How to plan a salary month in kwanzas
On payday, take out your savings and fixed bills. Split the rest by the weeks until the next one.
By Dedaldino Antonio
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For example, with 500,000 Kz:
You can spend each week
28,000Kz120,000 ÷ 30 × 7
Count only what's certain.
Use your take-home pay. Allowances and side jobs go to savings.
Gross salary, in your contract
- Certain every monthGoes into the plan
- Allowances and side jobsSavings or a big expense
Save first, on payday.
Move your savings straight to an account with no Multicaixa card.
Salary account
With a Multicaixa card
Savings
No Multicaixa card
Set aside the money for bills.
On payday, put aside the rent, school fees, electricity and phone credit.
You set aside 330,000 Kz on payday
6 fixed bills, amounts in Kz
Split the rest into weeks.
An expensive dinner on Tuesday only squeezes that week.
You still have 11,500 Kz for 4 days
Per day, in Kz
Now with your own numbers.
The 500,000 Kz is an example. Swap in yours.
28,000 Kz. Fixed bills take 66% of the salary, more than half.
You can spend each week
Kz
Fixed bills take 66% of the salary, more than half.
With Monaza you know how much you can still spend this week.
You can spend each week
Kz
Fixed bills take 66% of the salary, more than half.
Count to your next payday.
If your next salary lands 33 days later, your week gets smaller.
Taking out cash isn't spending yet.
The money only changes place. The spending is the taxi and the lunch.
Withdrawal
Multicaixa: account to wallet
Wallet
Not spent yet
What you pay with it
- TaxiSpending
- LunchSpending
Review your bills every three months.
Prices rose 8.43% in a year (INE). The difference comes out of spending money.
Questions
An amount you can keep up every month. 20,000 Kz a month adds up to 240,000 Kz in a year. Raise it when a fixed bill ends.
As a starting point. If your fixed bills take more than half your salary, as in the example (66%), adjust the percentages.
Count to the day your salary actually lands. If it's often late, keep one week's spending aside as a buffer.
Use it for the year's big expenses, like back-to-school, or add it to savings.
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Sources: National consumer price index (IPCN), INE, September 2026, checked on 18 October 2026. The example amounts are illustrative, not an average.
