$250 / Finance Available
This 5-week course provides practical insights for professionals who wish to develop a mobile money service, supported with real-world examples of mobile money businesses.
Operationalising Mobile Money
Starting a mobile money business can be difficult. This 5-week course is designed to help professionals start or build businesses providing financial services on mobile devices.
Drawing on practical, real-world examples, students will gain an understanding of what a successful mobile money business looks like and what specific support and tools they need to become self-sufficient and resilient.
Why do I need a Digital Money Course?
Our Mobile Money Operations course has been developed with professionals in mind. Providing a complete cross-section of mobile money operations, it walks students through the practical steps needed to start a mobile money service and make it successful.
If you already work in a mobile money organisation or you want to start or join one, this course is for you. It is also extremely useful for skills development training within any organisations that provide advisory, consulting, regulatory or oversight support to mobile money businesses.
Students will leave the course armed with the tools, terminology and knowledge they will need to guarantee success in the mobile money industry, participate in key discussions and to establish a strong professional network.
Course Curriculum
Week 1
Starting a mobile money business
Week 2
Organisation and infrastructure
Week 3
Establishing operations
Week 4
Preparing and executing a Go-To-Market plan
Week 5
Improving your mobile money business
Faculty
Gavin Krugel
CEO
Digital Frontiers Institute
Barney De Jongh
Money Mobile Practitioner
What is Mobile Money?
Mobile money refers to a broad category of financial services that allow uses to store, send and receive money on their mobile phone, generally through an app.
What is a Mobile Money Business?
A mobile money business is an organisation, usually a financial services provider, that provides mobile money tools to consumers.
What is DFS?
DFS, or digital financial services, are any financial services that are available through digital channels, and includes payments, credit, savings, transfers and insurance.
What is Fintech?
Fintech, or financial technology, refers to any digital technological tools or business models used to support the delivery of financial services.
What is Financial Inclusion
Financial inclusion is a key part of DFI’s agenda and refers to the goal of ensuring that all people, especially marginalised groups, have access to the financial tools they need.
What is a Virtual Classroom?
A virtual classroom is a learning environment that only exists through a digital platform and that allows students to participate regardless of their geographic location. All DFI’s courses are delivered in a virtual classroom.
What is Digital Frontiers Institute?
Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI) is a digital education provider designed to prepare professionals for the challenges and opportunities they will encounter in a rapidly changing economy.
We offer flexible, cost-effective group memberships for your business, school, or government organisation. Contact us to learn more.
