Ghanaian students learn to write their first wills
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Final-year banking and finance students at the University of Professional Studies, Accra, learned to write their first wills during a practical exercise. The initiative was part of a national conference on estate-planning awareness organised in 2026 by the African Centre for Financial Literacy Education and the university, reports MyJoyOnline.
Final-year banking and finance students at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), wrote their first wills during a practical exercise organised as part of a conference on estate planning. The initiative aims to familiarise young people with wealth transfer, reports MyJoyOnline.
The exercise took place during the fifth national conference on awareness of estate planning and giving, organised by the Centre for Financial Literacy Education in Africa (CFLE Africa) with UPSA’s Faculty of Accounting and Finance. Lawyer Benjamin Kodwo Agyare guided the students in identifying their assets, choosing beneficiaries and expressing their wishes.
CFLE Africa executive director Peter Asare Nyarko advocated financial education encompassing the protection and transfer of wealth, beyond income, savings and investments. The exercise also aims to challenge the idea that only elderly or wealthy people need a will.
Participants discussed the need to review an estate plan when personal circumstances change, particularly after marriage, the birth of children, the purchase of property or the creation of a business.
