Manage your money
Understand income, spending, saving, credit and the choices competing for limited cash.
Built for South African students
Feel more confident about money.
StudyVest helps you manage everyday money, understand investing, avoid scams and prepare for your first salary—with free learning and practical tools you can use at your own pace.
Free to start. No card required. Education, not personalised financial advice.
Always free to startUseful lessons and tools before any upgrade.
South Africa-firstRand examples and student-relevant context.
No hype or signalsClear education, evidence and responsible boundaries.
What StudyVest helps you do
Build capability for real financial decisions.
Start with what matters now. StudyVest explains the language, shows the trade-offs and gives you a safe place to practise.
Understand investing
Learn risk, diversification, ETFs, fees and time horizons before choosing a product.
Protect yourself
Recognise pressure tactics, guaranteed-return claims and the warning signs of financial scams.
Prepare for a first salary
Think through take-home pay, benefits, family responsibilities and lifestyle inflation.
Understand markets
Follow economic and market news in plain language without turning every headline into a trade.
Build long-term habits
Use goals, consistent contributions and regular review to make progress over time.
Substantial value for free
Learn first. Upgrade only when you want more depth.
A free account saves your progress across devices and gives you one clear place to continue learning.
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LStructured learningFour courses and 36 lessons covering money, investing, wealth and scam awareness.→TPractical toolsExplore budgets, compound growth, inflation and financial goals.→OOpportunitiesBrowse curated opportunities selected by StudyVest.→AStudent money guidesPlain-language help for first salaries, credit, family support and investing basics.→WWeekly DebriefThe week in markets, explained clearly for students.→✓Saved account progressContinue your learning across devices and track completion.→
Your learning journey
Start with the basics. Build toward the bigger picture.
Money basics
Build a workable foundation for everyday decisions.
Protect your money
Learn to slow down, verify and spot manipulation.
Understand investing
Connect goals, risk, costs and time.
Build long-term wealth
Turn knowledge into repeatable financial habits.
Tools for the decision in front of you
Practise the problem—not just the formula.
StudyVest tools help you test assumptions and understand trade-offs. They do not tell you what to buy.
Plan everyday money
Build a budget, test a savings goal and see how inflation changes future costs.
- Student budget
- Savings goal
- Inflation calculator
Think in years, not hype
Explore compound growth and global-market scenarios while keeping assumptions visible.
- Compound-growth calculator
- Contribution scenarios
- Global returns and currency
Weekly Debrief
Financial news without the trading-terminal feeling.
Understand what happened, why it matters and what a student can learn from it. StudyVest shows sources and keeps uncertainty visible.
Open Weekly Market DebriefRead the context, not only the headline.
South Africa firstRand, rates and the economy
Africa and the worldRelevant international context
Sources visibleCheck the original reporting
StudyVest Pro
Go deeper when the decisions get more complex.
Free StudyVest teaches the foundations. Pro adds applied learning, deeper planning, research frameworks and career-linked money tools.
R45 / monthR450 / year
Explore StudyVest ProLearn by doing
Use applied paths, cases, checks and challenges.
Plan important decisions
Practise first-salary, goals, retirement and financial-roadmap scenarios.
Research more carefully
Use evidence-first company, ETF and savings research frameworks.
Connect money and career
Explore profession-specific financial questions through Career Money.
StudyVest Campus
Financial capability for university programmes.
Campus helps institutions present financial education, plan relevant student programmes and review aggregate learning outcomes. It is separate from individual StudyVest Pro membership.
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Trust and responsibility
Education should make uncertainty clearer—not hide it.
Financial education, not personal advice
StudyVest does not provide trading signals, guaranteed returns or personalised financial recommendations.
How StudyVest teaches →Sources and corrections matter
Editorial and market content should show where information came from and how material corrections are handled.
Editorial approach →Your information deserves care
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Build financial confidence one clear lesson at a time.
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