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This week, Paula speaks with Nancie Mwai, a powerhouse Kenyan content creator who is making moves in fashion retail and design. Her boutique, New Level, has been years in the making, combining Nancie’s unmatched eye for style and trends alongside her acute business acumen. Nancie talks about the risks she has taken and lessons learned to build a business she loves.

This interview was recorded in October 2019.

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In this episode, she also talk about:

• The lessons of starting and closing her first boutique
• Being a trendsetter vs. how she best serves her customer
• The importance of continued education
• Finding the confidence to pursue her dream
• The state of Kenya’s fashion industry and investing in the fashion value chain
• Transitioning into design and production
• Managing the Nancie Mwai brand vs. New Level brand

As mentioned in this episode:

• The Fashionable Notebook (no longer available) Centonomy Entrepreneur Course: https://centonomy.com/about/the-centonomy-entrepreneur-2/

Connect with Nancie Mwai and New Level

New Level

• Website: https://shopnewlevel.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shopnewlevel/?hl=en
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/shopnewlevel?lang=en
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shopnewlevel/
• New Level Location: Marsabit Plaza, Ngong Road, Lower floor: https://shopnewlevel.com/contact-us/

Nancie Mwai

• Website: https://nanciemwai.co.ke/
• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/nanciemwai/?hl=en
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/nanciemwai
• YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA6flImISMUVXNwAOY2RvLA

Connect with me (Paula)

Email Paula your interest about the podcasting course for women entrepreneurs: info@kali.media

• Twitter https://twitter.com/kalibawse
• Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kalibawse/
• I Have No Idea What I’m Doing instagram https://www.instagram.com/africanwomeninbiz/
• I Have No Idea What I’m Doing Facebook group (highly recommended) https://bit.ly/3dXScJ2

This month on the Money Matters episode, we are talking about what happens when you actively work on your personal finance and financial literacy.

For the last 8 month, host Paula Rogo, has been doing just that and she’ll be sharing some lessons and insights from her experiences.

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In this episode, she also talk about:

• Overcoming money blocks
• Increasing her income streams
• Her favorite money podcasts and instagram pages
• The (almost) book of the month
• Starting the 100k challenge
• And more

As mentioned in this episode:

• This season’s Money Matters episodes
  • Episode #10: Money Matters: 7 Signs That You Don’t Know How To Handle Your Own Money
  • Episode#16: Money Matters: Why Don’t Women Talk About Money With Each Other?
  • Episode #20: Money Matters with Danielle Anderson: “We Are Worthy Of Being Wealthy”
• My “Podcast From Scratch” course, an 8-week podcasting course for women https://bit.ly/podstfromscratch
• My favorite money podcasts
  • So Money podcast with Farnoosh Torabi
  • Women & money podcast with Suze Orman
  • Bigger Pockets Money podcast
  • The Dave Ramsey Show
  • Afford Anything podcast with Paula Pant
  • Snacks Daily by Robinhood
• My favorite money Instagram accounts
  • @Clevergirlfinance
  • @Delyannethemoneycoach
  • @Citygirlsavings
  • @theBudgetnista
  • @budgetqueen_blog

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Connect with me (Paula)

• Email Paula : info@kali.media

• Twitter https://twitter.com/kalibawse
• Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kalibawse/
• I Have No Idea What I’m Doing instagram https://www.instagram.com/africanwomeninbiz/
• I Have No Idea What I’m Doing Facebook group (highly recommended) https://bit.ly/3dXScJ2

This week, Paula speaks with Tahira Nizari, the co-founder of Kazi Yetu. Meaning "our work" in Kiswahili, Kazi Yet is a social enterprise agribusiness that aims to keep all of the value chain processes of locally-grown products in Tanzania.

Kazi Yetu’s first product is the Tanzania Tea Collective, a blend of teas grown, harvested, flavored, packaged and branded in Tanzania. This is not an easy feat when majority of the tea grown in Tanzania leaves the country soon after it has been harvested.

In this episode, we also talk about:

• How Tahira started brewing tea from her kitchen
• Why consumers care about tracing the source of their products
• Why keeping value chain in-country is important
• How she is planning to work with 4000 farmers through her farm hub initiative
• Surviving what was meant to be the best year yet (Hello Covid)
• Starting business with your spouse
• The importance of optimism

As mentioned in this episode:

• Forbes Africa article: https://www.forbesafrica.com/entrepreneurs/2020/08/06/enterprise-and-traceable-tea-from-tanzania/
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Connect with Tahira and Kazi Yetu

Instagram: @tanzania_tea_collection

Twitter: @TanzaniaTea

Facebook: @kaziyetu.tz

Insta: @tahira_nizmann

Twitter: @t_nizari