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Kanza Capital Partners The Ghost
Model-book note; educational only. The Ghost is a hypothetical model portfolio used to explain Tanzanian market structure, allocation reasoning and risk; not investment advice, a recommendation, or a live client portfolio. Holdings are illustrative; prices and liquidity may be stale or thin. Figures reconcile to their sources as at the date shown on each mark.
The journey

The Journey; the story so far.

Every chapter in The Ghost's public learning ledger, in order; start at the beginning, or pick up at the latest chapter.

The Journey is the Ghost's audit trail in story form. It shows how a hypothetical TZS 500m model book learns Tanzania's market one chapter at a time: when it waits, when it studies, when it moves, and when it chooses not to.

Where the book is now
Latest chapter
Ch 10 · August allocation
Hypothetical NAV
TSh 527.7m ▲ 4.13% since inception
Contributed capital
TSh 507.0m
Terrain touched
Equities (held)
Marked to
10 Jul 2026

NAV, return, contributed capital and mark date are read live from the Ghost tracker; the same source as The Book; chapter and latest move track the ledger. Hypothetical & educational.

Start here; depending on what you want
The chapters

A book written one move at a time

Each chapter explains a hypothetical model-book decision after the fact. It is a teaching note; not a signal, a recommendation, or an instruction to trade. "Moves" include research and deliberate non-decisions, not only trades.
Chapter 10 · this month Monthly capital allocated

August allocation; where the month's 7m went

Monthly allocationFixed incomeCommoditiesCashNew savings

TSh 7m of new savings moved 4m out the bond curve, 1.5m into the gold hedge and 1.5m into dry powder; and gave equities nothing, the sleeve furthest above its band middle. · 1 Aug · Wk 31

Lesson A revised decision is not a failed one; and adding nothing is still a decision.
Read the allocation →
Chapter 09 No-move decision

A record with an asterisk, and the book holds

Weekly · holdEquitiesBreadthNon-decision

The All-Share set an all-time high; on negative breadth, carried by cross-listed counters marked up without volume. The Ghost held, a fourth week running. · 25 Jul · Wk 30

Lesson A record the board didn't confirm is a headline, not a thesis.
Read Chapter 09 →
Chapter 08 No-move decision

A narrow recovery, and the book holds

Weekly · holdEquitiesBanksNon-decision

The index clawed back to within a whisker of its record; but the banks did the carrying while breadth stayed negative, and every sleeve sat mid-band. · 18 Jul · Wk 29

Lesson Being flattered by the tape is not a signal to press the bet.
Read Chapter 08 →
Chapter 07 No-move decision

A record cools, and the book still holds

Weekly · holdEquitiesBanksNon-decision

The tape gave a little of the record run back; and the Ghost did nothing, on purpose. Every sleeve sat inside its mandate band, so there was no drift to correct. · 11 Jul · Wk 28

Lesson Not moving is still a decision.
Read Chapter 07 →
Chapter 06 No-move decision

Holding into a record tape

Weekly · holdEquitiesNon-decision

Three record closes in a row, and the Ghost's answer was to do nothing; not because nothing happened, but because nothing changed the thesis. · 4 Jul · Wk 27

Lesson Holding through strength can be the active choice.
Read Chapter 06 →
Chapter 05 Monthly capital allocated

July allocation; where the month's 7m went

Monthly allocationEquitiesFixed incomeNew savings

TSh 7m of new savings; 4m into the anchor equity, 3m into the fixed-income ladder; fed the under-weight sleeves that had room. · 1 Jul · Wk 27

Lesson Contributions are capital, not performance; allocation discipline matters.
Read the allocation →
Chapter 04 Commodity sleeve opened

Opening a gold sleeve on the reserve thesis

Weekly · openCommoditiesGoldHedge

Trimming cash to open the book's first commodity position; a small, notional gold sleeve, held for what it protects rather than what it might return. · 20 Jun · Wk 25

Lesson A hedge is sized for protection, not excitement.
Read the gold sleeve note →
Chapter 03 No-move decision

Letting the bank winners run

Hold · non-decisionEquitiesBanks

Why the Ghost held its DSE financials into strength rather than taking the easy profit. · Week 25

Lesson Not selling can be an active decision.
See it in the decision ledger →
Chapter 02 Research completed

Reading the gold terrain

Research · rulesCommoditiesGold

The reserve-accumulation case for a little gold; the research that set the rules, before any position was opened. · Week 24

Lesson Research comes before exposure.
Read the gold terrain →
Chapter 01 Cash parked

Parking patience in T-bills

Park cash · holdFixed incomeCash

What the Ghost does with cash while it waits for a decision worth making. · Week 23

Lesson Cash can wait productively when no better decision is available.
Read the fixed-income terrain →
Chapter 00 · origin Mandate set

Meet The Ghost

Origin · methodThe BookMandateRules

The premise: a hypothetical TZS 500m book, the mandate, and the rules it lives by. · 6 Jun · inception

Lesson A model book needs rules before returns.
Read the origin story →
What the journey teaches
Rules before returnsThe mandate and the risk limits came before the first shilling was allocated.
Cash can be a decisionWaiting in T-bills is a position, not an absence of one.
Research before exposureThe gold rules were written before any gold was held.
Holding can be activeChoosing not to sell winners is itself a decision.
Hedges are sized for protectionThe gold sleeve is small; held for what it protects, not what it might return.
Contributions are not performanceNew savings add capital; only the market moves the return.
Continue the trail

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