The MAIA Winners 2024
What a tough job our 21 expert judges had this year: we received almost 200 entries from 35 countries.
Once our selection committee had filtered this down to 108 finalists, it became the judging panel’s job to select the winners, runners-up and special commendations across 16 different categories.
After a month of deliberation and note-taking, we have the final selection: 17 winners, 15 runners-up and 15 special commendations. That’s nine more awardees than last year – the level just keeps getting higher and higher!
Once again, the Best Book category was so strong that we had a tie, and we are proud to announce the first ever winner of the Best Blockchain and Crypto Education category.
We want to congratulate everyone who took part, the winners, runners-up, special commendations and finalists. Even the entrants who didn’t quite make the cut to be seen by the judges this time around… maybe next year.
Every year we see more entries, we become prouder of the work this community – spread out across the whole world – is doing to help “make money better”.
Thank you!
Special Commendation: Financial Socialization and the Gender Investment Gap by Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi
Winner: Kids Ain’t Cheap by Ana Kresina from Australia
Winner: Money on Your Mind: The Psychology Behind Your Financial Habits by Vicky Reynal from the UK
Runner-up: The Financial Empowerment Handbook by David G Gatchell
Special Commendation: Wellness Financiero by Jordi Martínez-Llorente and Vicenç Yll Escot
Winner: Wealthbrite by Carla Hoppe from the UK
Runner-up: Metamorphosis by Ilene Slatko from the USA
Special Commendation: Money Masters App
Winner: Squirrel Education from the United Arab Emirates
Runner-up: Mandy Money High School Program from Australia
Special Commendation: FinCHAMPS by BrightCHAMPS
Winner: Future Ready Financial Micro-credentials by Project Ikuna from New Zealand
Runner-up: The Bright Futures Program by ideo.org in Viet Nam
Special Commendation: Financial Education Training in ‘Step into Employment – Support and Integration Centre for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland” run by Foundation Innovation and Knowledge
Runner-up: Gifting Sense by Karen Holland from Canada
Special Commendation: Finch – Financial Intelligence Curriculum for High School from Indonesia
Winner: MADCash from Malaysia
Runner-up: Women’s Money Matters from the USA
Special Commendation: GAIN Girls Are Investors from the UK