For a long time, financial literacy was treated as something optional — a skill you picked up if you were interested, confident, or fortunate enough to be taught. Today, that assumption no longer holds. In a world shaped by rising living costs, economic uncertainty, longer life expectancy, and shrinking safety nets, financial literacy has become a core life skill. It now sits alongside health, education, and emotional wellbeing as something people need to function safely and

Money is never just about numbers. It’s memory. It’s identity. It’s culture. It’s the part of our story we rarely speak about — yet affects almost every chapter of our lives. So many of us begin our financial journey focusing on strategy: the budget, the savings plan, the investments, the next promotion. And while all of that matters, real transformation begins somewhere far deeper. It begins with healing . Before wealth can grow in your hands, it must feel safe in your heart

Hello, I’m Kaya  — a Chartered Accountant, holistic financial planner, and proud founder of Maisha Financial Planning , which means “ Life”  in Swahili. But beyond the titles, I’m a woman who has walked through the highs and lows of financial life — the stress, the sleepless nights, the resilience, and the rebuilding. My journey hasn’t been perfect, but it has been real . And that’s exactly why I do what I do.

How often do we think about money in a day? Once? Twenty times? Or how about every few seconds of every waking hour? For many of us—money...