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Course Code: YSW-705

Pillar: Financial Inclusion & Wealth Creation

Course Overview: Digital financial services make it easier to save, pay, transfer, borrow, and manage money, but they also introduce new responsibilities and risks. Learners explore mobile money, wallets, online banking, payment platforms, financial apps, digital credit, and business tools.

Safety, consumer protection, privacy, fraud awareness, and informed choice guide the practical habits needed to use these services with confidence.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand digital financial services and how they support financial inclusion.
  • Use mobile money, digital wallets, and online payments responsibly.
  • Protect personal, financial, and account information.
  • Recognize digital finance risks, fraud, scams, and unsafe borrowing.
  • Use digital tools to support saving, budgeting, payments, and business transactions.
  • Create a practical digital financial services safety and usage plan.

Target Audience: Young people preparing for employment, entrepreneurship, freelancing, digital business, online selling, independent adulthood, or financial inclusion programs. Suitable for youth development programs, TVET institutions, universities, NGOs, ministries, workforce readiness programs, livelihood programs, and financial inclusion initiatives.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Understand Digital Financial Services. Build capability in Digital Savings, Budgeting and Business Finance Tools. Apply learning through Digital Financial Confidence and Action Planning.

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  • Digital Financial Services
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Foundations of Digital Financial Services
Module Purpose: Introduce learners to digital financial services, financial inclusion, and the role of technology in improving access to money management, payments, savings, and business transactions. What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Digital Payments, Transfers and Daily Money Use
Module Purpose: Help learners use digital payments, transfers, wallets, and transaction records safely and effectively for personal and business needs. What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Digital Savings, Budgeting and Business Finance Tools
Module Purpose: Equip learners to use digital tools for saving, budgeting, money planning, business records, and financial organization. What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Digital Finance Safety, Fraud and Consumer Protection
Module Purpose: Help learners protect digital finance accounts, recognize fraud, avoid scams, and understand basic consumer protection practices. What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Digital Financial Confidence and Action Planning
Module Purpose: Guide learners to use digital financial services confidently, responsibly, and safely while building a practical plan for personal and business finance needs. What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

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