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07/10/2025

After the , I became a bit of a slave to my ideas... drowning in my own Kool-Aid, maybe๐Ÿ˜…

Some years back, I read an article about language and mathematics.
The takeaway that stuck with me was this: sometimes itโ€™s not that kids donโ€™t understand maths. Nope. Itโ€™s that the language used to teach it makes the learning experience intimidating, disconnected, or just plain confusing; before they even get to the right answer: theyโ€™ve already lost confidence in learning.

LANGUAGE, right?

Fast-forward to today, through some trial, error, and curiosity, I stumbled upon Nal'ibali WhatsApp number. Theyโ€™ve introduced a new feature that allows kids (and parents) to listen to audiobooks in all 11 of South Africaโ€™s official languages. Thatโ€™s gold. Absolute brilliance from the Nalโ€™ibali team ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ

Now, Cinga ke ngoku (think about it)...
What if we approached financial literacy the same way: teaching it in the language that every learner understands and resonates with? Cinga nje (just think) ๐Ÿค”

OR...maybe Iโ€™m just being drunk on my own Kool-Aid ๐Ÿ˜‚

But seriouslyโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ’ญ How feasible do you think it is to teach financial literacy in kidsโ€™ home languages?
๐Ÿ’ญ Have you tried it before? What worked and what didnโ€™t?
Would love to hear your thoughts.

Ndiyabulela ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ

01/10/2025

๐Ÿ’ก๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐: #๐Ÿ‘ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ก

Entrepreneurship is basically turning โ€˜What if?โ€™ into โ€˜Why not?โ€™โ€ฆ and occasionally into โ€˜What was I thinking? ๐ŸซฃNg'yaphapha ๐Ÿ˜„

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—œ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐— ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜

๐Ÿ‘‰ What early money or entrepreneurship lesson shaped your view of money? Share your storyโ€”Iโ€™d love to hear it! Then catch my full breakdown here https://lnkd.in/dzufkA4r

๐ŸŒŸAt the time, I didnโ€™t realize it, but what my aunt ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ. Through her lessons, I was unknowingly learning the art of how to manage money wisely and think like an entrepreneur; whilst building on my financial capabilities.

Iqala apha : what children ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป becomes the foundation that shapes their financial future. The earlier the interactions, the better: whether through saving, trading, or watching how adults manage money; it forms a base for how they see, view, measure value, make decisions, and eventually build from there for their financial capabilities/literacy.

The financial habits kids see today, discipline, sacrifice, creativity, money management: are the same ones that shape tomorrowโ€™s entrepreneurs and financially independent adults.

๐Ÿ’กIf you could teach kids just ONE money lesson that changed your life, what would it be? Drop it in below๐Ÿ˜‰

Ndiyabulela ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ

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