Alan

Another night, another flurry 💨

When I got laid off from Microsoft, I got into a company in Lagos that felt paying 600k naira a month was doing me a favour. I had to take the offer to keep body and soul together. Was there for 6 months until I fell out with the MD and started looking out. That was when I started my training outfit but couldn't quite get traction. Anyway, after leaving this NGO, I spent another 5 months in the wilderness, literally. Ate rejections almost every other day. Was living on the goodwill of friends and relations. Basically wondering what to get out of life. An Antler rep came knocking at the time and was in the process of fast tracking my application to the Antler cohort at Kenya. Guess what? My passport had expired. Ran to go fast track my passport, after a few days emailed the partner but was told it was too late. I remember laying in my room laughing hysterically, mulling to myself, "who I offend?" Thankfully at that time, I applied to Andela and the process started for another 2 months. I got into Andela and my monthly salary was my previous annual salary. This trend continued in a subsequent company. Use am run one or two that year. But the point is, while I was enjoying this new reality, I asked myself, "why did you worry all those times?" In hindsight, there was no reason to. I should have just chilled for 5 months, enjoyed myself. But we are human and can only understand life in hindsight. As long as you believe this it will work out for you: EVERYTHING will turn out better than you expected, just stop worrying.

Take it from someone who experienced this, asiwaambie at all Wallahi. I used some of the prize money we won for Zain Africa Challenge to pay my fees, ati kuwa mtoto mzuri. I spent the remaining two years nikiuma kidole juu ya kusota. Don't do it!! Ajibambe na hiyo pesa.

Finance twitter i want to start my ICAN and ACCA journey from next year. I need a road map on how i can actually achieve that. And is there possibility of me passing all of them at once? Because my friend with accounting background tried 3 times and failed in all 3, i don’t want to fail.

Safaricom Group's half-year profit jumped 73% to Sh50.3 billion in FY2026/27, up from Sh29.1 billion a year earlier. The surge was driven by strong growth in Kenya - M-Pesa continues to be the engine, with more transactions, lending, and payments, while mobile data is growing as more customers buy bundles and use smartphones. In Ethiopia, losses are narrowing as the subscriber base grows and the network expands, easing the drag on group earnings. In short: Kenya is carrying the growth, and Ethiopia is finally starting to cost less.

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I just know Israel cannot believe it. They are stressed. They might have enjoyed their last bit of coins. Might coz they still hold so much influence.

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Dear Finance Twitter if someone in banking with 4yrs experience with ICAN and ACCA want to enter either KPMG, PWC, EY or Deloitte What position would he be given? Manager or Assistant manager? Asking for a friend

Salary structure in KPMG and other big 4 accounting firms. Intern / NYSC ₦40k–₦100k Graduate Trainee/Analyst ₦180k–₦300k Associate ₦250k–₦450k Senior Associate ₦400k–₦700k Assistant Manager ₦550k–₦1m Manager ₦800k–₦1.5m Senior Manager ₦1.2m–₦2.5m Director ₦2.5m–₦4.5m+ Apparently the big 4 and banks have close to similar salary structure, depending on your grade level.

Can you at least reference the right agency?

I don't share personal news on here. But this is an exception, I lost my dad.