The Challenge was run in conjunction with the Gauteng Department of Education and modelled on initiatives run by other central banks around the world, including the Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The aim of the challenge was threefold. Firstly, to increase understanding in South African schools of the role played by monetary policy and of economics.
Second, we must be cautious in assuming that more diversified and larger firms are inherently less risky. One of the ongoing challenges in the emerging world of high tech finance is risk management.