Stars From All Nations (SFAN), Ghana’s leading edtech platform unlocking the potential of young geniuses, and SecondSTAX, the world’s first and only portal to directly invest in all stocks and bonds on exchanges in multiple African countries, join forces to democratize financial education and investing.
Across Africa, millions of young people are entering the workforce with a limited understanding of how money works: how to grow it, protect it, or put it to work through investing. With a median age of just 19.5 years and financial literacy rates hovering around 32% in Ghana, and similarly low across much of sub-Saharan Africa, the continent stands at a critical crossroad. The difference between those who understand how money works and those who don’t is, increasingly, the difference between building wealth and watching others do it.
Young Africans who can read financial statements, analyze investment opportunities, and navigate capital markets are significantly better positioned to launch lucrative careers, build businesses, and make smarter decisions with their earnings. When more young people invest in African markets, capital remains on the continent and fuels the growth that creates opportunities for the next generation. The missing piece, what has kept most young Africans out of capital markets, isn’t capability. It’s the absence of a credible entry point.
SFAN and SecondSTAX are teaming up to close that gap through the ReadyforWork Finance and Investing Course, combining structured financial education with direct, hands-on exposure to live African markets.
SFAN’s AI-assisted ReadyforWork platform has trained hundreds of young Africans with practical, career-ready digital skills since its launch in November 2021.
Its Financial Analysis track equips learners from entry-level to senior with the ability to read and construct financial statements, apply financial metrics in real business contexts, understand how artificial intelligence is reshaping financial services, and learn how regulated investments work.
SecondSTAX, co-founded in Accra by Eugene Tawiah and Duke Lartey, is the leading cloud-based platform connecting investment professionals and firms to stocks and bonds across multiple African exchanges, including the Ghana Stock Exchange and Nairobi Securities Exchange, through a single, transparent portal.
Where African capital markets were once fragmented and difficult to navigate, SecondSTAX is stitching them together.
The partnership creates a direct pipeline between the two. Learners who complete SFAN’s Finance and Investing track, provided by SecondSTAX, gain hands-on experience with real market data, research tools, and the mechanics of African securities through SecondSTAX’s platform. This transforms financial education into tangible market participation in a way no textbook can replicate “Knowledge alone is not enough,” said Tom-Chris Emewulu, Founder and President of SFAN. “
We have always believed that the most powerful education connects what you learn with what you can actually do.
This partnership empowers young Africans to actively participate in Africa’s dynamic capital markets and directly shape their own futures, while contributing to the continent’s economic growth.”
“SecondSTAX was built to make African capital markets more accessible and efficient for everyone,” said Eugene Tawiah, Co-Founder and CEO of SecondSTAX. “Partnering with SFAN lets us reach the next generation of African investors at exactly the right moment in their journey, equipping them with both the knowledge and the tools to become the investors and leaders Africa needs.”
For too long, high-quality financial education and real market access have moved on separate tracks: education without application, platforms without prepared users. This partnership is a deliberate attempt to end that separation. The knowledge is structured, the markets are live, and the entry point is open.
To enroll in the Financial Analysis and Investing Course, please visit https://www.readyforwork.africa/finance-investting.
