The FA Movement

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The Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Movement Worldwide
(The FA Movement)

We believe having better personal finance knowledge changes your world
& the world around you... FOREVER!

Introduction

The Movement began in the USA over a decade ago; global financial literacy initiatives are increasing; we are contacted regularly for assistance, content, and ideas from around the world. In 2018 we began The Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Movement in several East African Countries that will touch ~ 150 million people; modeled after our work in the US. In 2020 The Movement expanded into Ghana – West Africa, Brazil, and India.

The Movement is developing in over 11 countries within 4 continents. We also have initiated development activities and discussions for The International Improving Financial Awareness and Financial Literacy Research Centers in over a dozen Universities, domestically and internationally. They are taking leadership roles of improving financial awareness and financial literacy activities.

Establish The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Center at prominent universities is a key element of The Movement. This serves as a ‘Think Tank’ and a ‘improving financial awareness and financial literacy advocate’ for all students, faculty and staff, alumni and all The People of the country, financial service and nonprofit professionals and their organizations, educational institutions, municipalities, employers and the news media. The Research Center will

  • Take a leadership role in The Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Movement
  • Take an active role in assisting us in developing and delivering a Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Curriculum Programs for all university students at their university. This would also be available for all faculty and staff, alumni and family & friends at no cost.
  • http://www.thefinancialawarenessfoundation.org/pdf/TFAF-YourFPUniversityProgramOverview.pdf
  • http://ugbs.ug.edu.gh/association/
  •  Initiate Professional Certification & Training Programs for financial service professionals.
  • Establishing an Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Student Club / Association. This can be available to all students interested in accounting, legal and the other financial service professions, and the nonprofit sector. This can work quite well for integrating mentoring and internships and related programs. It can also be open to faculty and staff and alumni, family and friends as part of a lifelong learning program.
  • Work with community-based organizations to incorporate financial literacy-based content into existing programs and contests.
  • Perform Ongoing Longitudinal Technical Research to monitor The Movement and its advancements, make improvements where necessary, and provide political leadership with valuable economic insights. Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy is not a get rich quick process; it’s a lifelong skillset. To measure what’s working and what’s not requires longitudinal studies. This research can provide critical feedback on many financial and economic matters as a service to political and business leaders.  We are working on a Quality of Life Family Index for Ghana that will be a powerful indicator.
  • The Lead Research Center’s will share their work with other campuses in the country and around the world creating a network of The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Centers and connecting them together.
  • Establishing Incubators / Accelerators to create, help launch and successful grown new and existing business while creating needed jobs and building wealth for the founders, the university and the economy.
  • Attract Funds for The Research Center and the University and other worthy causes from work products, satisfied recipients of our work, gifts from those benefiting from improving their financial awareness & financial literacy, grants, supporter and philanthropist that see the importance of our work.
  • Develop a network of volunteers and ambassadors that support The Movement and efforts at the University. These can be modeled / localized and advanced after programs in the US
    • For Financial Service & Nonprofit Professionals – Learn how The Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Movement Can Increase Your Bottom Line

http://www.thefinancialawarenessfoundation.org/pdf/TFAF-Advisors-CanIncreaseYourBottomLine.pdf

  • For The People – the General Public – Supporting Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Is A Winning Opportunity For All

http:www.thefinancialawarenessfoundation.org/pdf/TFAF-PublicSupportfortheImprovingFinancialAwareness.pdf

 

  • Plans are to link these University Research Centers together nationally / internationally as a Master Brain Trust to jointly help solve the global lack of financial awareness & financial illiteracy epidemic, and so much more.

    Contact us if you would like to discuss this further, and would like to establish The Research Center at your campus.

Research Centers

Ghana

University of Ghana

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Association at University of Ghana Business School (The FA Association)

Benjamin Amoah PhD, ACCA

TFAF Lead Ambassador in Ghana & Advisory Board Member

Lecturer

Department of Finance

University of Ghana Business School

IFAFLA-UG Patron, TFAF Ambassado

Official Email: benamoah@ug.edu.gh

Private Email: benjamintoamoah@gmail.com

Mobile: 0247-599606

Under Conctruction

http://ugbs.ug.edu.gh/association/

Nigeria

Lagos Business School

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Hub at SIDFS within Lagos Business School

 

In development

Timothy Aluko,  Programme Manager SIDFS

taluko@lbs.edu.ng

Lagos Business School
Pan-Atlantic University

Km 22 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ajah – Lagos

+234-8025014623; 08058048473

www.lbs.edu.ng

Ibukun Taiwo,  Communications/advocacy Manager

itaiwo@lbs.edu.ng

Lagos Business School

Pan-Atlantic University

Km 22 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ajah – Lagos

+234-8025014623; 08058048473

www.lbs.edu.ng

Samuel Umoh, Programme Administrator

sumoh@lbs.edu.ng

Lagos Business School

Pan-Atlantic University

Km 22 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ajah – Lagos

+234-8025014623; 08058048473

www.lbs.edu.ng

Tanzania

Mzumbe University Dar Es Salaam Campus

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Center at Mzumbe University Dar Es Salaam Campus

 

