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The magic of compound growth

Why starting early beats starting big

Level 6: Big money ideas · from age 13 · 4 minutes · 5 Kesho Stars

The story

Halima, 13, puts KES 1,000 somewhere that grows about 10% a year. That’s just an example rate.

The big idea

That’s compound growth: your growth starts growing too. At 10% a year, money roughly doubles in about 7 years.

Ask at home

Ask your teen what they’d save for if they started now and left it for ten years.

The full lesson, with its questions and Kesho Stars, is in the myKesho kids app.

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