Welcome to James Abola's Money Blog

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Hi
Welcome to this blog. I am James Abola a financial consultant based in Kampala Uganda. This blog contains some of the thoughts and articles that I share to help people to grow their money and businesses. You can also read my articles in the Sunday Monitor on the Money Matters page - www.monitor.co.ug. If you need my services send me a line on jhabola@yahoo.com

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  1. Anonymous9:52 PM

    Good Job, James! I look forward to learning more from your financial insights.

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  2. Anonymous4:30 PM

    < Your strategic contribution to society is acknowledged. Some argue that they are too poor to save but if we carefully internalise your piece on needs vs desires, we could easily unlock a world of opportunities.>

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  3. Anonymous5:26 PM

    James thanks so much for this wonderfull work! The world needs people like you, you handlling issues which help to build an integral perrson. am impressed by this. God bless!

    Trevor.

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  4. Anonymous6:11 AM

    awesome blog, do you have twitter or facebook? i will bookmark this page thanks. jasmin holzbauer

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