Financially Incorrect
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.
Episodes
How M-Tickets Handled Millions in Sales & Mass Fraud | Brian Bogonko | Business Edition
In 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 defined Kenya’s events industry?M Tickets went on to process more than 1 million tickets across 1,000+ events. But the real business challenge came later. Commission rates that once reached 20% fell to 15%, then 12%, and eve
She Helped Build QuickMart From 4 to 72 Stores | Betty Wamaitha
From 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 conversation, she breaks down what actually drives retail economics: supplier negotiations, margins, shelf space, loss leaders, product movement, customer data and why availability can matter more than marketing.Betty’s own financial
How Table Flipping Fixed Her Restaurant Margins | Sonia Iraguha | Rwanda Edition
A 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 million, learning the economics of hospitality from the ground up. Five years later, cocktails contribute roughly 50–60% of revenue, but Sonia has had to learn the harder lessons around margins, pricing, table turnover, breakage
He Saw the Opportunity in Pensions and Built a Business Managing KES 85+B | Fred Waswa
Fred 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 making money was not enough; you had to know what to do with it. That mindset followed him from his early jobs at Pioneer Insurance and Minet to Standard Chartered, where his salary rose from KSh4,500 to KSh75,000.The money st
How a 1-Minute Sketch Became a UGX 1.6B Creative Brand Katoto| Richard Musinguzi |Uganda Edition
Richard 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 Katoto Uganda had built a recognised creative property from a simple character sketch, eventually producing 500+ advertisements, growing to an 18-person team and generating an estimated UGX1.6 billion over four years.But behind
She Furnishes Kenya’s Biggest Events: How Furniture Rental Works| Patricia Mwalimu| Business Edition
What 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, furniture rental accounts for about 90% of the business, furnishing events for thousands of people.In this Business Edition, Patricia breaks down the economics behind the model: how they decide what to buy, how furniture recovers
How He Turned Car Content Into a Multi-Million Deal Network| Lookie63
Lookie’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 that helped him import small automotive accessories into Kenya. The early margins were modest, but the business introduced him to sourcing, customer relationships and the mechanics of serving a specialised market.From the
Why I Moved Back to Rwanda to Build a Profitable Fitness Business| Bashir Yannick | Rwanda Edition
Bashir 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 without fully understanding the market, pricing against what he knew from the UK, taking on too much space, spending heavily on equipment and underestimating the cost of delivering the service. Eighteen months later, the gym wa
Why Making Hit Songs Doesn’t Guarantee Money in Kenya | Bilha Ngaruiya
Bilha 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 uncomfortable side of that transformation: artists can have the talent, the audience and even the numbers, yet still struggle to turn music into lasting money.In this Financially Incorrect Personal Story Edition, Bilha Ngaruiya Countr
How a Sermon and Two Books Helped Me Save Millions in UGX | Racheal Natukunda | Uganda Edition
Rachel 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 government scholarship, took on part time jobs and eventually saved enough to make one of her first major financial moves: buying a car.In this Financially Incorrect Uganda Edition, Rachel takes us through the money decisio
How Nani’s Cafe Turned Sober Parties Into Business | Zanelle Wanja | Business Edition
What 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 community.But before Nani’s, Zanelle built Azana Collective, a fashion business that generated strong sales but struggled with high production costs and weak financial controls. The experience taught her a crucial lesson: re
She Beat Corporate Targets. But Struggled With Money | Wanini Wachira
Wanini 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 more than doubling branch sales over a three-year period. But her own relationship with money was a very different story.Wanini grew up learning financial discipline from a single mother who knew how to stretch every shilling
She turned her baby Crib into a Premium Furniture Brand |Paradis Nishimwe|Rwanda Edition
Paradis 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 design business serving high-end homes, hotels and corporate clients.But getting there was far from smooth. At one point, 8 out of 10 products were coming back because of quality problems. The business was under pressure, cash
