Posts Archive

• [+] 2018 (19)
  • [+] Oct (2)
    • Chamasoft at Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Workshop in Kisii and Bungoma
    • Feed the Future Forum: Chamasoft showcases How to use ICTS for Agriculture to access Finance
  • [+] Jul (7)
    • Investing In The Agriculture Sector
    • Striking the Balance between Group Income and Expenditure
    • Personal Responsibility In the Chama
    • Coping With Growing Group Membership
    • When Members Exit The Group
    • Growing relations within a group
    • Financial Stock Taking in your chama
  • [+] Jun (8)
    • Group Team Building
    • Some Thoughts on Group Leadership
    • Dealing With Conflicts In Investment Groups.
    • Effective personal financial management
    • Of Chamas and Loans: Some Loopholes To Avoid
    • No one is coming to the rescue !Make your own luck
    • The Chama Meeting: Making It Count
    • A Tour Of The Chamasoft Web Application
  • [+] May (2)
    • Chama Investments
    • The Youth And Chamas:Seizing The Opportunity
• [+] 2017 (2)
  • [+] Apr (2)
    • How Blogging has helped grow Chamasoft
    • Chamasoft Startup Journey-A brief history of Chamasoft from 2013- April 2017
• [+] 2016 (35)
  • [+] Nov (6)
    • Chama Membership : How to Grow Numbers in your Chama
    • Chama Leadership: Leadership types that Chama's can adopt
    • Investing In Real Estate, How Does a Chama benefit ?
    • Growing Chama Money : Hedge Funds Investment
    • New Chama Formation
    • Group Members : Tips on how to Handle Difficult Members
  • [+] Oct (4)
    • How to Decide on Real Estate Investment Club Options
    • How to Manage Age Diversity in a Chama
    • Group Money: Asset Management vs Investment Management
    • How Chama's Can benefit from Land Investment
  • [+] Sep (10)
    • Chama Cohesion :How a Chama leader should deal with difficult members.
    • How to Register and Formalize your Chama
    • How to Grow Group Money :Savings and Internal Lending Communities
    • Passive Income for your Chama: Shares
    • Meetings :Strategies for Facilitating Better Meetings
    • Let’s stick together! Chama Cohesion
    • Group Meetings :Why Meetings may be Ineffective
    • Collective Investment Schemes : Unit Trust Funds
    • Chama Minutes : How to write Effective Chama Minutes
    • Leadership:Nature and Importance of Leadership
  • [+] Aug (9)
    • Secure Short Term Chama Investments : T-Bills and T-Bonds
    • How to Grow Group Money : Accumulating Savings and Credit Association
    • Leadership: Good and Bad Leadership in a Chama
    • Chama Leadership :Leadership Composure in Difficult Situations
    • Group Cohesion: Creating a distinction between Winning Vs. Loosing in a Chama
    • Chama Cohesion :How to establish an effective Group Communication Climate
    • Improving Chama Dynamics : The Five C's
    • Collective Investment Schemes : SACCO's
    • Youth in a Chama Setting
  • [+] Jul (5)
    • The Simplicity of Elections :How to Select Chama Officials
    • Your Chama Foundation :A fast start for your new chama
    • A Primer to ROSCAS: Rotating Savings Credit Associations
    • How to Negotiate: The Art of negotiating for property your Chama should know
    • Planning an off-site meeting
  • [+] Jun (1)
    • Managing Large Chama Meetings
• [+] 2015 (10)
  • [+] Oct (3)
    • User experience and User interface Designer
    • Software Engineer and Data Analyst
    • Chamasoft Sales and Product distribution manager
  • [+] Jul (1)
    • Managing Large Chama Meetings
  • [+] Mar (6)
    • Lead your chama well by being a People Person
    • Chama Communication: The use of tact
    • Chama Meeting follow up- How to ensure success from your meetings
    • Chama fraud, Broken trust and Losing money
    • Recruit new chama members using Sense of Belonging
    • Table Banking: The Concept of Table Banking
• [+] 2014 (27)
  • [+] Jul (2)
    • How to Run Your Chama AGM Meeting
    • Chamasoft Update- Awards, Features, Integrations
  • [+] Feb (2)
    • Improving Chama Dynamics
    • How your chama can invest in onion farming
  • [+] Jan (23)
    • How to earn respect from your Chama
    • How to set up a Chama Management System
    • Write a plan for your Chama
    • Why your Chama needs a culture
    • Truths about property investment
    • Tips for a better Chama
    • Sticky situations in the Chama
    • How Big Should Your Chama Be?
    • How to succeed with your Chama
    • How to pick and groom your Chama deputy person
    • How to manage cell phones at Chama meetings
    • How to inject fun to your Chama meetings
    • How to help members Stay Committed to Long Term Chama Goals
    • HOW TO CHOOSE SHARES TO BUY
    • HOW TO BIULD YOUR OWN DREAM CHAMA
    • How Investment Banking Can Help your Chama
    • Details about stocks you should know
    • Ensure your Chama runs smoothly in your absence
    • Focus - the key for being successful
    • Dealing with Chama joyriders
    • What makes a person right for your Chama?
