18 years of investment decisions - the good, the bad and the expensive.
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Real investment decisions, mistakes, market cycles and long-term wealth creation - from people who have put their own money at risk.
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18 years of investment decisions - the good, the bad and the expensive.
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In 2014 I put a third of my liquid net worth into a company because I liked the founder. Here is how I lost most of it, and the five rules I now refuse to break.
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A 70-minute masterclass on the opportunities and traps specific to African capital markets: treasury instruments, listed equities, private deals, property, currency and the role of patience.
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In 2014 I put a third of my liquid net worth into a company because I liked the founder. Here is how I lost most of it, and the five rules I now refuse to break.
The exact seven-part checklist I use before putting money into any business - the people, the unit economics, the financing, the exit, and the questions that reveal whether a founder actually understands their numbers.
A 70-minute masterclass on the opportunities and traps specific to African capital markets: treasury instruments, listed equities, private deals, property, currency and the role of patience.
Kwame walks through the 2008 crisis, the 2014–15 cedi slide, the 2020 pandemic and the 2022 debt exchange - what he did each time, what he got wrong, and what stayed the same.
A printable one-page version of the checklist from 'How I Evaluate an Investment Opportunity', with the questions I ask under each heading.
The exact seven-part checklist I use before putting money into any business - the people, the unit economics, the financing, the exit, and the questions that reveal whether a founder actually understands their numbers.
A pension fund manager on risk budgets, asset allocation and why boring is a strategy.
Nine situations in which the right investment decision is no - including the ones that feel most like yes.
The exact seven-part checklist I use before putting money into any business - the people, the unit economics, the financing, the exit, and the questions that reveal whether a founder actually understands their numbers.
Nine situations in which the right investment decision is no - including the ones that feel most like yes.
Ten things I would tell my thirty-year-old self about money, patience and the difference between investing and betting.
Forty investments and hundreds of pitches: the patterns that end meetings early and the rare things that make an investor lean forward.
Treasury bills, bonds, corporate debt and the 2022 domestic debt exchange - what fixed income is, how it pays, and what its risks really are.