I personally thank you for joining Azàland, our online community.
I'm Jared, the founder and a coordinator here.
Our community's goal is towards improved financial literacy for everyone. We prioritize useful contents and discussions bothering on financial literacy, money making, banking, personal finance, blockchain, blockchain, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), entrepreneurship, investments, FX, financial news, local, national and global economic trends and all other related stuffs.
The Azaland community is an integral part of The Azaland Project- a Global Financial Literacy Advocacy Movement. We're on a mission to reduce the level of financial illiteracy in the world, starting with Africa as focus. Research revealed that only 1 in 3 people in Africa is financially literate. That calls for action and emergency.
As you could guess, my passion and preference for the finance related niche is due to my age-long professional experience in finance practice as well as related certifications already bagged and some in view. I must confess, I have also made some personal finance errors in the course of my career which have taught me great lessons. I deeply desire that no person falls into such pits before being aware - hence my desire to build this platform to reach people.
I bet you agree with me that the financial choices we make day in day out do have great impacts - positive or negative - on us. Therefore, the benefits of financial literacy are immense: better financial choices and decisions, protection from frauds and scams, raising money-smart kids, protected investments and means of livelihood and so much more. As advocates of financial literacy, Azàland wants you to reap those benefits and more. Joining us makes you an advocate too - a really noble cause!
Sadly, the level of true financial literacy in our society is quite low. Azàland was born out of the identified critical need to promote more awareness about this underlying need; the need to advocate for financial literacy even if the people don't know how important it is.
OUR VISION
OUR MISSIONTo sensitize and educate more people to understand money better and manage their finances wisely towards a lifetime of informed financial decisions.
Trust me, I'd rather be proud to be part of this great, noble cause and revolution! How about you?To impact our community to become a place where more and more people become more financially literate, improve their overall quality of life, increase productivity, positively impact national GDP and find overall life fulfilment.
That's not all.
EARN IN GEMS
As practical incentives, there are also opportunities to earn in our community. With Aza-Verified premium membership, you could write quality original articles for us - and earn up to 1000 AZA Gems per article. Our referral program equally allows you to earn good money as you refer new members to the community - earning a whopping 500 AZA Gems per 100 referrals. All these are rewarding perks. See the appropriate announcement topics.
Our eCurrency, the AZA Gem!
A community needs a useful means of exchange too. I introduce to you the Gem! It is our money on Azàland. With the gems, you get rewarded for virtually everything. It also is a way to put into practice the financial literacy knowledge you pick on our website: Saving, budgeting, investing and all. We even have the Aza Bank!
And, yes! You got 10 Gems welcome bonus. You should see it up there right now on the Gèms icon if you're logged in. Try and make more. And if you can reach 1000 Gems (that's equivalent of approx $10), just press the Withdraw button. Seriously.
I recommend the following important topics as starting points especially for fresh members:
1. The Azàland Membership Guide
2. How To Get Aza Verified On Azàland - In 2 Steps Only
3. Make Money: Join The Aza Referral System
4. Get Aza-Verified And Earn Up To USD10 Per Original Article
5. Introducing the Azà Gems - Prestigious Azàland eCurrency
6. What Is "Aza"? Why Azàland & Forums?
7. Welcome To Azàland! Please Introduce Yourself Here
See also the USEFUL LINKS section in the bottom of every page.
Feel free to participate actively in the community. Ask relevant questions, try and assist others by sharing your knowledge while answering their questions in the QA section, enjoy the articles and freely comment on them and also vote in the opinion polls.
Please invite your friends too. Together we can make this Hub a truly rewarding experience for everyone, and we will achieve our Vision and Mission.
HAVE FUN, STILL
While the topic of money is a crucial one, our community is still a fun ground as much as it aims to be highly educative to all. Join clubs and groups like the Book Club, Chess Club, CODM club, #StopGambling group and others. Collaborate and network with other members, build your online reputation, showcase your stuffs as expert, advertise your services and more. Enjoy Azaland.
A TIP OF THE ICEBERG
Azàland still has more in store for the community. Unveiling soon:
1. Weekly Debates (rewarding 5k, amazing!)
2. Azà Marketplace (Trade center)
3. Azà Learn - Azademy (showcasing our free and paid courses on personal financial literacy)
4. Podcasts and video contents
5. Launching of the $AZA (Aza Gems) token on the Blockchain (done).
6. And more, you bet.
Gratefully yours,
Jared G.
For Team Azàland.