AFC develops an interactive e-course on agri-finance

In the course of 2021, AFC developed the e-course “Introduction to Agricultural Finance for Bankers”.

The interactive e-learning course targets loan officers of commercial banks and microfinance institutions in East Africa, who want to be equipped with the basic principles of agricultural finance and its operational approaches.

The course includes a custom-designed online platform, alternating unique video content with infographics, interactions, text elements and complementing reading material. The total duration of the course counts less than 10 hours. After successfully passing the quiz that captures material from all four learning modules, participants will obtain a certificate.

Looking forward to seeing you and/or your colleagues taking part, too!

The main topics of the four e-course modules:

Introduction to the agricultural & agribusiness sector

Agricultural value chains, actors within the value chain, and their financial needs.

Risk management

Individual credit risks, loan portfolio risks, environmental and social risks, and the best ways to manage these risks.

Credit management

The full lending cycle with particular attention to the appraisal phase of potential clients.

Financial products & innovations in agricultural finance Loans and insurance products, innovations such as agricultural value chain finance, warehouse receipt finance and digital financial services.

Within the e-learning course, participants learn to:

1. Identify promising business opportunities in the agriculture and agribusiness sector; 2. Assess and manage risks for individual borrowers and the loan portfolio as a whole; 3. Conduct the steps of the credit cycle; 4. Recommend the most suitable product to an agri-client.

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