Firm targets 6,000 youths for financial literacy training

An e-commerce and direct selling platform, QNET has unveiled a financial literacy programme aimed at equipping about 6,000 youths in Nigeria with knowledge needed for socio-economic empowerment.

According to a statement, the programme, tagged, ‘FinGreen’ is a ‘train the trainers’ initiative aimed at ensuring that the information impacted is transmitted to the community for a more sustainable outcome.

The programme kicked off with 20 youths selected from different institutions of higher learning and members of the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC).

FinGreen is designed to impart critical financial management skills and knowledge by training young leaders drawn from various communities to become trainers and champions of financial literacy and economic empowerment among the youth.

Speaking during the launch, Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Manager for QNET, Biram Fall, said, being financially literate today allows an individual to be better poised for certain financial roadblocks which, in turn, reduces the chances of personal economic distress.

He said, “We developed this programme because sustainability is a core pillar of our values at QNET. We aim to make a long-lasting impact in the communities we operate in and looking at the growing youth population in the country, it is important to ensure that future and current generations have the requisite information needed to make empowered socio-economic decisions.”

The Managing Director, Transblue and QNETs partner, Mr Abiodun Ajisafe, said youth development has been at the heart of Transblue and QNET over the years.

He said: “We know that there is a hunger for economic empowerment among our people. Unfortunately, this hunger is often met with low levels of financial literacy that then leads to mistakes when making investments and financial decisions.

“It has also become imperative to protect consumers from unethical business practices and this is part of what FinGreen covers,” said Ajisafe.