He Fixed KWS. Why Couldn’t Uchumi Be Saved? | Dr Julius Kipngetich
What 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 Uchumi and Jubilee Holdings. In this episode of **Financially Incorrect**, he shares what really drives a turnaround: fixing the system, sequencing change and knowing when money is not the solution.At KWS, his interventions he
He Left Veterinary Medicine and Became One of East Africa’s Biggest TV Stars| Dr Mich Egwang | Uganda Edition
Dr Ronnie Mich Egwang has built a career few résumés could contain: veterinary doctor, broadcaster, media personality, marketer, entrepreneur and business owner. From earning $5 a week as a child to landing a $90,000 continental TV deal, negotiating major media contracts and building a multimillion-dollar marketing business, Dr Mich’s career spans decades of opportunity, risk and reinvention.But t
How a KSh 9M Business Made Zero Profit | Ashok Sunny | Business Edition
What 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 business. Growing up in Kibera, Ashok learned early that money had to be managed carefully. His mother relied on discipline and chamas to prioritise education and basic needs, while Ashok found his own early route into entrepr
From One borrowed Car to Private Jets: Building Kenya’s Luxury Travel Business | Dan Njoroge
From 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 will pay a premium for, surviving the periods when the money disappears, and discovering that revenue means very little without financial discipline. Dan started with very little. His first income was KSh 5,000 as an inter
Why Mike Kayihura Is Betting His Music Career on East Africa | Rwanda Edition
Mike 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 financial story shaped by contracts, missed opportunities, poor money decisions, community support and the difficult business of building a sustainable career as an independent artist.On this Financially Incorrect Rwanda Editi
How Joram Mwinamo Empowered 700+ SMEs To Grow
YT DescriptionJoram 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 was struggling. From small technology and event projects at university to working internationally and eventually returning to Kenya, Joram’s entrepreneurial journey has involved failed assumptions, difficult pivots, unstable
Jackie Asiimwe On Money, NGOs Funding And Wealth | Uganda Edition
Money 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 somehow keep the family afloat. Years later, after losing her savings in a bank collapse, resisting the idea of investing and spending decades in Uganda's nonprofit sector, Jackie began to rethink everything she believ
From KES 7K Intern Salary To Producing Films For Netflix | Grace Kahaki
Every 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 from the ground up. She started as an intern earning KES 7,000 a month after her parents cut off financial support because they believed filmmaking wasn't a real career. Today, she is an award winning producer, direc
How We Built Kenya's Fastest Growing Sports Team | Marcel Awori | Business Edition
Professional basketball looks glamorous from the outside. Packed arenas. Winning teams. Continental competitions. Brand partnerships. What rarely gets discussed is the business required to keep all of it alive.In this episode of Financially Incorrect Business Edition, Marcel Awori, Chief of Staff at Nairobi City Thunder, breaks down what it actually costs to build one of Africa's fastest growi
From Debt Collector to Healthcare Manufacturer | Simon Maina
Every 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 margins of roughly 3%, selling affordable medical products designed to detect postpartum hemorrhage, one of the leading causes of maternal deaths across the continent.Before healthcare manufacturing, Simon spent years
How Alex Chappatte Built Africa Originals From Scratch
Everyone 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 $20,000, a few shipping containers, and a founder trying to build something the market didn't believe was possible.In this Business Edition of Financially Incorrect, Alex Chappatte unpacks what it actually takes to build
House of Tayo: Built in Rwanda Worn Worldwide | Matthew Tayo Rugamba | Rwanda Edition
House 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 Black Panther premiere.It came from walking away from the product generating almost 40% of the company's revenue.In this inaugural Financially Incorrect Rwanda Edition, Matthew Taio Rugamba shares the business
The Kes 12M Medical Bill That Changed Everything | Ann Mubia Murungi
There 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 businesses on complex transactions, years of financial discipline, and doing many of the "right" things, her family suddenly found themselves staring at nearly KSh12 million in ICU bills while fighting to save her mo
