An e-commerce and direct promoting platform, QNET has unveiled a monetary literacy programme aimed toward equipping about 6,000 youths in Nigeria with data wanted for socio-economic empowerment.
In response to an announcement, the programme, tagged, ‘FinGreen’ is a ‘prepare the trainers’ initiative aimed toward guaranteeing that the knowledge impacted is transmitted to the group for a extra sustainable end result.
The programme kicked off with 20 youths chosen from totally different establishments of upper studying and members of the Nationwide Youth Service Scheme (NYSC).
FinGreen is designed to impart vital monetary administration expertise and data by coaching younger leaders drawn from numerous communities to turn into trainers and champions of economic literacy and financial empowerment among the many youth.
Talking throughout the launch, Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Supervisor for QNET, Biram Fall, mentioned, being financially literate immediately permits a person to be higher poised for sure monetary roadblocks which, in flip, reduces the probabilities of private financial misery.
He mentioned, “We developed this programme as a result of sustainability is a core pillar of our values at QNET. We purpose to make a long-lasting affect within the communities we function in and looking out on the rising youth inhabitants within the nation, it is very important be certain that future and present generations have the requisite info wanted to make empowered socio-economic selections.”
The Managing Director, Transblue and QNETs companion, Mr Abiodun Ajisafe, mentioned youth growth has been on the coronary heart of Transblue and QNET through the years.
He mentioned: “We all know that there’s a starvation for financial empowerment amongst our individuals. Sadly, this starvation is usually met with low ranges of economic literacy that then results in errors when making investments and monetary selections.
“It has additionally turn into crucial to guard shoppers from unethical enterprise practices and that is a part of what FinGreen covers,” mentioned Ajisafe.