Course objective:

This course for MFIs will provide participants with an understanding of the overall management regimes and tools used by MFIs, what they mean, and how they can be used to keep track and manage of an institution’s financial performance over time.

Course audience:

Management and officers of micro-finance institutions, finance managers and credit officers.

Course Contents:

• Microfinance Methodologies and Management regimes
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Instruments
• Funding Sources
• Internal Control and Fraud Prevention
• Risk Management
• Ownership and Governance
• Performance Monitoring and Reporting
• Policy, Regulation and Supervision
• Social and Environmental Issues
• Strategic Partnerships
• Successful Microcredit Models
• Sustainability of Microcredit
• Women Empowerment and Microfinance
• Youth Employment and Microfinance
• Microfinance and Agriculture
• Microfinance and Microenterprise