Understanding Your Dashboard
What the Jijenga dashboard shows and how to navigate the app.
TL;DR
Your dashboard — the Cockpit — updates automatically every time you import a new statement. Everything shown is calculated from your real M-Pesa data.
The navigation
Jijenga has four tabs in the bottom navigation bar:
| Tab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| HOME | The Cockpit — your financial overview |
| LEDGER | Every transaction, searchable and filterable |
| CATEGORY | Your spending broken down by category |
| MORE | Import, intelligence tools, settings, and profile |
The intelligence tools (Operating Stmt, Velocity Lab, The Explorer, Fuliza Shield, Reports) are all under MORE → INTELLIGENCE.
What the Cockpit shows
After your first import, the dashboard fills with cards calculated from your data:
Vital Signs — your net cash flow, total income, total expenses, savings rate, and how this month compares to last month.
Financial Health — a score from 0 to 100 built from five components: savings health, spending discipline, debt management, financial organisation, and stability. It tells you where you stand overall.
Velocity Meter — how fast you're spending money right now versus your safe spending rate. Useful for the second half of the month.
Guardian — behavioural insights: your heaviest spending day, your biggest recurring micro-expense, and Fuliza (Safaricom's overdraft service) alerts if you have active Fuliza usage.
Empty dashboard
If you haven't imported a statement yet, the dashboard shows an empty state with two options: upload your M-Pesa PDF or add transactions manually. Until you add data, no cards appear.
Switching periods
A period selector at the top of the dashboard lets you switch between: This month, Last month, Last 3 months, Last 6 months, and a custom date range. All cards update immediately when you switch.
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