Convention Targets Enhancing Financial Literacy

He said crowd-funding is the practice of funding a project by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people for a common course.

Puso said it is paramount that citizens are informed well on issues of finance and risk management, as they are critical aspects of their daily lives. Puso said crowd-funding is a flexible model, which citizens can use to start their own companies and excel in entrepreneurship. A senior actuarial analyst at Deloitte in Johannesburg, Puso added that, the convention is a networking opportunity for businesspeople. He said students in the financial sector could also learn a lot from the stakeholders and facilitators who will be part of the event.