He Started with Greif, Not Capital |Humphrey Nabimanya| Uganda Edition
Some 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 throughout childhood, and spent his early years hustling on the streets while trying to stay in school.Long before Reach A Hand Uganda became one of Africa's most influential youth organizations, Humphrey was saving small amoun
From Wall Street To Building Africa's Pocket | Valentine Njoroge
Millions 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 Africa's Pocket, to unpack what actually stops the African middle class from investing consistently and why financial education alone rarely changes behaviour.Valentine shares how she went from struggling with her own sp
Inside Moringa School's Journey From Survival To Scale | Fiona Kirui| Business Edition
Most 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 Kirui, Director of Finance at Moringa School, shares how the company grew from a classroom of just 15 students into one of Africa's leading technology training institutions serving more than 20,000 learners.She explains why
From Property Auctions To Million Shilling Projects | Walter Mangutha
For 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 learning that money isn't always what sits in your bank account. Those early lessons would shape every financial decision that followed.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Walter opens up about growing up in a family
How Nova Pioneer Turned Schools Into A Business | Chinezi Chijioke | Business Edition
Everyone 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 Nova Pioneer, takes us inside one of Africa's most ambitious education businesses. From raising nearly a billion shillings to build campuses, surviving investor pull outs, managing schools that can take years before br
She Left Safaricom To Build A 100,000-Customer Internet Company | Agnes Limo
What 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 Incorrect Personal Money Stories, Agnes Limo shares a journey that starts in a village where money was scarce, opportunities were limited, and entrepreneurship was never considered a realistic career path.Growing up in Eldoret, Ag
How Zeus Group Was Built From a Dining Table | Jeffrey Amani | Uganda Edition
Jeffrey Imani thought he had made it. After years climbing the creative ladder, winning international design competitions, building a respected reputation and leading some of East Africa's biggest campaigns, everything came crashing down during the COVID lockdown.A suspension letter. Lost income. A lost house deposit. Months of uncertainty. For many people, that would have been the end.For Jef
How I Built Kenya’s Largest Gated Estate - GreenPark Estate | Ian Henderson
There 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 most recognised residential developments, he had already lived several careers. He left engineering before completing university, spent years washing and managing rental cars, built a logistics company from the ground
The Startup Fixing Kenya's Car Rental Market- Otto Rentals| Bradley Opere| Business Edition
For 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 reserve online only to discover the vehicle had already been rented to someone who walked in with cash.Bradley Opere saw these problems firsthand.After working in private equity, consulting at McKinsey, advising Kenya&
From Army Major To founding Jeff Hamilton LTD | Major Boke Kitangita
For 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 Financially Incorrect, Major Boke takes us through an extraordinary journey that started in military barracks, moved through corporate leadership at KICC, survived multiple career exits, and ultimately resulted in the
From Timber Trader to Luxury Property Developer | Derrick Kayobyo| Uganda Edition
Most people would have quit after losing everything. Derrick Kayobyo lost hundreds of millions of shillings to fraudsters. His workshop was burned down. Businesses collapsed. Deals went wrong. Yet those setbacks became the foundation for one of Uganda's fastest-growing real estate companies. In this episode of Financially Incorrect Uganda edition, Derrick shares how he went from selling timber
How Nyawira Muraguri Built Wealth Before Age 35
"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, negotiated aggressively throughout her career, used side hustles to clear debt, bought land with loans, stayed at home longer than most of her peers, and benefited from a support system that gave her room t
How Pius Muchiri Built an Investment leader- Nabo Capital
There is a perception amongst many that financial freedom is about earning more money. Pius Muchiri believes it's about reaching a point where your investments can sustain your lifestyle even if your salary stops tomorrow.In this episode of Financially Incorrect Business Edition, Barrack sits down with Pius Muchiri, CFA and Managing Director of Nabo Capital, to unpack a career spanning account
