Africa-Press – Angola. Reinforcing waste reduction, in general, to help families save more, from an early age, was one of the teaching perspectives of the National Bank of Angola (BNA), during money week, which ended this Saturday.
According to the member of the event organization, André Songue, if seeds are planted in this direction from an early stage, less will obviously be spent in the future.
For her part, the executive administrator of the BNA, Marilia Poças, in her closing speech, said that financial education, from a young age, creates resilience and social well-being.
“It is a benefit of the event, the teaching of savings, adherence to credit, as well as the safe handling of electronic means to guarantee a better future”, he asserted.
He highlighted the on-site exhibition of KWiK payment, which is revolutionizing payments in the country.
KWiK is a new payment instrument, managed by Emis, which allows instant transfers to be made 24 hours a day.
Presented in the last edition of Filda Angola, it is already in operation, four banks send and receive, namely BIC, BIR, BCS and Banco Yeto and 10 others only receive.
At KWiK, banks and mobile and digital wallets will communicate with banks and the money will be available instantly.
The “Global Money Week” activity, which took place from the 18th to the 23rd of March, welcomed around 152 schools, six (6) thousand children and more than 200 teachers.
Global Money Week is an initiative coordinated by the Organization for Economic Development Cooperation (OECD), which has been held every year since 2012 in more than 176 countries, with the aim of raising awareness among people, especially young people, about the main themes related to financial literacy.
At the event, some public and private educational institutions were awarded prizes for the initiatives presented, with backpacks, cell phones and tablets.
The highlight was the Simão Toco Institute and the Dom Damião Franklin School Complex, for the presentation of the model of the BNA and Global Money Week, respectively.
The event also serves as an opportunity to bring together financial, educational, public and private sector institutions, associations and representatives of civil society, in favor of education and financial inclusion.
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