(6 August 2025 –Gbarnga, Bong County) – The launching has taken place in Gbarnga, Bong County of the Central Financial institution of Liberia nationwide monetary training marketing campaign and the promotion of the Pan African Cost and Settlement System, PAPSS, the seamless cross-border transactions amongst African International locations.
Climaxed on the Administrative Constructing in Gbarnga on August 6, the three-day actions included a coaching of trainers’ workshop and a vibrant county launch. In attendance had been county officers, college students, girls, youth leaders, businesspeople, and spiritual figures from the county at a launch characterised by cultural performances, interactive lectures, and insightful remarks aimed toward breaking down advanced monetary ideas into sensible and relatable classes for an viewers of over 400 individuals.
Constructing a Community of Group Trainers
13 (13) contributors efficiently accomplished the intensive Fin-Ed coaching and obtained certificates to mark the beginning of their mission: to take monetary training to each nook of their communities. Their work will kind the spine of a grassroots marketing campaign aimed toward empowering individuals to make smarter cash selections – budgeting, saving, and investing, amongst others, good monetary decisions.
Maraline Tokpa Jawo, Human Useful resource Supervisor within the workplace of the Bong County Superintendent, who launched the marketing campaign, described the initiative as a “blessing” for native communities.
“Gbarnga just isn’t Bong County,” she reminded the newly skilled Fin-Ed trainers. “Our individuals within the districts deserve the identical data. I need to cost those that have been skilled to grab each alternative so all of us will be knowledgeable and capable of save. Training is energy – let’s use it.”
A Name for Group Participation
CBL Communications Director and chair of the Monetary Training Working Group, Cllr. P. Alphonsus Zeon, harassed that monetary inclusion is a collective effort.
“These are your individual kids who’ve been skilled to equip you with monetary training,” he informed residents of Bong County. “We would like you to cooperate with them as they roll out Monetary Training in your communities.”
One of many trainees pledged to start the monetary training classes in her church, and others promised to take the message to farms, colleges, and marketplaces. “We’ll be certain that the message reaches in every single place, together with the place we go to worship. The church will probably be the place I’ll begin instructing individuals tips on how to handle their earnings,” mentioned Joseph Kollie.
Liberia`s Arts and Cultural Ambassador, Kerkura Kamara pledged his workplace`s continued help to the county monetary training efforts by mobilizing grassroots help for the marketing campaign. The Ambassador organized and supported soccer matches, mobilized native communities within the county and revamped the Bong County tradition troupe that did a splendid efficiency on the launch.
Group Endorsements
Matthew D. Kollie, the pinnacle of the Village Saving and Mortgage Affiliation (VSLA) pledged to combine FinEd classes into its member actions. Lydia Zeze, the chair of the Bong County rural girls, referred to as this system “an awesome alternative for ladies to learn to handle cash for the advantage of their households,” whereas the Bong County Gender Coordinator’s workplace inspired CBL to focus much more on girls in rural communities.
Abraham O. Kollie, coordinator of the Bong County Motorcyclist Union, hailed the FinEd program as “a lightweight” for his membership and can assist them learn to save and plan. Youth consultant Andrew Tartor urged FinEd trainers to prioritize colleges when lessons resume.
Linking Monetary Literacy to Cross-Border Commerce
Along with selling financial savings, budgeting, and accountable monetary habits, the CBL used the launch to highlight the Pan-African Cost and Settlement System (PAPSS), a revolutionary platform that permits companies and people to ship and obtain funds throughout African nations immediately and securely, in native currencies. For rural entrepreneurs, this implies simpler entry to regional markets with out the excessive prices and delays of conventional cash transfers and trying to find foreign currency echange.
A Nationwide Effort
The Bong County launch follows earlier rollouts in Grand Gedeh, Lofa, and Nimba counties. Every launch strengthens the CBL’s broader monetary inclusion agenda, guaranteeing that no Liberian, whether or not within the metropolis or a distant village, is left behind within the journey towards financial empowerment.
By coupling monetary training with fashionable cost programs like PAPSS, the Central Financial institution is constructing a future the place Liberians should not solely financially literate but in addition absolutely linked to the African and international economic system.
