At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate good understanding and knowledge in Project Preparation and implementation,
• Good understanding of SDG projects and national development priorities,
• Enhanced skill in project/SME lending, financing and structuring of finance for projects,
• Improve skills in  risk-based project/credit assessment,
• Scale-up leadership and people management skill.
• Ability to nurture and Micro, Small and Medium businesses , and manage entrepreneurs.

The training module is structured as follows:

• Current Trends in Development Banking and Finance Landscape in Africa
• Introduction to Project Preparation and Implementation
• Intro to Risk-based Project/Credit Assessment and Risk Management
• Entrepreneurship Development and Managing Small Business
• Project Funding Options for DFIs
• Financial Modeling II
• Issues in Credit-Project Appraisal
• Intro to Monitoring & Evaluation – Measuring Development Impact
• Loan/Credit Recovery
• Corporate Governance and Leadership
• Credit Scoring and Rating for SMEs
• Case studies
• End of program assessment

The faculty members are experts with hands-on experience in development banking and finance operations..

a. The PCP in Development Finance will be administered by the AADFI Directorate. The faculty team is made of professionals with in-depth knowledge in development banking and finance operations.

b. AADFI training activities are governed by a set of rules to facilitate maximum learning and foster good relations among participants, instructors and Programme Directorate. Below are the relevant extracts of the rules for this workshop:

i. Nomination of a candidate is deemed to imply his/her readiness to comply with the advice of the instructors and the Programme Directorate.

ii. Participants are expected to attend all sessions, including group meetings, promptly and regularly.