The Story Behind Too Early For Birds from The Creative Powerhouse | Gathoni Kimuyu
For years, Queen Gathoni Kimuyu was helping shape some of Kenya's most recognizable television productions while quietly carrying battles most people never saw.Before becoming an award-winning producer, writer, activist and storyteller, she grew up in poverty, became a young wife, survived an abusive marriage, raised a child through financial uncertainty and spent years trying to build a susta
How Brian Kiriba Built Handas Jaba Juice Into a 50,000-Unit-a-Month
Brian Kiriba shares the story behind building Jaba Juice from scratch, growing it into a business that now moves tens of thousands of units every month. In this episode of Financially Incorrect Business Edition, he discusses his early entrepreneurial ventures in Pakistan and the United States, the failure of his immigration startup, losing money after returning to Kenya, and his unsuccessful attem
The Kenyan Who Buys Cars for Billionaires | Earl Karanja
Most people see cars as liabilities. Earl Karanja sees them as alternative assets with global demand, cultural value, and appreciating long-term upside.Before brokering million-dollar Bugattis and rare Ferraris to collectors across Europe, Dubai, and New Zealand, Earl was a Kenyan kid raised in a strict teacher-led household where discipline, education, and financial restraint shaped everything. H
Why African SMEs Stay Underserved | Ethiopis Tafara
Africa does not have a shortage of entrepreneurs. It has a financing problem.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, we sit down with Ethiopis Tafara, Regional Vice President for Africa at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to unpack one of the biggest economic bottlenecks across the continent: why millions of African businesses remain stuck despite creating the majority of jobs.SMEs a
Family Legacy, Camp Mulla, and the Music Industry reality | Suzzane Gachukia Opembe
For decades, Suzanne Gachukia Opembe sat at the center of Kenya’s creative economy. Producing music, managing artists, negotiating distribution, surviving industry politics and helping shape an entire generation of Kenyan sound.But behind the success stories were delayed payments, collapsing partnerships, broken royalty systems, visa denials, debt pressure and years where even groceries became dif
From Failed Fashion Business To Med Spa Founder | Milkah Wachira
Most people see skincare as beauty. Milkah Wachira sees it as trust, systems, education, customer psychology and cash flow management under pressure.Before building Skin Reveal Clinic into one of Nairobi’s growing aesthetic and corrective skincare brands, she burned through bad inventory decisions, unstable partnerships, weak financial structures and painful business losses. One failed clothing ve
Royalties, Record Deals and the Cost of Art| Muthaka
Muthaka thought talent would be enough. Then she discovered the business side of music.In this episode the award winning Kenyan singer and songwriter Christine Muthaka opens up about the financial realities behind building a music career in East Africa. From earning 3,000 KES cover gigs at malls and restaurants to signing a restrictive label deal, producing a 600,000+ KES independent album, surviv
From 120M Debt To Rebuilding Again | Shira Karungi| Uganda Edition
Most people think financial collapse happens suddenly.For Shira Karungi, it happened quietly.The businesses were working. The money was coming in. Multiple mobile money kiosks. A thriving clothing business. Strong monthly cash flow. But behind the visible success was a dangerous cycle of borrowing, delayed payments, lifestyle inflation, and poor financial tracking.At one point, the debt reached ne
Ogutu Okudo: On Oil, Power, Politics And Money
Ogutu Okudo did not enter Kenya’s energy sector through engineering or petroleum science. She studied foreign policy and diplomacy, then made a sharp pivot after Kenya’s 2012 oil discovery and positioned herself inside one of Africa’s most competitive and male dominated industries.In this episode Ogutu breaks down the realities behind oil and gas, the politics of energy investment, why Kenya lost
Building a Tax Advisory Firm From Zero | Waithera Mugo
Waithera Mugo did not build a tax law firm at the right time. She built it when there were no clients, no savings, and the world had slowed to a halt.In this business edition, Waithera Mugo, founder of Ithera Africa, breaks down what it actually takes to survive and scale in one of the most complex, high pressure legal specializations, tax.From defending multi million shilling tax disputes to navi
From Banking Trainee to Fintech Industry Leader | Esther Waititu
