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Program overview
Diversified Financing for Cooperatives
Raise capital beyond member shares and bank loans through blended finance, SPVs and cooperative bonds.
Overview
Key facts
- Qualification
- Intensive Professional Course
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Entry requirement
- Open entry
- Format
- Hybrid
- Credential
- Certificate
- Accreditation
- Credence Institute certification
About this program
Diversified Financing for Cooperatives teaches cooperative CEOs, CFOs, and investment committees how to raise capital beyond member shares and bank loans. Participants structure blended finance vehicles, SPVs, leasing models, cooperative bonds and commercial paper, then pitch a Capital Mobilisation Strategy to a live panel of DFI representatives, impact investors and capital market regulators. Casework draws on real transactions from African agricoops, housing unions, and SACCOs. Graduates earn the Certificate in Cooperative Capital Diversification and leave with investor feedback and a fundable roadmap.
(opens full size in a new tab)Who should apply
- Cooperative and SACCO CEOs
- Board and investment committee members
- CFOs, finance and strategy officers
- Apex federation and regulatory leaders
- Cooperative development practitioners
What you leave with
A pitched Capital Mobilisation Strategy, investor feedback, a fundable roadmap and the Certificate in Cooperative Capital Diversification.
Where it can take you
- Raising capital beyond member shares and bank loans
- Structuring blended finance vehicles, SPVs, leasing models and cooperative bonds
- Pitching to DFIs, impact investors and capital market regulators
The award
On passing the assessment you receive a certificate for this Intensive Professional Course program. Verification arrangements for this program are stated at enrollment. Issued under Credence Institute certification.
Who teaches it
If you want to know who leads this program before you apply, ask us and we will tell you.
Paying for someone else?
If you are funding someone else’s studies, here is what you are paying for. Diversified Financing for Cooperatives is an Intensive Professional Course program taking 6 weeks, examined and credentialed, and issued with a certificate that any employer can verify publicly at any time. It prepares the learner for raising capital beyond member shares and bank loans, structuring blended finance vehicles, SPVs, leasing models and cooperative bonds, and pitching to DFIs, impact investors and capital market regulators. With the learner’s consent we will confirm enrollment, attendance and completion to you in writing at each stage.
Intakes
Next intakes
Dates for the next cohorts are being confirmed. An advisor can tell you when this program next runs, and put you on the list for it.
Ask an advisor about datesFees and payment
Multiple payment options are available, with installments on programs of six weeks and longer. Employers can be invoiced directly against a purchase order or a letter of undertaking.
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