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Innovative Finance: Hacking finance to change the world

University of Cape Town

To address global poverty, this course empowers learners to develop innovative financing strategies for outcomes such as financial inclusion, access to energy, and education. Through real case studies, it covers due diligence, resource identification, partnership opportunities, and designing impactful finance strategies.

Key topics include:

  • Choosing issue areas and outcomes
  • Understanding challenges and roadblocks
  • Identifying resources and funders
  • Discovering opportunities through partnerships and business model innovation
  • Designing innovative finance strategies

By the end of the course, participants will have the knowledge and skills to leverage finance for social impact.

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Innovative Finance: Hacking finance to change the world
Course Modules

This course is divided into five modules, covering choosing issue areas, understanding challenges, identifying resources, discovering opportunities, and designing impactful finance strategies.

Choosing Your Issue Area

This module focuses on choosing issue areas and outcomes, introducing learners to the themes of impact such as financial inclusion, access to energy, and education. It also covers case studies and quizzes to reinforce learning.

Understanding Challenges and Roadblocks

In this module, learners delve into due diligence in their chosen issue areas, understanding challenges, and applying impact measurement techniques. Case studies and practice quizzes aid in practical application.

Identifying Resources

Week 3 is dedicated to identifying resources and funders, recognizing value, and understanding revenue streams and monetizing assets. The module includes case studies and practice quizzes for hands-on learning.

Discovering Opportunities

This module focuses on discovering opportunities through multi-stakeholder partnerships, business model innovation, and risk assessment. It also includes case studies and quizzes for practical application of concepts.

Designing for Impact

The final module guides learners through the innovative finance process, using case studies to illustrate impactful finance strategies. It culminates in the design of an innovative finance strategy and a multiple-choice quiz.

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