Expanding to Africa Start Here™

Enter African markets with the right market selection, entry structure and regulatory setup, and avoid expensive first mistakes.

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Overview

Key facts

Qualification: Executive Education
Duration: 8 weeks
Entry requirement: Open entry

Format: Hybrid
Credential: Certificate
Accreditation: Credence Institute certification

About this program

Expanding to Africa? Start Here is the orientation course for investors and companies entering African markets for the first time. It covers market selection and the data that should drive it, regulatory and entity setup, the real cost of market entry, partner versus subsidiary routes, talent and hiring, repatriation and forex and the assumptions that most often prove wrong. Designed to prevent expensive first mistakes rather than to sell optimism.

Who should apply

Investors
Companies entering African markets for the first time

What you leave with

A clear view of market selection, the real cost of entry, regulatory setup and the assumptions that most often prove wrong.

Where it can take you

Choosing African markets using data
Setting up the regulatory and legal entity for market entry
Choosing between partner and subsidiary routes

The award

On passing the assessment you receive a certificate for this Executive Education program. Verification arrangements for this program are stated at enrollment. Issued under Credence Institute certification.

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Who teaches it

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Admissions and entry requirements

Open entry.

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If you are funding someone else’s studies, here is what you are paying for. Expanding to Africa Start Here™ is an Executive Education program taking 8 weeks, examined and credentialed, and issued with a certificate that any employer can verify publicly at any time. It prepares the learner for Choosing African markets using data, setting up the regulatory and legal entity for market entry, and choosing between partner and subsidiary routes. With the learner’s consent we will confirm enrollment, attendance and completion to you in writing at each stage.

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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.

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Fees 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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