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University of Cape Town: Fintech: Disruption in Finance

Equip yourself for the future of finance with an understanding of today’s most important fintech innovations, and learn to fund your own disruptive business idea.

Equip yourself for the future of finance with an understanding of today’s most important fintech innovations, and learn to fund your own disruptive business idea.

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This course is offered by , an edX partner
8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts May 27, 2024
Enroll by Jun 2, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts May 27, 2024
Enroll by Jun 2, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)

As a result of inaccessible banking services, a large small-to-medium business sector, and growing populations, emerging markets have begun to find new solutions to long-standing financial pain points.1 Fintech has risen to the challenge and aims to address, disrupt, and innovate the current financial landscape.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) Fintech: Disruption in Finance online short course prepares you to better understand, interpret, and respond to the disruptions and opportunities within the financial market. With a holistic approach to the financial industry, this course provides you with an overview of the main fields of technological disruption, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data. You’ll develop the ability to identify financial problems and apply fintech solutions within the context of emerging markets. The course will enable you to refine your disruptive business ideas and develop a funding strategy to get your fintech start-up off the ground. You’ll walk away with the knowledge and skills to make more strategic business decisions, unlock new career opportunities, and prepare for fintech innovation within your organisation and beyond.

1 McKinsey (Sep, 2020).

This course is aimed at financial professionals and graduates looking to unlock new career opportunities, embrace innovation in their current roles, and remain relevant in an industry that is being increasingly changed and driven forward by fintech. The content is aimed at students who want to take their business idea to the next level – into action. It’s also suited to business decision makers who are eager to prepare for the future and make more informed strategic choices. No prior knowledge of fintech is required.

Course curriculum

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Explore the scope of the fintech ecosystem as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: Blockchain and artificial intelligence: The megatrends in fintech

Module 2: Banks, monetary policy, and cryptocurrencies

Module 3: How blockchain technology challenges financial intermediation

Module 4: The regulation–innovation nexus

Module 5: Opportunities created by big data within the financial industry

Module 6: The robot revolution: The impact of artificial intelligence on fintech

Module 7: Creating a business strategy for industry disruption

Module 8: Funding your disruptive business idea

About the certificate

Discover the art of harnessing fintech and financial disruption, and earn an official digital certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

82%

The majority of total fintech investment in Africa belongs to Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

WT (Jan, 2021).

31%

The percentage of funding that African fintech start-ups received in 2020, pulling the largest investment within the continent’s tech industry.

Quartz Africa (Jan, 2021).

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