doesn’t Guarantee Money in Kenya | Bilha Ngaruiya · 1 h 43 minBilha Ngaruiya has watched Kenyan music change from CDs and physical distribution to Spotify, Boomplay, YouTube and a global streaming economy. She has also seen the…
- How a Sermon and Two Books Helped Me Save Millions in UGX | Racheal Natukunda | Uganda Edition · 1 h 26 minRachel Natukunda did not grow up with everything figured out. She grew up seeing what financial security looked like from a distance, worked for her own opportunities, earned a…
- How Nani’s Cafe Turned Sober Parties Into Business | Zanelle Wanja | Business Edition · 1 h 7 minWhat happens when you remove alcohol from the party business?Zanelle Wanja’s answer was Nani’s Cafe Party, a Nairobi social experience built around music, coffee, wellness and…
- She Beat Corporate Targets. But Struggled With Money | Wanini Wachira · 1 h 44 minWanini Wachira built a career out of understanding people, selling to them and growing businesses. As Head of Retail at Hotpoint, she has helped drive major growth, including…
- She turned her baby Crib into a Premium Furniture Brand |Paradis Nishimwe|Rwanda Edition · 1 h 33 minParadis Nishimwe never set out to build a furniture company. It started with a crib for her baby and eventually became Wood Habitat, a Made-in-Rwanda furniture and interior…
- He Fixed KWS. Why Couldn’t Uchumi Be Saved? | Dr Julius Kipngetich · 1 h 57 minWhat does it take to turn around an institution that is already broken? Dr Julius Kipngetich has spent decades fixing organisations across Kenya, from KWS and Equity Bank to…
- He Left Veterinary Medicine and Became One of East Africa’s Biggest TV Stars| Dr Mich Egwang | Uganda Edition · 1 h 57 minDr Ronnie Mich Egwang has built a career few résumés could contain: veterinary doctor, broadcaster, media personality, marketer, entrepreneur and business owner. From earning $5…
- How a KSh 9M Business Made Zero Profit | Ashok Sunny | Business Edition · 1 h 45 minWhat happens when KES 9 million in revenue leaves you with almost nothing? For Ashok Sunny, founder of Ashok Sunny Tailors Limited, that moment changed the way he understood…
- From One borrowed Car to Private Jets: Building Kenya’s Luxury Travel Business | Dan Njoroge · 1 h 30 minFrom a KSh 30,000 banking salary to building a luxury executive travel and private jet business. Dan Njoroge’s story is not really about luxury. It is about learning what people…
- Why Mike Kayihura Is Betting His Music Career on East Africa | Rwanda Edition · 1 h 13 minMike Kayihura’s music career has taken him from church choirs and a first Rwandan paycheck to regional recognition across Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. But behind the songs is a…
- How Joram Mwinamo Empowered 700+ SMEs To Grow · 1 h 43 minYT Description Joram Mwinamo has spent more than two decades helping African businesses grow. But some of his most valuable lessons came from the periods when his own business…
- Jackie Asiimwe On Money, NGOs Funding And Wealth | Uganda Edition · 1 h 26 minMoney shaped Jackie Asiimwe long before she earned her first salary.Growing up in a pastor's household, she watched her mother stretch a modest income, support relatives and…
- From KES 7K Intern Salary To Producing Films For Netflix | Grace Kahaki · 1 h 33 minEvery Kenyan has watched a TV show, movie or commercial. Very few people know what it actually costs to make one.Grace Kahaki built one of Kenya's leading production companies…
- How We Built Kenya's Fastest Growing Sports Team | Marcel Awori | Business Edition · 1 h 45 minProfessional basketball looks glamorous from the outside. Packed arenas. Winning teams. Continental competitions. Brand partnerships. What rarely gets discussed is the business…
- From Debt Collector to Healthcare Manufacturer | Simon Maina · 1 h 15 minEvery quarter, Simon Maina's company manufactures nearly 300,000 obstetric drapes across Africa. The surprising part is not the scale. It's the economics.Njembuma operates on…
