Contact Details
Email: e.cornerstone@ief.edu.gh
Social Details
Biography
Elvis is a Professor of Financial Economics with over 20 years’ experience in his specialised field. He is the Vice-President of Accra Business School and doubles up as Chair of the Economics Group of the Institute of Economics and Finance. Prior to this, he was a full-time Professor with Swiss UMEF University, Geneva, Switzerland. During his term of office, he was also the Regional Director for Africa and later, acted as the Director of Academic Affairs for the University campus in Kabul, Afghanistan. He had previously lectured on a full-time basis at Bangor University in the United Kingdom; the same university he obtained both his Masters and PhD qualifications. He has taught various undergraduate and postgraduate courses across Europe, Asia and Africa. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Boardroom Institute. Prior to academia, Elvis was a professional in development financing on the local and international fronts. He has assessed and managed loan portfolio projects across various sectors and industries for several countries. During his term of office at the African Development Bank in Tunisia, for instance, his assignment involved the assessment of additionality and development outcomes of private sector projects, including financial institutions, across the African continent. He provides consultancy services to international organisations, diplomatic missions, governments, and private sector institutions. He is a Board Director for Global Alliance Office on Drugs and Crime and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee for the same Organisation.
Courses
Course Title | Course Code | Course Category | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|---|
MBA Essentials MBA Essentials |
IEF-1180 | Business Economics | 30 |
Modern Economic Diplomacy |
IEF-1165 | Economic Diplomacy | 18 |
The Regulatory Environment & Trade |
IEF-1164 | Economic Diplomacy | 18 |
The Economic Role of Embassies |
IEF-1163 | Economic Diplomacy | 18 |
Trade & Investment Promotion |
IEF-1162 | Economic Diplomacy | 18 |
Business Delegations & Trade Exhibitions |
IEF-1161 | Economic Diplomacy | 18 |
Sanctions in Economic Diplomacy |
IEF-1160 | Economic Diplomacy | 18 |
Trade Agreements & Multilateral Trading System |
IEF-1159 | Economic Diplomacy | 18 |
Corporate Banking |
IEF-1172 | Banking | 18 |
Cross-border Trade |
IEF-1128 | Business Economics | 18 |
Introducing Central Banking |
IEF-1121 | Central Banking | 18 |
Government Banker & Advisor |
IEF-1122 | Central Banking | 18 |
Money & Banking System Management |
IEF-1123 | Central Banking | 18 |
Money Creation & Monetary Policy |
IEF1124 | Central Banking | 18 |
Introducing Energy Policy |
IEF-1116 | Energy & Policy | 18 |
Energy Risk Management |
IEF-1118 | Energy & Policy | 18 |
Energy Finance |
IEF-1119 | Energy & Policy | 18 |
Introducing Government Finance |
IEF1111 | Public Finance | 18 |
Public Sector Accounting & Budgeting |
IEF-1112 | Public Finance | 0 |
Forecasting & Cost Analysis |
IEF-1113 | Public Finance | 0 |
Social Security & Social Insurance |
IEF-1156 | Public Finance | 0 |
Taxation |
IEF-1114 | Public Finance | 0 |
Market Failures |
IEF-1155 | Public Policy | 0 |
State Ownership, Privatisation & Regulation |
IEF-1108 | Public Policy | 0 |
Industrial Policy |
IEF-1109 | Public Policy | 0 |
Government Failure |
IEF-1107 | Public Policy | 0 |
Bank Risk Management |
IEF-1102 | Banking | 18 |
Microfinance Ecosystem & Application |
IEF-1134 | Microfinance | 0 |
Microfinance Technology & Analytics |
IEF-1135 | Microfinance | 0 |
Microfinance Indicators & Impact |
IEF-1137 | Microfinance | 0 |
Finance for Non-Finance Managers |
IEF-1146 | Managerial Finance | 18 |
Building a 3-Statement Financial Model |
IEF-1150 | Financial Modelling | 18 |
Business Valuation Modelling |
IEF-1151 | Financial Modelling | 18 |
FP&A Monthly Cash Flow Forecast Model |
IEF-1152 | Financial Modelling | 30 |
Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis |
IEF-1153 | Financial Modelling | 18 |
Dashboards & Data Visualisation |
IEF-1174 | Financial Modelling | 18 |
PowerPoint & Pitchbooks |
IEF-1175 | Financial Modelling | 18 |
Introducing Trade Finance |
IEF-1138 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Documentary Credits |
IEF-1139 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Documentary Collections |
