PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says financial literacy remains a challenge in the country even among some people who hold PHDs and masters. Speaking during the 10th edition of the Innovation Africa 2022 Ministerial Summit, Wednesday, President Hichilema said financial literacy should be incorporated into the school curriculum at an early age. “The issues around competencies, just financial literacy is a challenge in this country. You find a lot of people with PHDs, masters have very low financial literacies, now we expect these to run businesses, we expect these to effectively deliver in job creation. We have likened and we have taken a decision as a country that financial literacy must come into our curriculum at an early age not at a...

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