Learn Smart Money Habits
Pollen is a financial literacy app for young kids and young adults.
Conceived to bring financial literacy to the next generation of Africans so as to inculcate in them smart money habits right from their early years.
the problem
The World Bank data had shown that four in every ten Nigerians live below the poverty line of $1.9 per day. This statistics isn’t helped by the literacy rate in the country which currently stands at the 31%. All of this put together has rendered the country and continent continually poor in comparison to the prevailing global standard.
the solution
Pollen is a financial literacy app for young kids and young adults. It helps children aged 13-21 learn about basic financial concepts in a gamified manner. With the mobile app and a few minutes a day, kids can listen to, watch or read a set of courses and answer a set of questions in text and audio form. They then get rewards as they complete milestones and interact with the application more.
different Users and their Goals
Teenagers
Teenagers needs a platform that can begin to introduce them to the foundational financial principles in an engaging and immersive way.
Parents
Parents wish for their wards to be exposed to ways to grow and build wealth. They want to do all they can to encourage them on this path.
Onboarding
Dashboard
The user is able to see a snapshot of the total amount he has earned on the app so far from quizzes and tasks completed.
A list of featured courses are shown on the dashboard in a horizontal scroll for ease of use.
This card shows the courses the user is currently taking, how many other people are taking the course too. Simply tapping on it gives the user access to the course.
These set of cards gives the user an overview of the modules available for the week.
All Courses
The courses and modules were set to appeal to every kind of learner - there are audio, video, and textual form of content just so everyone is carried along.
Tasks
The task feature is a gamification technique where the teenager can request for loans that will be approved by the parents. The catch is that the parent must set some paid tasks for them to do.
Reflection
The project is literally me using my skill for the economic growth of my country. I’m glad I was able to work on the project with the owners. It’s currently is production. I can’t wait for the disruption that will happen in that space in the coming months.
