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🇿🇦 A Historic Achievement for South Africa at the International Olympiad on Financial Security!

🗓 From 27 September to 2 October 2026, Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk hosted the finals of the VI International Olympiad on Financial Security, bringing together young people from more than 40 countries.

🌍 The Olympiad offers students opportunities to win prizes, secure internships and receive scholarships to study in Russia, while developing their knowledge of financial security and connecting with peers from around the world.

For the 5th time in raw, South Africa was represented by nine students from the University of South Africa (#UNISA), one from the University of Limpopo and three schoolchildren.

🏆 Making history in the country’s five years of participation, three South African students became prize winners for the first time:

👏 Thato Mabaso, University of South Africa;
👏 Faith Makhubedu, University of South Africa;
👏 Potego Kodibona, University of Limpopo.

🎉 Congratulations to all South African participants on this historic achievement!

📣 Applications for the next edition will open in February 2027. South African students, stay tuned and take your chance to participate!

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