ZalaSmart

ZalaSmart will be hosting it's 1st event in Kinshasa, DR Congo!
The topic is savings & investing for beginners and is geared toward young adults. This event will take place in French.

Book recommendation 📖 Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
This book is the #1 Personal Finance book of all time and comes in many different languages! Pay yourself first is one of the best principles taught in the book 🙌🏾

Be sure to tune in today at 2pm. and will be hosting an IG live discussing the power of insurance and it’s link to generational wealth.

We are partnering with Forusgirls to host financial literacy workshops for their young leaders! We are excited to be apart of helping young leaders be more money smart 🙌🏾

Our founder Tecla Kalinda was featured in this CBCNews article! Swipe to see Tecla’s insight on teaching children financial literacy during .

Check out the article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/covid-19-kids-teens-learning-life-skills-cooking-laundry-home-renos-1.5875282

Although financial literacy month is over, if you missed any session with ZalaSmart and , you can watch them on our YouTube channel! Please subscribe to our channel if you haven’t already 😊 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3HE0JAKWwSdnH0m6ny6RlA/videos?view=0&sort=da&flow=list

Less than 30-minutes until the last session 🤩 Join us and our founder to learn all about saving money! 💵 Link in bio to join!

You won’t want to miss these two speakers this week! Eric and Heruka speak at the last virtual session on November 29 🤩 Link in bio to register!

Meet this week’s speaker Carla and co-host Midia!
Carla is an energetic digital marketer with an entrepreneurial mindset. She uses out-of-the-box thinking and technology to increase teams' effectiveness. Her unique experience lies at the intersection of marketing, technology, and business development. A storyteller at heart, she leverages the power of brand stories and transforms it into measurable and sustainable growth.
Hear her speak about managing her money on November 29! Link in bio to register 😊

This Sunday at 6pm is Investment 101 with special guest Jordan Highley! He is a content creator, podcaster and financial educator. This University of Ottawa graduate turned his passion for financial literacy into a coaching business and teaches clients how to self direct invest in passive ETFS to cut out expensive active fund fees. He helps spread financial awareness by offering free ebooks, courses and content with his fin lit brand Make More Capital and his podcast Highley Invested.

👉 Sign up today: https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/weekly-financial-literacy-series-794637

🗓 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8 is Budgeting 101: It’s not about what you earn but about how you spend!

Come check out our Budgeting 101 session to learn a few tips and tricks about planning out your financial future from our expert panelists Ryan Stewart and Eric Neudorf!

Register today: https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/weekly-financial-literacy-series-794637

2 more days to register 🙌🏾

Looking forward to our first installment of the series with Benjamin Felix, PWL Capital Inc Portfolio Manager, and our Shapers Heruka Kumararatne & Liora Raitblat.

Grab your free ticket ➡️ https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/weekly-financial-literacy-series-794637

Thank you to ZalaSmart for co-organizing these with us!



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