Africa-Press – Angola. Three hundred and 70 children from 10 schools of the 1st cycle of primary education, participated yesterday, at the Palanca Negra Gigante pavilion, in this city, in financial education workshops, within the framework of the global money week, promoted by the National Bank of Angola ( BNA).
With the motto “Plan your expenses. Plant Your Future” Global Money Week/2023 is an annual money awareness campaign designed to inspire children and young people to learn about money, livelihood and entrepreneurship.
During the event, the necessary skills to accumulate savings were presented, as well as the importance of children’s financial rights, aiming to contribute to their success in the future.
At the opening of the event, the Provincial Delegate for Finance, Ricardo Garcia, explained to the children the importance of financial literacy, a learning process for good planning practices for new and future generations.
According to the person in charge, children should start planning their future and the BNA, within the scope of this annual exercise, teaches children how to manage their savings.
He made it known that commercial banks have several products that could facilitate the management of the little money that children receive in allowance, which is why he advised parents and guardians to open their children’s bank accounts to invest the money.
The head of the follow-up and supervision sector of the BNA Regional Delegation, Faustino João, pointed out financial education as an important tool for managing finances.
He noted that the global week of money is an opportunity to bring together government, financial, educational institutions, public and private companies to work together to empower children and young people.
As part of the global money week, the BNA promoted lectures at secondary and higher education institutions in the city of Malanje on the “Role of the BNA in the Country’s Economy”, “The Socioeconomic Relevance of Savings”, “Family Finance Management” and opened accounts called “Bankita”.
The activity had the involvement of commercial banks, namely BCI, BPC, BFA, BIC, BNI and Banco Sol.PBC
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