United Arab Emirates

Participating organisations: Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), Cashee Tech FZE, Visa, Dubai Cares, GEMS Education, Dubai Heights Academy, Raffles World Academy, North London Collegiate School, Guilford Royal Grammar, DIA, Jebel Ali School, Hartland School, Horizon School, Aquila School, Arcadia School, Safa Community School, Safa British School, Dubai British School JP, Arab Unity School, Al Ghurair University, Emirates International School – Jumeirah, Global Indian International School - Abu Dhabi Total number of participating organisations: 252 Number of children and young people reached directly: 4,450 Number of adults reached directly: 1,530 Number of people reached indirectly: 6,050

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) hosted the “HCT Annual Research Award Ceremony 2021” event as part of Global Money Week 2022 which focused on a theme of “Build your future, be smart about money.”

The ceremony aimed to recognise research efforts of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) students. This collaboration between the ADX and HCT was established in 2019 at the Zayed Center of Excellence for Finance Research (ZCEFR). This is a research centre based at the campus of HCT Abu Dhabi Women’s college.

In addition, ADX welcomed students from Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) and presented a workshop titled “How to Invest in ADX.”

The two initiatives further emphasised ADX’s commitment to promoting financial literacy and preparing the UAE cadres for the investment and financial markets in the country and the region.

For Global Money Week 2022, Cashee, a teen banking platform in the MENA region, together with Visa, held financial literacy workshops across schools in the UAE. The content was created using Visa’s Practical Money Skills platform and delivered by Cashee and employees of Visa. Sessions were offered digitally, but mostly delivered in-person for students at schools. Teachers were engaged and open about continuing with the programme throughout the year. It was estimated that around 1,000 students between ages 12-18 were impacted during the campaign. In addition, a panel discussion was held in collaboration with Dubai Cares, an NGO and Visa, to raise awareness on the topic of youth financial literacy in the UAE. This was held at Expo2020 during the week.

Edfundo distributed bespoke learning modules and teacher handbooks to more than 20 schools throughout Dubai. The bespoke packs are part of their school initiatives that guides teachers on how to deliver lessons from the newly launched Edfundo Learning Lab. Besides, Edfundo team cooperated with a children’s book author and hosted two live webinars that were attended by over 150 youth participants. “Grandpa’s Fortune Fable” book sales double during GMW as Dubai’s students and their parents were encouraged to buy it. Almost 200 youngsters took an online GMW quiz hosted on Kahoot. Furthermore, Edfundo’s team member joined a Dubai Eye 103.8 FM Radio for a live studio interview on March 25th. Their team reached over 3,000 children and teachers through the campaign. Moreover, daily money tip posts were shared on the Instagram account and gathered over 18,000 impressions across the week.

During Global Money Week 2022, KFI GLOBAL delivered a financial education programme to 250 students. This 5-hour programme was delivered to students in classes at schools. All students received guidebooks, certificates and a quiz that tested their knowledge of what they had learnt. Highlights of these sessions can be seen here, here and here.