Master of Commerce Degree in Development Finance (MDevFin) Info Session
Join us for an information session webinar about the Master of Commerce degree in Development Finance (MDevFin) at the UCT Graduate School of Business.
Event information
The Master of Commerce Degree in Development Finance (MDevFin) programme offered by the Development Finance Centre (DEFIC) is designed to build capacity on how to design innovative financial instruments and the approaches to incorporating responsible investment strategies in the allocation of funds for impact and sustainability. This is achieved through a blend of traditional lecture sessions with case studies and interaction with professional experts from development finance institutions, public and private sector actors throughout Africa.
MCOM gives you the practical know-how to turn your ideas into long-term development solutions that improve lives, uplift communities and place Africa on the global stage.
You don’t need to be working in a development finance institution to benefit from this degree. Development finance skills are also widely used by people in other contexts including banking and financial services.
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Speakers
Latif Alhassan
Director: MDevFin
Latif Alhassan (PhD) is a Professor in Development Finance and Insurance at the Development Finance Centre (DEFIC), UCT GSB. He teaches research methodology and banking and finance in emerging markets courses on the Master of Commerce and Postgraduate Diploma in Development Finance programmes respectively. He is the Head of Minor Dissertation for students during the research year of the programme. Within the UCT GSB, he chairs the Postgraduate Committee (PGC) and is a member of the University Panel on Responsible Investments (UPRI) and the Board for Graduate Studies (BfGS).
Alhassan has published 29 peer reviewed journal articles (end of 2020) on the industrial organisation of the financial services industry covering firm behaviour (performance, efficiency, competition, and stability), operational and regulatory environment in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Mauritius, and efficiency and financial sustainability of farmer cooperatives in Eswatini. He is an ad hoc referee for several international journals, and external examiner for masters and Ph.D. theses in and outside South Africa.
Alhassan previously managed a capacity building programme on farmer-based organisations, selected African countries for the Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA), and has consulting experience in studies on informal cross-border trade and the enabling youth employment index in Africa for the Afreximbank and the African Development bank.