Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, a top-ranked German business school, offers a broad range of executive education programmes. Cutting edge insights on leadership, strategy, banking and finance are available as high-level classroom training in Frankfurt or flexible and affordable e-learning courses completely online.
The online programmes are offered through Frankfurt School Development Finance e-Campus. The following 6 month Certified Expert online courses start on March 1st , 2017:
- Microfinance
- Islamic Microfinance
- Microinsurance
- SME Finance
- Risk Management
- Financial & Managerial Accounting
- Climate & Renewable Energy Finance
- Climate Adaptation Finance
Frankfurt School also offers an academic online programme, the Online Master of Leadership in Development Finance (starting on September 1st, 2017). This degree programme focuses on the financial industry and provides an excellent understanding of the major competitive and management challenges in this sector. The Online Master of Leadership in Development Finance (MA) is exclusively tailored to the needs of working professionals and prepares the next generation of financial leaders who will embrace the complex inter-dependencies of financial markets in a responsible and proactive way in the near future.
For more information on Frankfurt School’s programmes, please have a look at the attached brochures or visit one of the following websites or contact us:
Frankfurt School Development Finance e-campus (certification courses):
Online Master of Leadership in Development Finance:
www.frankfurt-school.de/online-master
BUILDING TOMORROW’S AFRICA TODAY:
Financing Infrastructure in the World’s Final Frontier Market’
The second edition of AFC Live also comes at a time of great global changes and shifting priorities. The time for fresh strategies is now. The event will provide an invaluable platform to public and private sector players to convene, interact, exchange inside knowledge, view opportunities, review recent success stories, study innovative solutions and chart the way forward.
If you are involved in any capacity in the African infrastructure space, you cannot afford to miss this unique opportunity.
AFC Live 2017 announcement by Andrew Alli
As this is the only conference on African infrastructure being organised by an active and key player in the sector, the focus will be on finding practical, business-oriented solutions to Africa’s infrastructure challenges.
The theme of the Summit, Building Tomorrow’s Africa Today, is a call to the public and a private sectors African as well as foreign – to intensify efforts and work out practical solutions, such as how to scale up and fast-track investment, reduce lead times and ensure healthy returns on investment in order to build the Africa we want.
A clear case of doing well while doing good.
According to the recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance report, India is making strides in the clean energy targets and is on track to install 10GW of renewables per year from 2017. Tata Power has announced to invest in renewable plants in India as it plans to increase its clean energy footprint to 30-40 per cent by 2025.
There has never been a more exciting time to be part of India’s power sector.
Under the Patronage of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy World India will bring together industry experts to exchange knowledge and showcase new renewable energy technology developments that will ultimately help transform India’s power generation system into one that is low carbon.
IRENA predicts that India will become world’s 4th largest renewables consumer by 2030, so now is the time to make important business connections in this market. Renewable Energy World India will provide the opportunity to make long-lasting business connections with high-level dignitaries, officials and executive management from government, utilities and private enterprises from India and around the world.
Renewable Energy World India will become the leading platform for professionals to share ideas to promote and support the greater use of renewables in India’s power generation mix. To learn more about participating as a delegate, visitor or exhibitor, please visit www.renewableenergyworldindia.com
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of India have pledged to make the Bank Group’s 2017 Annual Meetings a resounding success. The Meetings are scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, the capital of the state of Gujarat, from May 22-26, 2017.
The commitment followed a Memorandum of Understanding endorsed by both parties on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at the end of the Bank’s first Annual Meetings Preparatory mission to assess facilities and logistics for the event in Ahmedabad.
“For us this is a special moment. It officially kick-starts preparations for the 2017 Annual Meetings and underscores the growing cooperation between the Bank and India in particular, and between India and Africa in general,” AfDB Secretary-General, Vincent Nmehielle, said after he signed the MOU on behalf of President Akinwumi Adesina.
The Meetings, taking place on the heels of the India-Africa Summit held in New Delhi last year, would further boost the long-standing economic cooperation between the two sides and open up new avenues for fruitful business engagements between them, he added.
The Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Bandana Preyashi, who signed on behalf of the Finance Secretary, said that the Government and people of India highly appreciate the opportunity they have been given to host the Bank’s most important annual event.
The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.
About Innovate4Climate Finance and Markets Week
The first “Innovate4Climate Finance and Markets Week” will take place at the Palau de Congressos in Barcelona, from May 22 to 25. The Conference is designed to be the premier global platform that brings together public and private sectors on climate financing and investment, new business models for emerging products and technologies, and new financial instruments and markets. The event has been organized with the support of the governments of Spain and Germany, and with the collaboration of FIRA Barcelona, the World Bank Group, IETA and Climate Action.