What does it take to move from traditional banking into shaping the future of financial inclusion across an entire continent?In this episode of Financially Incorrect, we sit down with Esther Waititu Chief Financial Services Officer at Safaricom to unpack a career that spans banking, international markets, and now fintech at scale through Safaricom.From earning between Ksh 9k - 15k a month earlier
Film Paid Me More Than 20 Years in Corporate | Matthew Nabiswo | Uganda Edition
What does it actually look like to walk away from stability and build something of your own?In this Uganda edition episode, Matthew Nabiswo breaks down a journey that most people never see clearly until it is too late to turn back. After two decades in corporate, rising from a $100 salary to $1,000 a month, he found himself pushed out at a moment that could have easily defined the rest of his life
Lessons From Losing Everything And Starting Again | Alemu Emuron
Alemu Emuron has spent over two decades building campaigns across 34 African countries for brands like Coca-Cola, Airtel, Unilever, and Diageo — winning Cannes Lions and Grand Prix awards along the way. But before the continental footprint and the accolades, he was a broke young creative sleeping between a Kampala office and a bar, surviving on credit and stubbornness, watching his advertising car
From Almost Nothing to 4,000 Airbnb Listings | Ivy Nairobi Spaces
Ivy started out earning 100 KES a day doing laundry during COVID. She got docked down to 6,000 KES a month as a supermarket cashier. She tried crochet, braiding, web development, and forex trading none of it stuck. Then she noticed something nobody else was paying attention to: Nairobi had thousands of empty Airbnb units and zero one-stop place to book them.Today, Nairobi Spaces manages access to
What Women Actually Need to Build Wealth | Mumbi Ndung’u, Dorothy Ooko & Moonika Jurgenfeldt
What do women really need to thrive today?At What Women Want 4.0, - Let's Make Money Honey session , we sat down with three accomplished leaders, Mumbi Ndung’u Founder CEO PLP, Dorothy Ooko Co- Founder WSN and Moonika Jurgenfeldt CEO FXPesa for an honest conversation on money, leadership, negotiation, confidence, career growth, and the realities women still face in professional spaces.This epi
From Village Teacher to Royal Wedding Photographer | James Lubinga | Uganda Edition
Most people chase job security. James Lubinga walked away from it.In this Uganda Edition, we sit down with the CEO of Paramount Images Studio to break down how he went from being a school teacher to one of the most sought-after wedding photographers in Uganda.What started as a side hustle shooting school events quietly grew into a business pulling in more than his salary. Then came the turning poi
Success, Retrenchment and A Million Shillings Surgeries | Laura Walubengo
Laura Walubengo’s story is not about money at the start. It’s about comfort, stability, and a life where finances were never something she had to think about. That changed.From growing up in a structured, well-provided home to suddenly hearing “there’s no money,” Laura’s relationship with money was shaped by contrast. Then came the career at Capital FM. A steady rise. More income. More opportuniti
He Lost 1.5 Million Then Built Sold Out Events| Dickson Matata Business Edition
Business rarely moves in a straight line.In this Business Edition episode , Barrack sits down with Dickson Matata, entrepreneur and co-founder behind Rhythm & Brunch, The Millennials Cookout and founder of House of Tata, to unpack the real journey behind building profitable experiences in East Africa.Dickson’s story moves from actuarial science and corporate insurance to brand consulting, e-co
Why Imani Wamai Left FinTech for Livestock Farming
Imani Wamai didn’t follow the predictable career path.After studying Business Information Technology at Strathmore University and building a promising career in fintech and data analytics, he made a decision most people warned him against, leaving stable corporate opportunities to pursue agriculture and livestock production.In this episode Imani shares the real financial story behind that transiti
From 150,000 UGX salary to Global Recognition| Mwezi Mugerwa Uganda Edition
There are careers built for income, and others built for impact.For over 15 years, Mwezi Mugerwa has dedicated his life to studying one of Africa’s most mysterious animals, the African golden cat, a species so elusive that scientists still cannot confidently estimate its population.In this episode, Mugerwa shares the real story behind conservation work that rarely makes headlines. From earning jus
From 3,000 Shillings to CEO: Alpesh Vadher on Money, Discipline & Legacy
