Financially Incorrect

Financially Incorrect A fun and informative way to learn about personal finance.
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We debunk money myths and reveal the truth behind common misconceptions.
🎙Hosted by Barrack Bukusi
Sponsored by FXPesa

17/06/2026

The order sounded too good to be true. A customer walked into the hardware store and ordered 500 bags of cement. For a young Derrick Kayobyo, it was one of the biggest sales he had ever handled. The customer paid part of the bill in cash and settled the balance in US dollars. Everything looked normal. The truck was loaded. The money was counted. The customer drove away. It wasn't until later, when they went to exchange the dollars, that they discovered every note was fake.

That moment hit harder than the financial loss. Derrick was convinced he was letting his father's business down and even considered stepping away to work for someone else. Looking back, it became one of the first lessons that shaped how he approaches trust, due diligence, and risk in business today.

17/06/2026

You probably use your phone for banking, work, messages, and managing your life. But how often do you think about who's able to see that information?
After being part of six Galaxy launches, says her favourite Samsung S26 feature isn't just the camera, the AI, or the speed. It's the privacy display that helps keep sensitive information private while she's working, travelling, or handling financial transactions.
The conversation also reveals why believes meaningful innovation happens over time, creating enough value that upgrading after a few years feels less like a purchase and more like a necessity.

16/06/2026

Most people think wealth is built through perfect decisions. Derrick Kayobyo's journey suggests the opposite. Before building a real estate portfolio with worth millions of dollars, he lost 600M UGX in a land scam, watched his workshop burn down, and had to start over more than once. Every setback forced him to rethink how he approached money, partnerships, and business.

In this Uganda Edition, he shares the lessons that came from those failures, why Uganda's property market continues to attract investors, and how he turned Airbnb, land flipping, and construction into a thriving real estate business.

16/06/2026

Nobody talks enough about how money changes compatibility. Not because wealth changes who you are, but because it often changes what you value, what you tolerate, and what you expect from the people around you. When bought her Mercedes, one of the questions people asked her father was, "Who's going to marry her now?" The assumption was simple: a successful woman would automatically become harder to date.

But the more interesting part of this conversation wasn't the car. It was Nyawira's reflection that her financial journey had shaped her thinking differently from many people around her. As careers grow, assets accumulate, and priorities evolve, compatibility becomes less about age and more about alignment.

15/06/2026

Everyone wants the benefits of AI. Fewer people ask what AI needs in return.
The reality is that every smart recommendation, reminder, automation, and personalized experience is powered by access to your data. The question isn't whether your data is being used. The question is who has access to it and how much control you have over that access.

Nyawira Muraguri explains why privacy is becoming one of the most important conversations in technology, how Samsung Knox Security works in the background, and why users need to be intentional about the permissions they grant. As AI becomes more integrated into our daily lives, understanding that trade-off matters more than ever.

13/06/2026

"I stayed at home." It's not the answer people expect when talking about wealth building.
But while many of her peers were paying rent, furnishing apartments, and taking on the costs that come with independence, made a different choice. The decision gave her room to invest, take on property loans, recover from mistakes, and build assets earlier than she otherwise could have.

In this episode of Financially Incorrect, she reflects on the financial advantages, trade-offs, and realities behind her journey from working in her parents' business as a child to building a successful career and growing a property portfolio. It's an honest conversation about money, ambition, family support, career progression, lifestyle choices, and the decisions that rarely make it into the success story.

11/06/2026

Everybody wants the opportunity. Very few people talk about what it takes to earn the trust that comes with it. explains that investment management is one of the few industries where experience isn't just valuable, it's essential. Before anyone entrusts you with their capital, they want to know you've navigated uncertainty, survived mistakes, and developed a repeatable process for making decisions under pressure.
That's why the best track records aren't built during good times. They're built through years of getting things right, getting some things wrong, learning quickly, and showing up consistently enough for people to trust you with bigger responsibilities.

10/06/2026

You can have a billion shillings and still feel small in real estate. It's probably not what most people expect to hear from someone who manages investments for a living.
But according to Managing Director , that's exactly what happens when investors begin looking at the kind of institutional-grade properties that generate predictable long-term income. The reality is that some of the most attractive real estate opportunities require capital levels that are difficult for even successful individuals to access on their own.
That's where REITs come in.
Pius explains why Nabo Capital is backing TRIFIC REIT and why he compares the structure to a money market fund for real estate. Instead of one investor buying one property, multiple investors participate through a professionally managed vehicle, opening the door to opportunities that would traditionally be reserved for institutions and large investment groups.

09/06/2026

Before he was managing billions, Pius Muchiri Managing Director was a young boy trying to understand why a stable household could suddenly face financial uncertainty. That experience stayed with him.

Years later, it would influence everything from how he invests to how he defines success. Not by income. Not by title. But by whether his investments could support his life if employment disappeared tomorrow.
He shares the lessons behind building wealth, navigating risk, and creating financial independence in a world where certainty is never guaranteed.
If financial independence is one of your goals, this episode is packed with lessons you can apply.

09/06/2026

In 2022, Jean de Dieu Kwizera wasn't thinking about scaling. He was thinking about survival.
The founder of had started his business in Rwanda with just $500, determined to solve a simple problem: finding genuine, high-quality honey wasn't easy. But building a business around bees wasn't exactly smooth. There were days when putting food on the table felt harder than building the company itself.
Then one message changed everything.A customer discovered him on X and bought several beehives.
That sale gave him the breathing room he needed to keep going. Fast forward to 2025, BEEGulf generated $60,000 in revenue, and Jean is now working toward a $200,000 target by 2027.
The lesson?
Sometimes the opportunity that changes your business isn't in the room you're sitting in. It's on the internet, waiting for someone to discover the work you've been consistently showing up to do.

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