Pius Muchiri: ‘How my father’s job loss shaped my relationship with money’

Nabo Capital MD Pius Muchiri during the interview at his office in Nairobi on January 29, 2026. 

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There are two ways the rich stay rich: one is by making a lot of money. The second is by not spending any. Pius Muchiri once spent Sh500 on pizza back in 2001, but he couldn’t wash the taste of guilt out of his mouth. “That 500 bob was my weekly allowance, and I spent it all on one meal,” he says.

So he decided to make a lot of money, first for others, then for himself. “Because when you solve someone’s problem, you make money,” says the CEO of Nabo Capital.

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