Financial Education

Financial education allows financial consumers and investors to improve their understanding of financial products, concepts, and risks and, through information, instruction or objective advice, develop the skills and confidence necessary to become more aware of financial risks and opportunities, to make information-based choices, to know where to seek help and to take other effective actions that improve their financial well-being.

Objectives

  • Support financial inclusion by disclosing to the public the conditions of access to minimum banking services including a current deposit account, term account and essential payment services;
  • Raising awareness of the importance of saving as a way of empowering families to strengthen their wealth and to cope with unforeseen or occasional expenses;
  • Promote and foster responsible financial knowledge and behaviors, in order to allow a better understanding of the information transmitted by entities operating in the financial system and a more appropriate choice of financial products, weighing costs, remuneration and expected returns and, at the same time, the risks of the products;
  • Enlightening the citizen about the rights and duties of the bank customer and financial institutions.
  • Contributing to the efficiency and soundness of the financial market.

Activities

Global Money Week

The Global Money Week (GMW) is an annual global financial awareness campaign, organized and promoted by the International Financial Education Network of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with the main goal of ensuring that children and young people have access to quality financial education, learn about financial issues and become capable of making the right financial decisions for the safety and improvement of their financial well-being, as well as strengthening their financial resilience.

In 2022, the Banco de Moçambique promoted GMW celebrations between March 21 and 25, with several activities in select secondary schools nationwide.

World Savings Day

The World Savings Day (WSD) was established in Italy on October 31, 1924, during the first International Congress of Savings Banks, in order to raise public awareness to the importance of savings for the economy of countries and individuals.  From said date onwards, the World Savings Day has been celebrated worldwide on October 30, except in countries where that day is a public holiday, for the point is for banks to open-up for people to deposit savings into their accounts.

 

Celebrations in Mozambique

In Mozambique, the World Savings Day is mainly celebrated on the last working day of October, which in the current year is October 29. This event was first celebrated in Mozambique in 2014. Since then, the Banco de Moçambique, as the event organizer, alongside the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Mozambican Banking Association, among other partners, has been carrying out various awareness-raising initiatives for students and the general population on the benefits of savings for individuals, families and the economy.

 

Trainings and Lectures

Trainings have been aimed at various target groups, so as to spread out financial education contents. The assumption is that these target groups shall also be able to effectively facilitate trainings within their own institutions. This allows for reaching a higher number of persons from target groups, and thus contributes to disseminating financial education nationwide.