The Securities and Exchange Commission of Central Africa highlighted two financial education events held in Libreville on March 17 and 20 as part of OECD Global Money Week 2026. The initiative centered on opening the regulator to the public and addressing money management and investing in plain language, with the stated focus that investor protection also depends on financial literacy. The March 17 open day featured the LÉGUÉ Financial Path, a six-stage immersive exercise designed by the regulator's operational departments. It covered saving in a clear legal and protected framework, how public savings offerings and collective investment schemes work, the role of COSUMAF approval, how to identify and report scams including phishing, Ponzi schemes and unregulated initial coin offerings, the functions of licensed regional market participants, and the need to understand risk and diversification. Participants who completed the course received a "Certified Informed Saver" certificate. The March 20 public conference focused on breaking taboos around discussing money. It emphasized financial education as a tool for household resilience in crises, budget discipline as a condition for sustained saving, supervised investment as a way to mobilize savings for the regional economy, and the need to build awareness from an early age through families, schools and institutions.
Securities and Exchange Commission of Central Africa2026-03-23
Securities and Exchange Commission of Central Africa holds open day and public conference for Global Money Week 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Central Africa reported on two Global Money Week 2026 events in Libreville focused on public financial education. An open day used a six-step learning exercise to explain saving, regulated investment, fraud risks, market actors and diversification, while a public conference stressed budget discipline, supervised investment and early financial awareness. The message was that investor protection also depends on stronger financial literacy.