From Wall Street To Building Africa's Pocket | Valentine Njoroge

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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 spending habits to managing hundreds of millions of shillings in assets through Africa's Pocket. She explains why traditional asset management often leaves investors paying fees they barely understand, the lessons she learnt after managing a $5 million startup investment fund, and why one bad investment permanently changed how she evaluates founders.The conversation also explores the real economics behind building wealth through warehouses, real estate, startup investing, compound interest and goal-based investing.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Access all our links in one place: ⁠⁠https://lnk.bio/Financially_Inc⁠💹 Ready to start trading?🧑‍🏫 Learn how to trade: https://lnk.bio/fxpesa📲 Open a demo trading account: https://bit.ly/DemoAccountYT 📈 Start live trading: https://bit.ly/LiveAccountYT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Episode Chapters00:00 Intro02:08 Growing up around entrepreneurship06:41 Learning money the hard way11:35 Wall Street and US finance experience17:42 Returning to Kenya21:18 Matching global investors with African startups26:47 Why Africa's Pocket was born33:04 Financial education wasn't changing behaviour38:56 Building Africa's Pocket into an investment platform45:32 Managing Centum's $5 million startup fund52:14 The due diligence lessons that changed everything58:40 Why middle class Africans struggle to build wealth01:03:27 Warehousing, Panda Towers and building passive income01:09:11 Compound interest, investing and generational wealth01:13:48 Final money advice

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