I was 17, when I first took an interest in the financial and investment markets. I was invited to buy shares in a company called Beget Holdings, who were pioneering sms technology, back then. I wasn’t able to get funds released from a 32 day notice account and lost out on the offer. If i had been able to get in on the action those shares would’ve been worth quite a bit now, as Beget Holdings has grown substantially since then.

My first investment was in, StratCorp Ltd in December 2002, followed by Supertow International Ltd in March 2007 and GlobalJewel Ltd in September 2007 and then a series of investments in an Empowerment initiative in 2008, managed by StratEquity.

My current listed investments include:

• StratCorp Ltd
  • 6,521 Shares
• Supertow International Ltd
  • 875 Shares
• GlobalJewel Ltd
  • 2,595 Shares

My current non listed investments include:

• Uranium Studio CC
  • 100 %
• MyEcommerce CC
  • 30 %

I believe that it is the combination of both short, medium and long term investment that builds wealth. It is important to put your money in the right baskets, so to say.

• Short term investments give you a low interest rate but better than a transmission account, with the benefit of having quick access to money for a rainy day
• Medium term investments offer a higher guaranteed interest rate, and are usually subject to a notice period or penalties for early withdrawal, these accounts help your money grow with stability.
• Long term high risk investments, are exactly that, long term, they usually offer exponential growth, but are market related and are not guaranteed, these are the best to buy and sit on for a long period of time, these will build up your non liquid assets and give you a reason to watch the news.
• Something else i should mention is a retirement annuity, these are a great way of planning for the future as well as saving on taxes in the present.