Useful links: Innovate4Climate website | Media page | Summit program | Workshops & Side Events program
Digital Enterprise Show (DES2017) is the major event on Digital Transformation in the world. It is an annual exhibition and congress visited by over 18.000 C-level executives from 49 countries, over 450 speakers from all over the world and almost 60 public and government institutions who come to Madrid to discuss how the digital changes the business, to acquire the crucial knowledge, skills and solutions to shape their industries’ future.
DES is a platform, where the synergy between knowledge and experience is achieved, where the new ways of making business, implementing new solutions and ideas arise. The innovation and disruption become the air, which our visitors breathe for the three days of this international gathering.
The vital part of DES, besides the Expo Zone with over 300 exhibitors, which promises extensive lead generation and networking possibilities; is the Digital Business World Congress, with success stories, new business models, leadership and engagement strategies divided by 12 vertical forums focused on the impact of technology by industry, such as Banking, Retail, FMCG, Automotive, Cities, Tourism, Health, among many others.
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The Africa Construction Summit 2017 taking place on the May 30th & 31st at Sofitel, Munich. It provides a unique opportunity to meet in Europe with hundreds of construction leaders and ‘movers & shakers’ from across all 4 corners of Africa.
The Africa Construction Summit is the largest-ever African infrastructure & construction event in Europe and features: an Exhibition (50 booths), a Conference, Meet the Buyer sessions & One-to-One Meetings, plus extensive levels of network in a prestigious 5-star venue.
- Attended by hundreds of senior level delegates from Africa´s construction industry (government, contractors, developers and more)
- Featuring 50+ booth exhibition
- A multi-streamed conference covering the latest projects and opportunities in Africa
- `Meet the Buyer` sessions and one-to-one meetings providing the opportunity to meet and do business with buyers
- Extensive networking opportunities with Africa´s infrastructure and construction
Conference Highlights
- Presentations & briefing sessions from African government ministries about forthcoming infrastructure & construction projects.
- Panel Discussions of contractors about their strategies for Africa
- Round-table discussions with the project developers of a wide range of large-scale infrastructure & construction projects
- Detailed insight into all the latest infrastructure opportunities in Africa (covering all of north, south, east and west Africa)
- Presentations & panel discussions of investors, contractors, developers, architects and government into opportunities in African infrastructure & construction
Area covered – East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, Infrastructure, Residential and Commercial Construction.
For more information on the event email kaltrina@oliverkinross.com. Visit our website www.africaconstructionsummit.com
What to expect in 2017
The Responsible Business Summit is Europe’s leading CSR and Communications conference. It brings together the leading minds in responsible business to debate the key issues and opportunities in responsible and sustainable business. Take a look at why you need to attend the 2017 event…
2017’s Top Issues:
The Responsible Business Summit EU is bringing the best, most innovative and inspiring brands in responsible business together, with a focus on ‘Social Purpose and quantified Impact’. Some of the sessions taking place at #RBS EU include:
- Social Purpose Keynote: It’s all about Social Purpose and Impact now with Dell and Rockwool
- The challenge of hard data and data comparability – What does real impact look like? with McDonalds
- UN-Award Winning case study – How Walgreens Boots Alliance has successfully integrated SDGs into business operations with Walgreens Boots Alliance
- How to generate real enthusiasm for sustainability across the workforce…whilst adding to complexity and expectation! with Unilever
- How Vodafone leverages the growth of corporate transparency to restore trust between company and public with Vodafone
View full agenda here.
The Africa Energy Forum (AEF) is the global investment meeting for Africa’s power, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. Nineteen years in the running, AEF brings together senior-level representatives from governments, utilities, regulators, power developers, financial institutions, technology providers, consultants, law firms and large energy consumers to form partnerships, identify opportunities and collectively move the industry forward. AEF has a loyal following of credible players working in the power space, and a track record of delivering a valuable networking experience.
The 19th AEF will be hosted in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2017 to capitalise on the wealth of Nordic companies investing into Africa’s power sector. Undoubtedly the most respected and established gathering of power players, the Africa Energy Forum is the global investment meeting for Africa’s power, energy, infrastructure & industrial sectors.
Five major deals and mergers took place onsite at AEF 2016, indicating the market position of AEF as a legitimate deal-making platform. Such activities also demonstrate the real achievements of our partners working on the continent over the last decade, as more and more projects reach financial close and begin to light up homes across the continent. For more information please contact AEF@energynet.co.uk