Be financially literate, RBZ tells young people

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has joined other central banks across the world mark Global Money Week amid calls for young people to be financially literate.

“Global Money Week is an annual global awareness-raising campaign on the importance of ensuring that young people, from an early age, are financially aware, and are gradually acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours necessary to make sound financial decisions,” says RBZ.

“Plan your money, plant your future” is the official theme of Global Money Week 2023.

This year’s GMW theme focuses on sustainability and raising awareness on the implications of individual financial behaviour not only on one’s financial future but also on the environment and the society.

GMW participants can use this theme to develop GMW activities on sustainability, sustainable finance and, more broadly, on the importance long-term social, economic and financial sustainability considerations in financial decisions.

This theme prompts young people to be forward-looking and to have a broad view on the environment and society in their financial decisions.

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