FINANCIAL LITERACY

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Learn and apply financial skills including personal, financial management, budgeting and investing.

In support of Money Smart Week 2023 | 28 August – 3 September 2023.

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The Absa CIB financial literacy drive

Absa CIB are committed to enabling and empowering financial skills and knowledge at a grass roots level, ensuring that the communities in which we operate are equipped with the resources required to make good decisions about personal financial management, budgeting and investing. That’s why we have partnered with leading youth empowerment and consumer financial education initiatives to bring financial education literacy awareness and education to those who need it the most.

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