SAQA ID: 88103 Operate a Windows System NQF Level 09 Credits 00

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION
Purpose:

The primary purpose of the Master of Commerce (M Com): Development Finance is to provide advanced training, at NQF level 9, in development finance to establish a platform for research into sustainable development finance. Specifically, the programme will produce a broad range of development finance experts for South Africa and the rest of Africa, who will be able to practise development finance and conduct development finance research at an advanced level.

Rationale:

The current global financial crisis has highlighted the need for a Postgraduate Degree devoted solely to our understanding of financial systems in developing and/or emerging economies.
The M Com in Development Finance at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business will provide a training and research platform for government employees at central, provincial and municipal levels, NGOs and private sector employees in financial and non-financial sector institutions. The qualification will also attract employees of development finance institutions throughout Africa and graduates from finance, economics and businesses interested in finance for development. The Degree has support from all the Development Finance Institutions in South Africa, the National Treasury, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), African Development Bank and a significant number of Development Finance Institutions throughout Africa. The market for the proposed Degree is, therefore, potentially very large. The Degree will also serve as a platform for research in development finance, which is almost non-existent at the moment on the African continent. We have conducted an Africa-wide survey on governments, development finance institutions, NGOs and private sector institutions to establish whether there is a market for the degree and there was an overwhelming support and interest in the programme.