About Course
Africa faces a significant infrastructure financing gap, with annual demand estimated at USD 130–170 billion and a shortfall of USD 67.6–107.5 billion. Traditional funding sources, such as government support, donor funding, and foreign direct investments, are increasingly unreliable, making project finance an essential tool for funding large-scale infrastructure projects.
Project finance, commonly used in energy, telecommunications, and transportation, relies on a project’s cash flow for debt repayment, with assets serving as collateral. This approach minimizes investment risks, raises low-cost finance, and avoids impacting sponsors’ balance sheets by utilizing a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).
Despite its benefits, project finance is complex, requiring extensive due diligence, stakeholder agreements, and the careful definition of roles and obligations, which can make the arrangement process time-consuming.
What is the objective of this course
This course provides participants with the knowledge, skills and techniques to appraise and structure project finance taking into consideration elements such as contractual agreements, technology, sponsors, risk identification and mitigation, sources of capital, financial structuring, accounting considerations, and tax considerations as well as environmental safeguards.
What is the course duration
17th February 2025 to 21st February 2025
What the Project Finance course entails
- Module 1: Introduction Project Finance
- Module 2: Managing Project Finance Cycle
- Module 3: Legal Considerations in Project Finance
- Module 4: Project Finance Risks and Mitigation
- Module 5: Structuring Project Financing
- Module 6: Project Finance Appraisal
- Module 7: Project Financing Modelling
- Module 8: Integrating Environmental and Social Safeguards in Project Financing
What you will learn
At the end of this course, participants will:
- Have a better and practical understanding of project finance principles and their benefits
- Be well prepared to leverage project finance for large-scale projects
- Gain a deeper understanding of how to evaluate and structure large-scale projects
- Learn how to build, interpret, and analyze financial models to evaluate project feasibility, cash flows, and risk-return profiles.
- Develop the ability to identify, allocate, and develop strategies to mitigate risks in complex projects
- Be able to work effectively with various stakeholders, such as project sponsors, lenders, contractors, and government representativesIncrease their knowledge in project finance and improve their chances of working in highly intensive large-scale, long-term infrastructure, industrial, and public service projects in various sectors.
Who can take the Project Finance course
The course targets staff of financial institutions, development finance institutions, construction companies, law firms, architectural and project management organizations who have
responsibility for investing, managing or analyzing project finance transactions and who are already actively involved in designing, introducing and managing implementation of large scale
development and infrastructure projects within their respective organizations. The course will be relevant for individuals and teams from the public sector, private sector, non-governmental
organizations as well as SMEs that are seeking to participate in the infrastructure and built environment sector.
Why You should take an Africa Trade Academy course
Our courses help you achieve fluency in the language of trade and trade related topics inthe context of Africa, drawing from international best practices and localizing it to African context.
The Academy provides participants to a wide range of current and emerging resources and best practices that complement your training experience.
Our courses are designed to be relevant to your professional development, helping you develop skills sets that can immediately be applied to your work.
Our courses help you build and sharpen the fundamental skills in trade and related topics which empowers you to become a competent professional in your chosen field.
Our faculty is made up of experts-from Africa-with diverse expertise in varied environments, and leadership experience, providing our participants with insightful knowledge, drawing from several years of both professional and academic experience.
Course Fees
GHC 3,000 per participant