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Most investment guides written for Africans are copied from Western financial blogs. They talk about 401k plans, Roth IRAs and S&P 500 index funds financial products that most Africans cannot access. This guide is different. I am an ACCA part-qualified accountant who has worked across East and Southern Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya and beyond. I understand African financial systems, African banking realities and African investment challenges from the inside. I want to start with something that most investment guides for African audiences completely ignore. The conventional investment wisdom that dominates financial media globally was developed by and for people in Western countries with stable currencies, functioning stock markets, reliable banking systems and investment account infrastructure that works without friction. That wisdom is not useless for African investors. But applying it without understanding how fundamentally different the investment environment is across East...