IEF-1140 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Standby Letters of Credit |
IEF-1141 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Trade Finance Guarantees |
IEF-1142 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Trade Finance Compliance |
IEF-1143 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Cross-border Trade |
IEF-1128 | Trade Finance | 18 |
Supply Chain Finance |
IEF-1157 | Trade Finance | 18 |
Fraud Detection & Prevention |
IEF-1132 | Banking | 0 |
Fraud & Reputational Risk |
IEF-1144 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Digital Lending |
IEF-1178 | Microfinance | 18 |
Digital Lending |
IEF-1178 | Banking | 18 |
Advanced Financial Modelling & Valuation |
IEF-1154 | Financial Modelling | 18 |
Digital Trade Finance & Fintechs |
IEF-1145 | Trade Finance | 0 |
Banking Regulations & Supervision |
IEF-1104 | Microfinance | 18 |
Globalisation & Multinational Business |
IEF-1129 | Business Economics | 0 |
Tools & Techniques in Monetary Policy |
IEF105 | Central Banking | 18 |
Evaluating Public Policy |
IEF-1110 | Public Policy | 0 |
Banking Regulations & Supervision |
IEF-1104 | Banking | 18 |
Digital Banking & Fintech Leadership |
IEF-1169 | Banking | 18 |
Digital Banking & Fintech Regulation |
IEF-1170 | Banking | 18 |
Digital Banking & Fintech Leadership |
IEF-1169 | Microfinance | 18 |
Digital Banking & Fintech Regulation |
IEF-1170 | Microfinance | 18 |
Entrepreneurship Essentials |
IEF-1177 | Business Economics | 18 |
Banking Regulations & Supervision |
IEF-1104 | Central Banking | 18 |
Digital Banking & Fintech Regulation |
IEF-1170 | Central Banking | 18 |
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This interactive course is designed and led by seasoned entrepreneurs to help you propel your business in the right direction and stay motivated when you need it the most. The course also provides potential entrepreneurs with the knowledge of succeeding in an entrepreneurial opportunity. This course is not going to do the work for you but you’ll get the clarity and confidence to do the work yourself. Practical skills covered in this course include identifying entrepreneurial opportunities, creating a business plan, securing financial backing and coordinating business growth. This course explains how entrepreneurs run structured experiments to validate ideas and refine business strategy. You will dive deep into the numbers behind how entrepreneurs and their investors make financial decisions to create value and grow their operations. CURRICULUM The course provides access to high quality training with interactive sessions and the opportunity to learn the latest with experts from respected institutions around the world. The programme curriculum provides a highly engaging way to learn and allows participants to: » Understand the key aspects of entrepreneurship. » Apply entrepreneurial approaches, concepts, and methods. » Discover the key financial decisions entrepreneurs must make in the early stages of a startup. » Understand operational challenges involved with creating new business ventures. » Explore and appreciate the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship. » Learn from successful entrepreneurs and leading venture capitalists, as well as peers. » Fully embrace ambiguity and get comfortable with being challenged regularly. THE COURSE AS AN INVESTMENT By the end of the course, participants will be able to: » Describe the entrepreneurial process and know how to manage it. » Identify and evaluate an idea; assess the market. » Leverage experiments to validate your idea and refine your business strategy. » Recognize opportunities to develop new business ideas. » Discover the key financial decisions any entrepreneur must make in the early stages of a new venture. » Understand the process of raising capital and how to speak to investors. » Identify the market opportunities by deep market study. » Get traction on how to implement sales strategy to have growth in your startup and generate revenues. » Make your marketing plan that can support your business and help in generating leads. WHO SHOULD ATTEND/REGISTER? This programme is ideal for active or aspiring entrepreneurs, someone who is looking to gain an understanding of how businesses are built, students who wish to become entrepreneurs or are already part of a growing business to nourish the business idea in the making, or to help your business grow and flourish." 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