NBFIRA on financial literacy campaign
Monday, May 19, 2014
Through various financial literacy education programmes delivered through media and public workshops, NBFIRA this week embarked on a seven-day financial literacy education week in Gaborone and in Francistown.
The regulator states that the Financial Literacy Week is an initiative central to helping consumers make better decisions about management of their money conversely avoiding over indebtedness.
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