Postgraduate Diploma in Development Finance

Foregrounding the need for sustainability and system resilience, the course provides an introduction to banking and finance in emerging markets. It covers the economics of banking, important regulatory frameworks, critical risk identification and measurement tools, and the impact of technology and digital transformation on the sector.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of key environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges affecting businesses and financial institutions, and unpacks how financial actors integrate ESG factors into their products, investments, and decision-making processes. The course discusses the growing materiality of ESG factors, the evolving regulatory landscape, and how to align finance with an inclusive and decarbonised development pathway.

This course provides an understanding of the fundamentals of risk management specific to development finance institutions (DFIs), covering risk identification, measurement, monitoring, and sustainability. It focuses on issues relating to the operational risk within the DFI space and provide a qualitative introduction to the risk factors that impacts on the sustainability of DFIs in delivering on their mandate. The course aims to provide a highly accessible guide to the practices and procedures for risk management of DFIs in emerging economies.

This course provides a foundational knowledge on how to design and implementation public private partnerships (PPPs) in the context of finance for development. It exposes students to the principles of PPPs and the challenges involved in implementing these partnerships, and explores key questions linked to making these partnerships as successful development tools. The focus is on collaborative partnerships that aim to tackle complex societal and development challenges.

This course explores how to use trade finance to support sustainable trade and economic resilience. It provides an understanding of trade finance products, principles, challenges, opportunities and gaps for the African continent. It adopts a systematic approach to the assessment and management of risks in international trade, considers the evolving regulatory environment, and discusses the techniques used to mitigate and/or transfer risks between the parties involved in trade transactions.