Investment Professional & Portfolio Strategist at Sankofa Capital Partners
18 years of investment decisions - the good, the bad and the expensive.
Meet your expert
Kwame has more than 18 years of experience across investment management, portfolio strategy, financial markets and business development. His content focuses on what investors can learn from real decisions, mistakes, market cycles and long-term wealth creation. He began his career on the fixed-income desk of a Ghanaian bank before moving into private investment, where he has evaluated hundreds of opportunities across West Africa.
CFA Charterholder; MBA (Finance), University of Ghana Business School
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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.
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.
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.
I'm 34, saving for a house in about five years. Most of my savings are in T-bills. Is that too conservative, or sensible given the environment?
I can't advise on your situation, but I can share how I think about it. A five-year goal with a defined amount is exactly the kind of liability that fixed income is designed for. The question I'd ask is not 'too conservative' but 'is the timing matched' - laddering maturities so nothing forces you to reinvest at a bad moment. Beyond the amount you need for the house, that's where risk assets earn their place.
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