Digital MSME Finance

Customers and Uses of Digital Payments

$250

Financial Aid Available

This 4-week course is intended for those who want to better understand the gap that exists in MSME financing, and how the various barriers to MSME financing may potentially be overcome or solved.

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First Intake

Start Date

March 15, 2024

Enroll By

March 10, 2024

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Second Intake

Start Date

July 11, 2024

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July 7, 2024

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Duration

4 Weeks

Delivery

Online

Certification

Digital Frontiers Institute

Digital MSME Finance

The course will be conducted entirely online through Digital Frontiers Institute’s campus platform. Weekly teaching materials will centre around four lecture videos of 10-12 minutes produced by Digital Frontiers Institute and a number of additional resources that you can read or view. Your weekly tasks will include answering a discussion question, taking a multiple-choice quiz, and understanding a personal exercise of a more practical nature.

Curriculum Outline

Module 1

MSMEs, Economic Growth, and the Financing Gap

What are MSMEs?
Categories of MSMEs
Why MSMEs Matter
MSME Financing Needs and Sources of Capital
What is the MSME Finance Gap?
Why the MSME Financing Gap Exists
How MSMEs Experience the Financing Gap

Module 2

Current Digital MSME Debt Finance and Alternative Credit Landscape

Digital Developments and Implications for Credit-based Finance
Overcoming the MSME Finance Gap Barriers
Competitive Advantages for Delivering Credit-based Financing
Discussion with Traditional Bank Now Working to Leverage Digital Channels
Digital NBFIs as Credit Providers (Part 1)
Digital NBFIs as Credit Providers (Part 2)
Matching MSMEs with Credit Providers

Module 3

Exploring Data Types, Collection Methods, and Real-World MSME Lending Models

LenddoEFL (Global)
Social Lender (Nigeria)
CapitalFloat (India)
Interview with Tala (Mexico, Philippines, India, Tanzania, and Kenya)
Patasente (Uganda)
Apollo Agriculture (Kenya)

Module 4

Considerations, Risk, and the Future of Digital MSME Financing

Regulation of Digital MSME Finance
MSME Consumer Protection
Discussion of Regulation and Consumer Protection
Future of Digital MSME Finance
Discussion of Ease of Doing Digital Business and the Implications for MSME Finance

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