Alumni

How to Join the Alumni Programme

Are you interested in partnering with WageWise to empower your employees with financial knowledge and skills to improve their financial wellbeing? Here we cover what employers need to do to join the programme as well as what we expect from employees and how the implementation of the workshops are managed.

How do employers get involved?

The WageWise programme is a programme that engages employers, employees and WageWise. Below we outline the roles and responsibilities of the role players to enable successful implementation.

Employers need to

  • Identify suitable employees who meet the required profile to participate in the WageWise workshops.
  • Advertise the workshops using internal communications platforms.
  • Release their employees from business to attend the workshop.
  • Provide a suitable venue at the worksite that can accommodate the participants.
  • Incorporate the WageWise programme into their human resources (HR) training or induction programmes.
  • Sign verification forms after the workshops to confirm the details.

What is expected of employees?

  • Attend the workshop, arrive on time and stay for the duration of the workshop.
  • Complete a registration intake form with their particulars and demographic information.
  • Complete programme surveys or participate in telephonic or SMS/email surveys for programme evaluation and monitoring purposes.
  • Complete the workshop and post workshop modules to benefit fully from this financial education training.

Who takes care of the organisational details of the workshops?

  • Grounded Media as the WageWise implementation partner provides an experienced facilitator who can speak the local languages.
  • They provide all workshop material and stationery for participants.
  • Light, pre-packed refreshments will be provided for workshops participants.
  • Grounded Media uploads participants onto the electronic database after the workshops for more content to be shared via SMS.
  • (All participant data is handled with confidentiality and in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act)

The Impact of Alumni

Since WageWise was launched in 2015, 102 665 employees have been trained across South Africa. The programme is renowned for its tried and tested approach to financial literacy training which is based on robust monitoring and evaluation insights.

Shifting the financial behaviour of employees

WageWise has reached over 102 000 employees across South Africa and the programme is driving sustainable financial management behaviour change.

View Impact

WageWise participants report shifts in behaviour.

felt WageWise helped improve the management of their finances
99%
drawing up a budget in the last month
89%
reported saving in the last month
78%

We empower vulnerable communities through free, unbiased financial education, fostering economic inclusion and breaking generational poverty.