| Location | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Upcoming Schedules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi, Kenya | 5 Days | KES 115,000 | USD 1,500 | Enroll |
| Kigali, Rwanda | 5 Days | USD 1,900 | USD 1,900 | Enroll |
| Kampala, Uganda | 5 Days | USD 1,900 | USD 1,900 | Enroll |
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 5 Days | USD 2,000 | USD 2,000 | Enroll |
| Dubai, UAE | 5 Days | USD 3,900 | USD 3,900 | Enroll |
| Abuja, Nigeria | 5 Days | USD 4,000 | USD 4,000 | Enroll |
| Accra, Ghana | 5 Days | USD 4,000 | USD 4,000 | Enroll |
| Pretoria, South Africa | 5 Days | USD 3,900 | USD 3,900 | Enroll |
| Start & End Date | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Enroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14āSep 22, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Sep 28āOct 06, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Oct 12āOct 20, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Oct 26āNov 03, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Nov 09āNov 17, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Nov 23āDec 01, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Dec 07āDec 15, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Dec 21āDec 29, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jan 04āJan 12, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jan 18āJan 26, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Feb 01āFeb 09, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Feb 15āFeb 23, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 01āMar 09, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 15āMar 23, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 29āApr 06, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Apr 12āApr 20, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Apr 26āMay 04, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| May 10āMay 18, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| May 24āJun 01, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jun 07āJun 15, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jun 21āJun 29, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jul 05āJul 13, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jul 19āJul 27, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Aug 02āAug 10, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
About the Course
Development finance institutions, donors and impact investors increasingly channel blended finance through commercial banks, yet many banks lack the structuring and reporting skills to access these resources.
This programme covers development and blended finance instruments, DFI/donor partnership structuring, impact measurement and reporting, and guarantee mechanisms.
Participants leave with a blended finance structuring template and an impact reporting framework.
Target Participants
Development finance and partnerships staff, Corporate and SME banking managers, Sustainability and impact staff, Treasury staff managing DFI funding lines, and government and donor liaison officers.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Analyse development and blended finance concepts and instruments.
- Evaluate DFI and donor partnership structures.
- Assess guarantee and risk-sharing mechanisms.
- Design a blended finance structure for a priority sector.
- Apply impact measurement and reporting frameworks.
- Manage compliance requirements for donor-funded facilities.
- Prepare a development finance partnership strategy.
Course Duration
- Classroom ā 5 Days
- Online ā 7 Days
Course Outline
Foundations of Development and Blended Finance
- Development finance concepts
- Blended finance principles
- Key market actors
- Instruments overview
- Regional trends
DFI and Donor Partnership Structures
- DFI funding models
- Donor partnership types
- Technical assistance facilities
- Partnership negotiation basics
- Due diligence requirements
Guarantees and Risk-Sharing Mechanisms
- Partial credit guarantees
- First-loss facilities
- Risk-sharing structures
- Guarantee pricing considerations
- Utilization management
Concessional and Blended Funding Lines
- Concessional funding structures
- On-lending arrangements
- Currency/tenor considerations
- Pricing pass-through mechanisms
- Compliance management
Structuring Blended Finance Deals
- Deal structuring process
- Layering capital structures
- Aligning partner incentives
- Term sheet essentials
- Common structuring challenges
Impact Measurement and Reporting
- Impact measurement frameworks
- Indicator selection
- Data collection for reporting
- Reporting to DFIs and donors
- Impact verification approaches
Sector Applications of Blended Finance
- Agriculture sector applications
- SME and youth finance applications
- Climate and green finance applications
- Housing finance applications
- Gender-lens finance applications
Compliance and Safeguards for Donor Funding
- Environmental/social safeguards
- Procurement compliance requirements
- Anti-corruption compliance
- Reporting/audit requirements
- Managing non-compliance risk
Managing DFI and Donor Relationships
- Relationship management approaches
- Communication/reporting cadence
- Managing partner expectations
- Renewal/scale-up negotiations
- Building long-term partnerships
Building a Development Finance Strategy
- Partnership opportunity mapping
- Institutional readiness assessment
- Capacity-building needs
- Partnership strategy development
- Development finance roadmap
Practical Outputs
- Blended finance structuring template
- Impact reporting framework
- DFI partnership readiness checklist
- Guarantee utilization plan
- Compliance and safeguards checklist
- Development finance partnership strategy
Training Approach
Uses real blended finance deal case studies and structuring workshops to build practical development-finance partnership skills.
Organizational Benefits
- Increased access to DFI and donor funding
- Improved blended finance structuring capability
- Stronger impact reporting and compliance
- Enhanced DFI/donor relationships
- Expanded priority-sector lending
- Clearer development finance strategy
Certification
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate of Course Completion from Devimpact Institute, recognizing the knowledge, practical skills and competencies developed through the programme.
Tailor-Made Course
This course can be customized and delivered as an in-house programme to address the specific policies, systems, sector context and capacity-development priorities of an organization. The course duration, modules, case studies and practical exercises may be adjusted following a training needs assessment.
