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Big ask:
SMARTER RICHER BRAVER (SRB), our financial education platform for young people, has been selected for the Majra Sustainable Impact Challenge, a UAE initiative that recognizes projects that creating meaningful and sustainable social impact.

Public voting helps projects move through the next stage before expert review, and I’d be very grateful for your support.

Voting link: https://uaemajra.ae/sic2026-voting/

⚠️ Important Voting Update

A number of SRB votes haven’t been counted because of a confusing final step in the Majra voting process.

1️⃣ Search for SMARTER RICHER BRAVER (SRB)

2️⃣ Click Vote

3️⃣ Scroll back to the top of the page

4️⃣ Click Submit Votes ✅ (near the search bar)

Without Step 4, the vote isn’t registered. Your vote is only recorded when you see the “Vote Confirmed!” pop-up.

(sorry, the UX isn’t the best 🤦‍♀️)

Thank you for your support, it truly means a lot ❤️

2026 Global Recognition Award for Innovation 😎

Excerpt from The Associated Press :

New York, NY, United States, May 7, 2026 — SMARTER. RICHER. BRAVER. has been named a recipient of a 2026 Global Recognition Award, an honor that marks a significant moment in the global effort to close the gap between financial knowledge and real-world financial behavior. The recognition places the platform among a select group of organizations whose work has been judged to carry measurable, systemic impact, not merely incremental progress within an established field.

A Recognition Grounded in Evidence

SMARTER. RICHER. BRAVER’s submission was assessed across five Innovation criteria: market impact or potential, adoption rate and user feedback, novelty and originality, addressing global challenges, and disruption of existing paradigms. The platform received a score of 5, the highest possible rating, across every criterion, a result that reflects the originality of its contribution and the verifiable real-world outcomes it has produced.

“SMARTER. RICHER. BRAVER. represents exactly the kind of innovation this award exists to recognize, a platform that does not just improve on what came before, but shows what is possible when behavioral science and institutional design are built around a single, well-supported insight about human identity,” said Alex Sterling, spokesperson for Global Recognition Awards. The 2026 award stands as a clear measure of what becomes achievable when rigorous science and scalable design are applied to one of the most persistent challenges in global economic development.

For institutions, educators, and policymakers tracking the future of financial inclusion, this award represents a credible signal that the field has produced something genuinely new.

😎

❤️😎😎

6 years. 12,000+ students.

One truth: financial literacy isn’t enough.

Financial identity is the missing piece that makes it stick.

So this summer, I didn’t reset. Didn’t recalibrate. Didn’t recharge.

Ignored the summer. Ignored the kids. Ignored the dog.

And locked in to build the world’s first financial identity app.

And now… it’s almost ready.

P.S. I’ll make it up to the dog. The kids didn’t notice.

KFI Global Receives 2025 Global Recognition Award™

KFI Global has been recognized with a 2025 Global Recognition Award for exceptional achievement in financial education, transforming how individuals, particularly youth, engage with economic literacy.

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Ronsley Vaz, a software engineer, entrepreneur, and podcaster will be teaching us why learning how to use AI will benefit you in the long run.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of AI and its potential to shape your future.

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