Here are Africa's top 10 strongest currencies as of June 2026 against the US dollar:
Tunisia – 2.91 dinars
Libya – 5.41 dinars
Morocco – 8.99 dirhams
Ghana – 10.31 cedis
Botswana – 13.43 pula
Seychelles – 13.75 rupees
Eritrea – 15 nakfa
South Africa – 17.54 rand
Namibia – 17.54 dollars
Lesotho – 17.54 loti
Most people don't know this:
Presidential jets are often exempt from the inspections for things like gold smuggling, etc., that ordinary aircraft face.
That privilege exists for diplomatic and security reasons.
But it also creates a loophole. Around the world, there have been allegations and documented cases of state or diplomatic aircraft being used to move gold, cash, drugs, and other contraband with reduced scrutiny.
Disclaimer: This is a general observation and not an allegation against any specific president or aircraft.
I went to visit my uncle this afternoon.
But he has really bashed me.
That my clock is ticking, yet I do not own a ranch.
He wondered where I take my money, and yet I do not drink.
I kept quiet the whole time.
Then he finally dropped the line I had been waiting for.
- Jitetee sasa. What is your excuse?
I immediately pulled out my phone. Opened my investment app. And handed it to him.
Then told him:
- Uncle, what you are looking at is my portfolio of shares in great companies. Nataka ifike mita siku moja.
He listened very keenly. I thought I was finally about to receive the legendary: Congratulations my son.
Instead, he leaned back. Looked at me. Then asked.
- That's OK. But what are stocks and shares in Kikuyu?
I had never thought about it. I froze.
He told me to take my time.
Eventually, I gave up. And told him to answer his own question.
He smiled. Then said.
- Stocks and shares do not have a name in Kikuyu or any African languages.
- The colonizers invented these fancy slogans to make brokies think they are becoming wealthy by accumulating papers and numbers on screens.
- Meanwhile, they themselves are accumulating the real assets.
I asked him: What are real assets?
He replied:
- Land.
- Animals.
- Plants and foods.
- Water bodies et al
Things you can actually touch. These are the things that create wealth.
Then he concluded with a sentence that has refused to leave my head.
• Every African man must own real assets.
Is the old man right or wrong?