Books Making Cents : Real Conversations About Personal Finance By Waceke Nduati Omanga

Like so many of us, Waceke learned some of her most valuable lessons through mistakes she made and the failures she survived. Making Cents is based on these lessons coupled with stories from other real people's experiences, failures, lessons learned, and their eventual success with personal finances.

Waceke Nduati Omanga is the founder and director of Centonomy Ltd where she is also the Lead Trainer. She holds Masters Degrees in Banking & Finance, Professional Accounting. Her work experience has covered diverse areas such as IPO Transaction Advisory, Unit Trust Fund Management, Retirement Fund Management, Stock Brokerage and, Investment Research Analysis. Some of the institutions she has worked for include BalmainNB (Australia), Dyer and Blair Investment Bank, African Alliance Investment Bank and CFC Stanbic.

Waceke is the personal financial columnist for the Saturday Nation and has published over 500 articles. She has also published various articles in the Business Daily Sunday Nation, Money Magazine and True Love Magazine. She is often called upon to give expert opinion on Personal Finance matters and has appeared on Kiss FM, Capital FM, NTV, K24, KBC, KTN, BBC, and CNBC Africa.

She is also a part time faculty member at Strathmore Business School. She has been a panelist for UN Women on “Economic Empowerment for Women”. She is also a board member at Old Mutual Securities. She was nominated as amongst the top 50 Women Entrepreneurs in November 2007 by the Business Daily.