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[Ngari @ngariamos]

@NewSingaporean_ Be nice 😊

[DICKSON MAGECHA @Dicksonmagecha]

Regarding your Luo friend’s take on “working twice as hard” to match the Mlima level — fair question, but the real difference isn’t some invisible 50% head start. Mlima’s actual “trick” is brutally simple: 'delayed gratification on steroids'.

A single shilling you save and invest aggressively while you’re young compounds at roughly 25× every 10 years in the kind of high-return vehicles many in Central Kenya have mastered (land, chamas, small businesses, and smart equity plays).

- Hit KSh 100k investable capital by 25?
- With ruthless discipline, it becomes KSh 2.5 million by 35.
- Keep the pedal down and it hits KSh 62.5 million by 45.

That math is real. But the lifestyle required to pull it off is not glamorous. It means living *way* below your income bracket for decades — driving an old car while your peers flex, renting modest while others buy flashy plots, skipping the endless rounds and trips — so the bulk of your capital stays in the game. That level of self-denial and consistency is rare anywhere, not just in Kenya.

And even with the discipline dialed in, success still needs three more ingredients:
1. Luck (good health, no major family emergencies, right timing on the economy).
2. Networks — the chamas, the WhatsApp investment groups, the “I know a guy” connections that open doors fast.
3. The right partner. Marry (or partner with) someone who buys into the long game instead of someone who wants to spend every extra shilling today, and you literally double your firepower.

So yes, some structural advantages exist around Mt Kenya — proximity to Nairobi, cash-crop history, land that has appreciated for generations. But the real multiplier isn’t geography. It’s the cultural muscle memory of 'save first, compound relentlessly, live lean.

That’s not tribal magic. It’s just compound interest wearing a kanzu of sacrifice. Respect to anyone, from any region, who’s willing to pay that price.

[Ngari @ngariamos]

@joshsendstweets Everything is bigger in Texas. I love the truck.

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

Chris Rock says teachers provide half of the education at school, bullies provide the other. “And learning how to deal with bullies is that half you’ll actually use as a grownup.”

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

The book. The Lesson.

[Ngari @ngariamos]

How do we go back to admiring bright, smart people in society?

[Harambee Starlets @StarletsKE]

FT

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Msilale kwanza, Tuko WAFCON 🔥🔥🔥

#HarambeeStarlets #RoadToWAFCON

[Kevin Carey @Kevin_Carey_WB]

Kenya: "The swap, which allows the floating, dollar-based interest rates across the three loans from China Exim Bank to drop into their lower, yuan-based rates, will save the country about $215 million a year, Mbadi [MoF] told reporters." https://t.co/ayYZZJN9kr

[Ngari @ngariamos]

Yuan it is

[Razia Khan @raziakkhan]

Big debt service win for Kenya as the CS Treasury confirms that the floating rate USD-denominated SGR loan is converted to a yuan-denominated loan

[Ngari @ngariamos]

"Debt for everything" Swap 😄

[Kevin Carey @Kevin_Carey_WB]

Kenya debt swap: "A debt for food security allows a country to exchange existing debt for lower-cost debt facilities, typically with backing by an outside group, by agreeing to use the savings for food-related schemes." https://t.co/ECfmuABaRu

[Ngari @ngariamos]

Angola misses out on the China parade 😄 "......despite his reported attempt to get invited"

[Yufan Huang @YufanHuang07]

Beijing just announced the list of foreign leaders that would attend the parade next month, Lourenco didn’t make the list despite his reported attempt to get invited. Angola-China relations not looking good

[Ngari @ngariamos]

Kenya debt swap with China.

[Yufan Huang @YufanHuang07]

Some thoughts on the Kenya swap:

[Kevin Carey @Kevin_Carey_WB]

Zambia / IMF ECF 5th review ($184m disbursement): "he authorities have reached agreements in principle with most external commercial creditors, and efforts are ongoing to advance bilateral agreements with official bilateral creditors, ..."

[Kevin Carey @Kevin_Carey_WB]

Senegal / IMF misreporting: "With respect to the questions on the report by Mazars, what I can share there is that we have received a preliminary debt inventory that has been prepared by Forvis Mazars .."

[Kevin Carey @Kevin_Carey_WB]

Malawi / IMF A4. A very tough macro situation in the context of a lapsed ECF: "Public debt dynamics remain unsustainable, with total public debt reaching 88 percent of GDP by the end of 2024. The interest bill on public debt is estimated to be approaching 7 percent of GDP ..."

[Sacha Tavolieri @sachatavolieri]

✅🇸🇪 Arsenal FC now completing Victor Gyökeres move after Sporting CP final green light. More details to follow ⤵️ #AFC

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔴⚪️ The agreement between Viktor Gyökeres and Arsenal on personal terms is valid until June 2030, five years.

Viktor has been clear with Sporting as reported: only Arsenal, as soon as possible.

Club to club talks advancing, underway to get it done. ⏳🇸🇪

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Welcome to The Arsenal, Martin Zubimendi 😍

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

🥁 Introducing our Goal of the Season winner...

Declan Rice, for his second free-kick against Real Madrid 🎯

🤝 @Emirates

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Two important skills:

• PUBLIC SPEAKING

• NEGOTIATION

The life of a man,

— in business, politics & marriage,

is about ascending the ladder of influence

Therefore, you must know how to speak, negotiate, & build coalitions to your advantage.

#MasculinitySaturday