Frictionless Markets™

Design business models that route around Africa’s payment, logistics, identity and regulatory bottlenecks.

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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

For founders whose product works but whose market keeps getting in the way. Frictionless Markets teaches founders to design business models that work around Africa’s infrastructure and regulatory bottlenecks rather than waiting for them to be fixed. It covers payment and settlement friction, logistics and address gaps, identity and verification constraints, connectivity assumptions and regulatory fragmentation as well as the model choices that route around each.

Who should apply

Founders

What you leave with

The model choices that route around payment, logistics, identity, connectivity and regulatory friction in African markets.

Where it can take you

Designing business models that work around infrastructure gaps
Handling payment, settlement and logistics friction
Navigating identity, connectivity and regulatory fragmentation

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. Frictionless Markets™ 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 designing business models that work around infrastructure gaps, handling payment, settlement and logistics friction, and navigating identity, connectivity and regulatory fragmentation. With the learner’s consent we will confirm enrollment, attendance and completion to you in writing at each stage.

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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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