Success rarely begins with comfort.Alpesh Vadher, CEO of PKF East Africa, grew up sharing a modest two-bedroom apartment with six family members after losing his mother at just 18 months old. Long before boardrooms and leadership titles, cricket became his first classroom, teaching discipline, resilience, and performance under pressure lessons that would later define a 32-year career in profession
From 0 to Building 11,000 Units | Leonard Mcharo of Tsavo | Business Edition
What if real estate wasn’t about building, but about trust?In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Leonard Mcharo, co-founder of Tsavo, breaks down how a young architectural lecturer earning 15,000 KES per month built one of East Africa’s most recognizable real estate models by rethinking money, partnerships, and risk.From growing up poor and selling handmade bookmarks to fund university life, t
From Engineering to Global DJ | DJ Shinski
In this episode of Financially Incorrect, DJ Shinski shares the real story behind leaving a stable engineering career to pursue DJing full-time and building an international brand from scratch.Born in Kenya and later migrating to the United States through the green card lottery, DJ Shinski's journey is shaped by sacrifice, discipline, and calculated risk. From earning $6/hour at a call center
Lifestyle Inflation, Divorce & Building Wealth Again | Pumla Nabachwa| Uganda Edition
In this episode of Financially Incorrect Uganda, we sit down with Pumla Nabachwa, economist at the Bank of Uganda and financial literacy educator, for one of the most honest conversations about money, independence, and life decisions.From growing up believing she was poor despite privilege, to navigating marriage, separation, single parenting, and rebuilding financial stability, Pumla shares how m
The Story of Masshouse | Big Nyagz on Money, Deejaying & Nightlife
Most people experience nightlife from the dancefloor.Few understand the business, risk, and financial pressure behind it.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Barrack sits down with Big Nyagz DJ, producer, and co-founder of Mass House to unpack what it actually takes to build and operate one of Nairobi’s most talked-about venues.From running a profitable photography studio straight out of high
How Mandi Sarro Built a Food Brand From Content | Business Edition
Creativity may be what draws people into the food world, but building a sustainable brand around it requires discipline, reinvention and smart financial decisions.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, we sit down with Mandi Sarro, culinary director, author and founder of Miss Mandi Throwdown, to unpack the business journey behind one of Kenya’s most recognisable food brands. From working at si
From Architect to Raising $250M in Real Estate | Edward Kirathe
Real estate is often seen as the ultimate path to wealth in Africa. Buy land, build property, and hold it. But what happens when much of that wealth is locked in physical assets that are difficult to sell, transfer, or convert into liquid capital?In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Barrack sits down with Edward Kirathe, founder and CEO of Acorn Holding Group Limited, to explore how property,
From Illiterate Teen to Managing $1.3B portfolios | Aeko Ongodia| Uganda Edition
At 12 years , he could barely read. Years later, he was managing $1.3 billion in public funds. Aeko Ongodia’s story is not motivational. It is structural, he grew up in Entebbe, missed six years of formal schooling, and was kicked out twice. Nearly illiterate as a teenager, he taught himself to read using discarded books and relentless repetition. That discipline would later carry him into institu
How Wixx Mangutha Built a Creative Business
The creative industry often looks effortless from the outside. Viral content, brand partnerships, and online visibility create the illusion of overnight success. But behind every creator is a financial journey shaped by risk, loss, and long term discipline.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, we sit down with Wixx Mangutha, a two time award winning animator and Pulse Art influencer building o
How I quit Corporate to Start Blooming K| Becky Kibe
Corporate paid her KSh 140,000 per month. She quit to sell flowers.In this episode of Financially Incorrect Business Edition, Becky Kibe Mureithi, founder of Blooming K, breaks down the real numbers behind building a floristry business in Kenya.In just two years she has sold over 700 bouquets and gift packages, opened a physical shop on Kimur Road, generated KSh 350,000 in one Valentine’s Day, and
How I Built My Career as an Architect in Kenya & the U.S | Henry Musangi| Henry Musangi
Architecture looks glamorous from the outside. Towering buildings, real estate booms, billion-shilling developments. But how much do architects actually make in Kenya? In this episode, we sit down with Henry Musangi, architect and Managing Director at Planning System Services Limited, to unpack the financial reality of building a career in architecture both in Kenya and the United States. From ear