    • Chama member retention strategies
    • Best meeting time for Chamas
• [+] 2013 (100)
  • [+] Dec (14)
    • Value of Exit Meetings
    • Things a new Chama leader should do
    • Signs you have lost your Chama’s respect
    • Never do this when recruiting Chama members
    • How to make decisions together in the Chama
    • How to be punctual for Chama meetings
    • 4 pillars of success in Chama projects
    • Mistakes that spoil chamas
    • The first days at a new chama
    • Formalizing your chama
    • Withdrawal fees – to charge or not to charge?
    • Secrets about rental property you should know
    • How to sell your vision to your Chama
    • Fix bad apples in your Chama
  • [+] Nov (32)
    • Keeping Chama cash safe
    • Chamasoft New Pricing, starts at Kes 499 per month
    • Ideas on where to hold Chama meetings
    • How to Make New Chama Members Feel Welcome
    • Handling cliques in chamas
    • How to chair chama meetings
    • Buy property without money at hand
    • So your are the Deputy Chama Chairlady – What’s your role?
    • How to Write a Constitution for your Chama
    • Real Chamas Speak
    • How to set Chama goals
    • How to manage a Dysfunctional Chama
    • Things a Chama Treasurer Must Know
    • Keeping Envy out of your Chama
    • How to write an agenda for your Chama meeting
    • How to keep Chama documents safe and organized
    • How to Be a Good Host when the Chama Comes to Your House
    • What to do with a Chama member who talks too much
    • Stocks are down – What to do
    • Professionals that help you manage your Chama investments better
    • Investment Strategy – Every Chama needs this
    • Handling different personalities in a Chama
    • What successful Chama know and do
    • What an Asset Manager can do for your Chama?
    • The Roles of Chama office bearers
    • Prevent members from coming late or leaving early for Chama meetings
    • Motivate and inspire your Chama members
    • Keep track of your stock investments
    • How to handle members leaving the Chama
    • How to Make Sound Chama Financial Decisions
    • The Second Chama meeting – Getting it right
    • Investing in Bonds
  • [+] Oct (17)
    • Avoid this during Chama meetings
    • How to invest little money
    • Dealing with meeting absentees
    • Build trust in your new chama – keep your commitments
    • Borrowing money to invest – Should you do it?
    • Land Banking – The investment to make your Chama rich
    • Investing Safe
    • Forming a Chama – How to handle friends and relatives
    • Dividends – One of the best investments for our Chama
    • Invest wisely and avoid mistakes
    • How to write your Chama operating agreement
    • Chama Constitution-Why Bylaws are important for your Chama
    • Chamasoft Pricing,Lifetime Discount and Trial Period
    • Investing in rental houses - What you should know
    • Chama decision making made simple
    • Income Investing - a great way to earn monthly income
    • Invest in the stock market the smart way
  • [+] Sep (29)
    • Members commitment should top leader goals
    • Why minutes are important for your chama
    • Invest in agriculture - reasons to start today
    • Get the best out of your chama members
    • When you lose a big investment - How to cope
    • When you dislike your fellow chama member
    • Choosing a name for your chama
    • Bad Investments - What to do about them
    • How to take minutes at a Chama meeting
    • Don't lose money with dodgy investments
    • How to run a Chama meeting properly
    • 5 keys to a great Chama investment plan
    • Adding new members into your chama
    • How to be a good chama Leader
    • How to Start a merry-go-round savings Chama
    • Solutions for merry-go-round Chama problems
    • The secret to successful chama investments
    • A successful chama needs rules
    • How the chama can help you get rich
    • Things that can break your chama
    • Don't put all your investments in one basket
    • Earn passive income for life with your chama
    • Land is a good investment for your chama
    • Essentials of starting a Chama
    • What you should know before joining a chama
    • Chama investment strategy : The fixed deposit – a secure short term investment
    • Dealing with difficult chama members
    • Where to find low interest loans for your chama
    • Gossip is poison to your chama
  • [+] Aug (8)
    • Grow Your Chama Money with capital investment
    • How to handle your first Chama meeting
    • Why you need salary protection for your Chama
    • Why Unit Trusts is a good investment for your chama
    • How to manage conflict in your Chama
    • Run your Chama professionally, learn from Unaitas
    • Invest in real estate with your Chama
    • How to borrow upto 9 times your chama's savings
• [+] 2012 (13)
  • [+] Oct (2)
    • Feedback from Chamasoft Beta testing
    • Chamasoft Beta Launch Announcement
  • [+] Sep (3)
    • The Chama Constitution
    • Get ready for Chamasoft Beta
    • From Merry go round to Investment Group
  • [+] Aug (5)
    • Chama Account Review: KCB Tuungane Chama Account
    • Chama Account Review: Family Bank Chama Account
    • Chama Account Review: National Bank Super Chama Account
    • Chama Account Review: Consolidated Bank Vuna Chama Account
    • Bank of Africa Chama Account
  • [+] Jul (3)
    • How to manage an Investment Group
    • Why you need to Join an Investment Group
    • What is Chamasoft? An Introduction