In development

 Prof Prosper Ngowi Principal

Associate Professor of Economics

Mzumbe University Dar Es Salaam Campus

Lead TFAF Ambassador

Pngowi@mzumbe.ac.tz

+255.754 653 740

Upanga Area Plot No. 941/2

Olympio Street, P.O. Box 20266,

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

https://dcc.mzumbe.ac.tz/

Uganda

Makerere University

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Center at Makerere University

 

 In Development

 David Ddumba, PhD

TFAF Ambassador in Uganda & Advisory Board Member

Founding Executive Director / CEO

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Center at Makerere University

Lecturer

Makerere University

Department of Mathematics,

College of Natural Sciences

The Uganda Mathematical Society UMS Coordinator

Office – +46-73-498-76-73

daviddumba@gmail.com

https://www.mak.ac.ug/

We Build for the Future

Juma Kasozi, PhD

TFAF Ambassador in Uganda & Advisory Board Member

Vice Executive Director

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Center at Makerere University

Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer

Past Dean and Department Head at Makerere University, Kampala

Member of the Uganda Mathematical Society

Makerere University

Department of Mathematics,

College of Natural Sciences

P.O. Box 7062

Kampala, Uganda

Tel: +256 414 540692

Mob: +256-782-308010

skype: drjumakasozi

WhatsApp: +256782308010

 http://math.mak.ac.ug/Juma%20Kasozi

kasozi@cns.mak.ac.ug

jkasozi2015@gmail.com

 

We Build for the Future

Ammex Ssebidde

Chief Operating Officer

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Center at Makerere University

TFAF Lead Ambassador in Uganda &Advisory Board Member

Executive Director

MERCY-GIVING LTD

ammexssebidde@gmail.com  

 +256 752 920 0881

 (WHATSAPP) OR + 256 772 920 881

www.mercy-giving.org

 Give all basic needs to everybody

India

Utkal University

The International Improving Financial Awareness & Financial Literacy Research Center at Utkal University

 In Development

 Dr. Avaya Nayak

Registrar

Utkal University

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

email- nayakavaya@yahoo.co.in

tel no -9437030100

https://utkaluniversity.ac.in/

Dr. Manoranjan Mishra

TFAF Founding Lead Ambassador in India & Advisory Board Member

Director

Jeevan Rekha Parishad(JRP)

Cell No: +917854872808

Email-id : manu2orissa@yahoo.com /  jeevanrekha2@yahoo.com  

Website: www.jrpsai.org  

USA

USC University of Southern California

Financial Literacy Resources

VIEW

Janette Brown

Assistant Vice Provost, USC Emeriti Center
Adjunct Faculty, USC Davis School of Gerontology
Executive Director Emerita, AROHE.org
jcbrown@usc.edu
(213)740-7121

https://emeriti.usc.edu/resources/financial-literacy/

Reference Materials

Some Questions to Ponder

Welcome to your Some Questions to Ponder

Name Email Phone Number
1. 
. PAPERWORK In an emergency, could someone in your family quickly find your important papers— birth certificate, bank account records, health care directive, insurance policies, credit card records, will, etc.?

2. 
NET WORTH Do you know your current net worth and how you hold title to your various assets?

3. 
CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT Do you have enough cash available (in bank accounts or easily cashed securities) to cover yourself and your family for at least six months of no work?

4. 
BUDGET Do you and your family have a useful, written monthly budget?

5. 
EXPENSES Do you think you’ll be able to pay ‘all your bills’ on time every month for the next 12 months without a paycheck?

6. 
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Do you understand and, if appropriate, utilize all your employment benefits to your advantage?

7. 
GOALS Do you know what’s really important to you; and have you written your personal and financial goals for yourself and your family?

8. 
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE/RETIREMENT Do you know when you expect to be able to retire / become financially independent?

9. 
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE/RETIREMENT Do you know how much income & assets you will need to enjoy your retirement years; to live a quality life, including any special gifts or bequests to family, friends and nonprofits?

10. 
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE/RETIREMENT Have you calculated the amount of money required to reach your financial goals?

11. 
MAJOR EXPENDITURES - Have you thought about and made a list of major expenditures you can expect over the next five years and where the money will come from to pay for them?

12. 
INVESTMENTS - Do you think your current investment plan(s) will meet your retirement needs?

13. 
TAX DEFERRAL Do you think you are making the best use of tax-deferred investment plans for retirement?

14. 
TAXES Do you know the income tax rates on your last earned dollar?

15. 
INSURANCE / RISK MANAGEMENT Do you think you have the right amount of insurance— life, health, disability, long-term-care, auto, home/renter’s, fire/flood/earthquake, liability, etc.—not too little, but not too much?

16. 
ESTATE & GIFT PLANS Do you and your family have current wills?

17. 
POWER OF ATTORNEY Do you and your family have a current Power of Attorney?

18. 
ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE Do you and your family have a current Advance Health Care Directive?

19. 
CHARITABLE GIVING Are your favorite causes or nonprofits included within your estate & gift plans for a bequest, planned gift, or as a primary or alternate beneficiary for life insurance or retirement plans?

20. 
TRUSTS Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of using trusts?

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