Youth
are our most important resource. They are the leaders of today and they are our
future. Therefore Child and Youth Finance education is essential for every
african youth – Mr. Alexander Chikwanda, Minister of Finance, Zambia
The first day of the Child and Youth
Finance International Regional Meeting for Africa was concluded late
yesterday. 150 participants from 14 countries are gathered in Livingstone,
Zambia to share practices and opinions and strengthen alliances for Child and
Youth finance initiatives in the region. The meeting focuses on bringing
together African leaders and policymakers with youth participants to develop
national and regional agendas and strategies for Child and Youth Finance
issues, and how to bring the Child and Youth Finance Movement further to the
goal of reaching 100 million children in 100 countries with Economic
Citizenship Education and access to safe financial services.
During the welcome speech Dr.
Michael Gondwe, Govenor, Bank of Zambia stressed the importance of focusing on
Child and Youth Finance in Zambia, a country where half of the population is
under the age of 15. Hosting the event together with Child and Youth Finance
International, he stated, is a sign of Zambia committing to put child and youth
finance at the center stage of its development agenda. The Zambian Minister of
Finance, Mr. Alexander Chikwanda, further stressed the importance of a Child
and Youth Finance focus for Zambia and the entire Africa:
No comments:
Post a Comment