Welcome to a new week. Last week was definitely one for the archives as it took many Nigerians (home and abroad) on an emotional rollercoaster ride. From the feeling of optimism to grief, to horror, and eventually numbness; we certainly experienced it all. We will agree that the events of this month have had a […]
Angel Investing (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to a new week and newsletter. As Nigerians bask in the fact that its youths are speaking with one voice in demanding for an end to SARS, we all got the news of the sale of an indigenous technology company, Paystack to Stripe. What made the news all together heart-warming is the fact that […]
Financial Risks (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to a new week and newsletter. As those of us in Nigeria grapple with the ongoing #EndSARS protests and the implications for residents,(as far as interaction with the police is concerned), we will be discussing another reality many investors, irrespective of location are yet to fully deal with and this is the fact that […]
It Pays to Pace Yourself (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to this week’s newsletter. Finally, we have reached the last quarter of the interesting year 2020! Let’s keep working on our goals for the year as we still have enough time to achieve them. As we count down to year 2021, we will continue in our journey to getting a better grasp of personal […]
Path to Financial Independence (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to a new week. As Nigerians (at home and abroad) prepare to celebrate our country’s 60th independence anniversary; we will be looking at what it means to be financially independent and ultimately attaining financial freedom. Many people will agree with me that the current pandemic and economic downturn (in Nigeria and several other countries) […]
Enduring Gift Ideas (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to this week’s newsletter. Here’s also saying welcome to school runs as children resume school across Nigeria. You would have had to be in a cave last week to have missed the news of the Ferraris Nigerian businessman, Femi Otedola bought for his daughters. Mr Otedola, being the savvy businessman that he is, most […]
Count Your Blessings (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to a new week! In this week’s newsletter, we will be taking stock and deliberately seeing our glass as half full instead of half empty. This is because in the midst of all of that is going on in the world and in the economy (especially with all the back to school expenses); it […]
Useful Hacks to Dampen the Impact of Rising Inflation & Decreasing Returns on Investment (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to the month of September 2020. As we come to the end of the 3rd quarter of the year, the usual plans for the new year will begin across many organizations – budgets, cost and sales projections etc. It will not be out of place for individuals to also start their own financial considerations […]
A Tribute (Toyin Oguntuyi)
As we come to the end of the month of August, I hope that this has been a good month for us all. Today will be slightly different as I will be discussing two stories (one public and the other personal) that happened in the past week and the personal finance lessons I learnt from […]
Stay Strong – Go With The Flow (Toyin Oguntuyi)
Welcome to week 35 in the year 2020 and guess what, we have just 18 more weeks to go. Today, we will be looking at how to manage our personal finances in the midst of unsatisfactory national economic news. This month, the NBS has released several economic data and the news has not been […]