Overview

Financial Literacy

With strong belief in the power of proper financial training and strategy to enable persons to become financially independent, and in support of the JN Group’s People first mantra, the Group, through the JN Foundation, took a bold step and launched the JN Financial Academy is 2022.

The Academy is a flagship member benefit. Its mandate is two-fold:-

  1. To raise the level of money management and financial awareness as well as to provide coaching support to empower members to achieve financial freedom.
  2. Influences public narrative about financial inclusion, savings and borrowing trends and consumer education, by undertaking research and engaging in public dialogue.

The JN Group has been operating in the financial literacy space for decades, partnering with organizations and institutions such as the Commonwealth Secretariat, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) as well as the Inter-American Dialogue.

In 2013 when the JN Foundation collaborated with Inter-American Dialogue to bring financial education to remittance clients, the project used a toolkit, highlighting how financial independence can be achieved utilizing 4 pillars.

The end of that project saw the birth of the Foundation’s Financial Empowerment Programme named BeWi$e in 2015. This expanded financial education offering became one of the most sought after programmes at the JN Foundation as individuals become more aware that proper money management is necessary in their quest to achieve their financial goals.

A high level of success was achieved by the programme which debunking the myth that financial independence is a dream attainable by only a few. The workshops promoted the idea that with knowledge, discipline and commitment, this desirable status was attainable by many. This has seen many lives transformed and hope renewed as participants embrace their role and responsibility in their financial freedom journey.

In the years and decades ahead, even more lives will be impacted as the JN Financial Academy provide training and resources to significantly increase the level of financial education for all Jamaicans.