From Radio to Running Concerts: The Real Story Behind Big Shows | Frankie Theuri
Everyone sees the party. The real story happens behind the scenes.In this episode we go behind the stage lights and into the real business of live events with Frankie the Brand, an event promoter and consultant who has helped bring global artists and major experiences to Kenya.From early beginnings at Homeboy Radio to organizing large scale concerts featuring international stars, Frankie shares th
From Selling Calculators in Uni to Commercial Director | Kelvin Kuria's money story
Sales is often misunderstood as persuasion, personality or natural charisma.In this episode , we sit down with Kelvin Kuria, the man who turned sales from a "hustle" into a repeatable, scalable science. From managing multi-million Euro budgets at Unilever to becoming a Commercial Director at Kenyan Originals, Kelvin’s journey is a masterclass in negotiation, mindset, and money.Access all
From Campus Politics to a Career Switch |Tracey Gachie
Tracey Gachie’s journey is proof that resilience, strategy, and bold financial choices define success. From navigating imposter syndrome, pivoting from accounting to marketing, managing African major brands, and thriving as a content creator, she shares the highs, lows, and lessons of a decade shaped by career shifts, love, and life transitions.Access all our links in one place: https://lnk.bio/Fi
From sourcing Mitumba in Kawangware to Owning a Luxe Kenyan fashion brand | Scovia Miruka
What does it really take to build a fashion brand in Kenya when local work is rarely valued at premium price? Scovia Miruka, founder and creative director of Hawi read to wear, shares her raw money journey shaped by loss ambition and ownership from selling second hand clothes to pay her school fees to leaving a stable job and pricing a dress at KES 10,000 that changed everything.She reflects on gr
From Makanga to Working In Insurance | Eliud Matheri
Eliud's money story didn't follow the usual script. Before insurance offices, boardrooms, and BIMA TV, there were matatus, fruit crates, daily cash, and survival decisions. In this episode, Eliud opens up about the uncomfortable middle. The phase where income grows but discipline slips. Where loans feel like progress until they don’t. Where mistakes teach harder lessons than success ever c
Why Being an A Student With an Oxford PhD Still Wasn’t Enough | Dr Gladys Ngetich
What happens when you do everything right and life still doesn’t follow the script? In this episode of Financially Incorrect, we sit down with Dr Gladys Ngetich, a Kenyan engineer, Rhodes Scholar, Oxford PhD graduate and former MIT postdoctoral researcher, to talk about the parts of success people rarely admit out loud. Gladys grew up in Kuresoi South, excelled academically at JKUAT, graduated wit
Suraj KE: Building Gondwana - The 7 Years Nobody Saw
Suraj didn’t “blow up.” He toiled. From playing Hindu temples in his hometown of Kisumu, to DJing for drink vouchers, to taking years just to make his first KES 100,000 from music - this wasn’t a fast story. It was a patient one. He gave his early earnings to his mum. Got told “not yet” more times than he can count.So he stopped waiting. He built Gondwana alongside Euggy and two friends. Captain’s
From Lecturer to Google: Dorothy Ooko’s Wild Career Pivot
In this episode, we sit down with Dorothy Ooko — former French lecturer turned Nokia and Google Communications leader — to explore the financial mindset behind her incredible career pivot. Dorothy shares how she went from teaching at KU and USIU to leading communications across Africa at two global tech giants — despite having no PR background. She opens up about disciplined money habits, avoiding
From Zero to KES 500M in Property Sales: Allan Mutuma's Brown Cap Story | Business Edition
On this episode of Financially Incorrect, we sit down with Allan Mutuma, founder of Brown Cap Developers, to break down how he transitioned from corporate finance into building a fast-growing real estate business in Kenya. Founded in 2021, Brown Cap Developers has completed projects worth ~KES 400M and sold units totaling ~KES 500M in under four years — largely through personal networks, referrals
How Sir M Became One of Kenya’s Biggest DJs
Sir M is one of Kenya’s most exciting new-age DJs, and this episode breaks down exactly how he got here. From dropping out of university with his parents’ support, to chasing a music career that never took off, Sir M shares the real story behind the pivots, setbacks, and discipline that shaped his journey. He walks us through his process — how he built his sound, sharpened his craft, and positione