- How Alex Chappatte Built Africa Originals From Scratch · 1 h 30 minEveryone knows Kenya Originals (KO). Far fewer know the business that made it possible.Before KO became one of Kenya's most recognizable cider brands, it started with just…
- House of Tayo: Built in Rwanda Worn Worldwide | Matthew Tayo Rugamba | Rwanda Edition · 1 h 37 minHouse of Tayo is now one of Rwanda's most recognizable fashion brands.But its biggest breakthrough didn't come from celebrity endorsements, fashion weeks or dressing stars on the…
- The Kes 12M Medical Bill That Changed Everything | Ann Mubia Murungi · 1 h 26 minThere are moments that completely redefine your relationship with money.For Ann Mubia Mirungi, one of those moments arrived with a single diagnosis.Despite a career advising…
- He Started with Greif, Not Capital |Humphrey Nabimanya| Uganda Edition · 1 h 10 minSome people inherit wealth. Humphrey Nabimanya inherited adversity.He lost his mother as an infant, grew up under the care of his sister living with HIV, battled stigma…
- From Wall Street To Building Africa's Pocket | Valentine Njoroge · 1 h 16 minMillions of Africans earn good incomes. Very few build lasting wealth.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Barrack sits down with Valentine Njoroge, CEO and Co-founder of…
- Inside Moringa School's Journey From Survival To Scale | Fiona Kirui| Business Edition · 1 h 17 minMost people know Moringa School for producing software engineers. Very few know what it took to build the business behind it.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Fiona…
- From Property Auctions To Million Shilling Projects | Walter Mangutha · 2 h 4 minFor most people, wealth looks like cash. For Walter Mangutha, wealth looked like land.Long before earning a salary, Walter was collecting rent, managing family property and…
- How Nova Pioneer Turned Schools Into A Business | Chinezi Chijioke | Business Edition · 1 h 52 minEveryone wants quality education. Very few people understand what it actually costs to build it.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Chinezi Chijioke, CEO and Co Founder of…
- She Left Safaricom To Build A 100,000-Customer Internet Company | Agnes Limo · 1 h 38 minWhat does it take to walk away from one of the most coveted careers in Kenya and build a company capable of competing with telecom giants? In this episode of Financially…
- How Zeus Group Was Built From a Dining Table | Jeffrey Amani | Uganda Edition · 1 h 39 minJeffrey Imani thought he had made it. After years climbing the creative ladder, winning international design competitions, building a respected reputation and leading some of…
- How I Built Kenya’s Largest Gated Estate - GreenPark Estate | Ian Henderson · 1 h 17 minThere are entrepreneurs who start with capital. Then there are entrepreneurs who create capital by betting everything they already have. Before Ian Henderson built one of Kenya's…
- The Startup Fixing Kenya's Car Rental Market- Otto Rentals| Bradley Opere| Business Edition · 1 h 12 minFor years, Kenya's car rental industry operated on trust, phone calls, spreadsheets, and WhatsApp messages. Cars would disappear. Bookings would get double-sold. Customers would…
- From Army Major To founding Jeff Hamilton LTD | Major Boke Kitangita · 2 h 13 minFor years, Major Boke wore the uniform of the Kenya AirForce.Today, he leads one of East Africa's fastest-growing security, HR and staff outsourcing companies.In this episode of…
- From Timber Trader to Luxury Property Developer | Derrick Kayobyo| Uganda Edition · 1 h 18 minMost people would have quit after losing everything. Derrick Kayobyo lost hundreds of millions of shillings to fraudsters. His workshop was burned down. Businesses collapsed…
- How Nyawira Muraguri Built Wealth Before Age 35 · 1 h 31 min"You should stay in school and work hard." That's the advice many people receive. Nyawira Muraguri did that. But she also worked in her parents' business from the age of nine…
