Money skills you can practise before life charges for the lessons
Katlego Students is a life simulation for South African students. Build a character, give them a real goal, and steer them through allowance days, taxi fare hikes, tempting store cards and family calls. Every decision teaches something real, and nothing touches your real money.
A closed simulation, on purpose
The game never connects to a real bank account, credit record or wallet. Your character takes the risks. You keep the lessons.
Live a financial life in fast forward
Months pass in minutes. Allowances land, expenses bite, emergencies strike, and your character's choices add up in front of you.
Watch goals get built, brick by brick
Every goal grows as a scene: a house rises from its foundation, an emergency jar fills. Setbacks wind the scene backward, and good months build it up again.
Buy a module, keep it forever
Each module is a complete story you buy once and play at your own pace: Banking, Budgeting, Saving, Credit and more. Every one ends with a real take-home tool you will actually use.
Certificates employers can verify
Every completed module earns a Katlego Finance certificate with a public verification link, ready for a CV.
How it works
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Build a character
Pick an archetype or set your own numbers: allowance, costs and side income.
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Set their goal
A first home, a car, an emergency fund. Pick a target amount and a date, or upload a photo of the real thing.
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Pick your modules
Banking and Accounts is free to try. Buy the modules you want, once each, and play them at your own pace.
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Keep what you build
Finish a module and walk away with a personalised workbook and a certificate anyone can verify online.
Start with the free module today
Banking and Accounts is free to play once, take-home workbook and certificate included. No subscription, ever: just buy the modules you want.
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