Mar 15, 2010

Mali Rasili Testimonial

Before Origins,

• Mali Rasili Group was a social group more than the business group it was intended to be.
• Members were not punctual.
• Meetings were monthly
• Meetings were held in social setting such as restaurants.
• Meeting took 2-4hrs long.
• All the administration work was left to office bearer...

Mar 4, 2010

SAME OLD GROUP IN 2010?

It's getting close to the end of the year, that time when we all get introspective and start to recount what we achieved and what we lost during the past year, and what we will do to get it right next year. Famous last words, right? Almost all New Year resolutions include a self made promise to save more and spend less, grow a personal investment portfolio, ...

Mar 4, 2010

WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?

June, Makena and Awino had made the decision. They were going to form an investment group. A "chama". Each one of them knew of at least one other group that had been very successful at pooling their money and investing together. The three ladies had been very close friends since high school. Makena and June had worked for the NGO for the past five years, hav...

Mar 4, 2010

SWEET Continuation

SWEET was apparently doing well as the previous articles illustrated and then all of sudden things went hay wire? Why did they go haywire? Weren’t they smarter than those of us who drink all of our savings away? A lot am sure thought to themselves and said that this was the reason that they have never and would never join an investment group was because of w...

Mar 4, 2010

SWEET restructuring

Over the last few weeks we have been analysing what went wrong with the investment group called SWEET (Sisters with Eternal Energy and Trust). They started well but ended up going through several experiences which now threaten their continuity as an Investment Group. We saw that they based a lot of their decisions on the element of frie...

Mar 4, 2010

When SWEET went sour

Recently, we went through the trials of an Investment Group called SWEET (Sisters With Eternal Energy and Trust). They started well but ended up going through several experiences which now threaten their continuity as an Investment Group.  Indeed specific things ...

Mar 4, 2010

Commitment and Equality

Investment groups are great investment vehicles. They provide financial freedom in ways you cannot imagine. However there is one common error that has caused investment groups’ death, that is the misconception that equality of contributions equals equality of commitment.

Mar 4, 2010

Dos and Don'ts

Abu’s advice was followed to the letter. After ten excruciating months of moving their CDSC account from Nyege Stockbrokers to Tabiabora Stockbrokers, and negot...

May 4, 2010

INVESTMENT GROUP CLINIC

AILMENT

I am in an Investment Group called Vidas Investment Ltd. We all knew each other socially, registered a company and even have a shareholders’ agreement in place.  In the beginning things looked like they were going smoothly and ...