What are your teens and young adults doing this long holiday? Of course after a gruelling academic year, there is a need to unwind, rest and rejuvenate, but they don’t need to spend close to 3 months and more holidaying. The long holidays should be more than just a vacation; it is a career opportunity.…
Personal Finance
Personal finance, investment and money matters.
Fathers And Money Matters – Is Your Family Financially Secure?
Yesterday was Fathers Day. Fathers Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. It is also a good time for fathers to consider the critical role they play in the family; to take stock and to carefully consider their responsibilities by implementing important financial steps…
Money Matters and Fathers
A father has a lifelong responsibility that comes with significant financial implications
5 Ways To Raise Money-Savvy Children
Do you ever look back at your childhood and wish that you had been given at least some basic lessons about money? Perhaps many of the money issues you face would never have happened; if only you understood some basic principles of financial management. Do your children a favour; get them started on the right…
Make Money While You Sleep
Are you always agonising about not being able to pay your bills? Living from pay-check to pay-check? Are you shackled to an 8 to 5 job that you detest but have no savings and no other source of income? The salary you get from work is as a direct result of your efforts at…
How Are You Funding Your Child’s Education?
“Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rests the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.” – Kofi Amman Read [Father’s and money matters – is your family financially secure] As parents and guardians, it is our greatest desire to give our children and wards the best possible…
Gaining Financial Equality – International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8th around the world, seeks to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It also acts as a catalyst for change when it comes to gender equality. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Choose to Challenge”. While the general equality for women is…
Rubies Junior Account and App
Bad finance habits are everywhere, people spend recklessly and save reluctantly. When it comes to financial literacy we should not leave it to chance. Damaging financial advice is even more rampant. While this might seem like an adult issue, it really is not. Like all habits, children and teenagers start cultivating financial habits from a…
When Last did You take a look at Your Money Matters?
It’s Mid-July already! This is for sure a time to take a look at our money matters. At the beginning of the year, most of us had such noble plans for the year 2020. Some of those plans were to start afresh in a new decade, do the right things, and work towards exciting goals.…
60 Things I Have Learnt From Nimi Akinkugbe
The first time I came across Mrs Nimi Akinkugbe was in the newspapers. She had a regular column in a national newspaper about money matters. I reached out to her by sending her an email and asked if she would contribute to the blog. I was in the early days of Lagosmums and explained what…