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What credit is

Discover what credit is and why it matters for your financial safety and decisions.

In this lesson

What credit is is part of Credit Fundamentals. This preview shows how credit-debt connects to everyday family decisions such as earning, saving, spending choices, goals, approvals, or parent-guided money conversations inside Progress Penguin.

Today’s money mission

You want to buy a ₦200,000 laptop now but only have ₦50,000. A lender says: "We'll pay — you repay over 6 months." That's credit. What's the catch?

How it works

Credit = borrowing money with a promise to repay later.

Apply it to a real decision

Real-life money moment: Adaeze borrows ₦50,000 at 15% annual interest to buy stock for her business. She repays ₦57,500 total. The ₦7,500 interest is the cost of using money that wasn't hers yet.

Activity preview

Connect the ideas

Use the lesson to complete this short practice activity.

Quiz preview

Credit is best described as:

Free money given the circumstances
A type of tax when planning ahead
A bank fee in practical terms
Borrowing now with promise to repay

You borrow 50000 in local currency to buy a laptop. You repay 62000 in local currency over 12 months. What was the cost of the credit?

50000 in local currency — just the principal
12000 in local currency — the difference between repaid and borrowed amount
62000 in local currency — the full repayment
0 in local currency — credit is free if you repay