Planet Wekeza: Your Money, Business and Investing Culture

About Planet Wekeza: Your Money, Business and Investing Culture

Wekeza means “save” and “invest” in Swahili. Planet Wekeza with Sabrina Lamb is a personal finance, investing, entrepreneurship, financial education, and financial history podcast exploring how people can build wealth, understand money, and participate more fully in the global financial system. Hosted by Wekeza founder, financial educator, and author Sabrina Lamb — founder of the award-winning WorldofMoney financial education organization and NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Do I Look Like an ATM? — Planet Wekeza features informative conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, financial professionals, business leaders, Wall Street historians, financial historians, and other experts shaping how we think about money, markets, investing, business, and economic opportunity. Topics include: Personal finance and financial education Investing, stocks, ETFs and dividends Stock market investing for beginners African stock markets and global investing Wealth building across the African Diaspora Black wealth and economic opportunity Entrepreneurship and business Fintech and financial inclusion Estate planning and generational wealth Credit management Financial history and the history of Wall Street The history of money, markets, banking and investing Ancestral money mindsets and financial behaviors Youth financial education Financial and business news Planet Wekeza helps listeners better understand money, markets, and financial history; make informed financial decisions; learn about investing and entrepreneurship; and explore opportunities to build long-term and generational wealth. Money, business, and investing are part of your culture.

Publisher

Sabrina Lamb

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Apr 2023

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 24 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Our Minds Were Always Free: How Black Intellectual Property Was Exploited | Lisa E. Davis, Esq.

   Host Sabrina Lamb interviews attorney Lisa E. Davis, Esq., about protecting Black intellectual property and building generational wealth through creativity.

2. 

   18 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Our Diaspora: Money. Language. Culture.

   Send us a text On Planet Wekeza, Sabrina Lamb welcomes Konko Ba (Wolof, Senegal) and Nafessah Wazir (Harari, Ethiopia) for a culture-first conversation on how language shapes money—how we name saving and risk, why family support spans the U.S. and back home, and what “safe” assets really mean across the diaspora. From sou-sou/tontines to remittances, we unpack the traditions that build security—and which Western tools to adapt or skip. #LanguageMatters #AfricanDiaspora #Wolof #Harari #Senegal...

3. 

   18 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   From Locker Room to Wall Street: Walter Stith on Winning with Money

   Send us a text Guest: Walter Stith — former NFL player. Now Morgan Stanley financial advisor Theme: locker-room discipline → real-world wealth playbook Myth-busting: clear the beliefs that block smart decisions Windfall checklist: bonus/inheritance/NIL — first 3 moves Advisor vetting: quick green/red-flag test Playbook: budgeting • debt • long-term investing (discipline • recovery • teamwork) Personal inflation: beat lifestyle creep before it starts Family & legacy: simple, honest money t...

Inside a recent episode

Our Diaspora: Money. Language. Culture.

Published 18 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You've ever had to negotiate the price of something in your native language while your American friends watched in amazement? True. True. True or false? In America, do you find yourself bartering for in exchange for goods and services? And is that the kind of culture in Ethiopia and Senegal? True. No. False. OK. True or false, your parents or grandparents have given you money advice that would make a Western financial advisor either be inspired or cringe. True. True. And what was that? What was that advice? My grandfather used to say, never spend more than what you have. Basically, no credit. Did not believe in any type of credit at all, a leveraging credit or debt. […]

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YouTube views

86,672

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

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Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

60

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