Financial Literacy Initiative Faces Backlash as Workers Go Two Months Without Pay

Several affected parties involved in a financial literacy project under the Pan-African Center for Strategic Development (PACSDEV) are raising alarm over unpaid wages and unfair treatment. Workers at a Pan-African Center for Strategic Development (PACSDEV) initiative share concerns over delayed payments, unreasonable targets, and threats of dismissal, calling for intervention. The project, known as DIGIFLME, aims to mobilize and train women on financial literacy but complaints have surfaced about the organization withholding pay for up to two months. According to multiple sources, employees have been subjected to unreasonable demands, including high targets and threats of dismissal when they inquire about their unpaid wages.

"Hello Cyprian. Kindly hide my ID. Kuna this company inaitwa Pan-African Center for Strategic Development yenye imewahi contract ya kumobilize and train women on Financial Literacy under product called DIGIFLME. The project is generally good but now these guys wameamua kukatalia Doo zetu. It's two months now with no pay. Na ukiuliza they threaten to dismiss you. On top of that wanakukaza na crazy targets. Kindly help raise alarm. We are being used vibaya sana."

A growing number of participants have started formally exiting the project, pointing to unresolved grievances and a lack of accountability and signalling a widening sense of betrayal among workers despite the initiative’s seemingly noble objectives.