Kendi Nanua Had No Safety Net. Just Hard Work - and a Gift Idea That Blew Up

Kendi sits down with Barrack to share how growing up in a single-room mabati house, walking long distances to school, and constantly relying on other people shaped her earliest beliefs about money and possibility. She opens up about battling a deep scarcity mindset, earning a first-class degree in finance only to realize she hated the field, and taking an 8K-a-month internship instead of a secure banking path. She talks about discovering her creative side, helping a vendor sell at a flea market while in university, surviving 40-hour workdays during the COVID agency era, and eventually launching her own gifting business — the one that made her KSh 1 million profit and completely rewrote her money story. This episode is a raw, inspiring journey from survival to intention, proving that where you start doesn’t have to determine where you end up. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://shorturl.at/o2jpC Help Shape the Future of Financially Incorrect – Take Less Than 5 Mins: https://shorturl.at/3iiJZ Want to Be Featured on Financially Incorrect? Apply Here: https://forms.gle/5tkdjgx9vHgXyJSC6 💹 Ready to start trading? 🔍 Who is FXPesa: https://shorturl.at/rWFqC 🎓 Learn how to trade: https://shorturl.at/xR2Ye 📊 Try a demo account: https://shorturl.at/izDMc 💸 Open a live account: https://shorturl.at/Od2ux CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 08:22 Origin of your money story 14:30 Moving to the slum 18:32 Life on Karanja Road, Kibera 33:08 A job at Strathmore 42:05 Getting a scholarship to study in Strathmore 51:10 Selling at the K1 Flea Market 52:00 Realizing finance wasn't her path 58:16 Choosing an 8K internship over a guaranteed banking career 1:04:20 Agency job during COVID 1:20:24 Launching Maudhui Gifting 1:30:38 Evolving her money mindset 1:34:20 Wrap-up