Building Skills, Strengthening Institutions Since 2003, SADC-DFRC has delivered over 369 capacity building programmes, training more than 10,330 development finance professionals across Southern Africa. Our programmes combine technical rigour with practical application, ensuring participants return to their institutions with immediately applicable skills and tools.
Our training specialists understand the practical demands of development finance. When you participate in a SADC-DFRC programme, we dedicate our facilitators and resources to ensure you gain immediately applicable skills, tools, and frameworks.
Capacity building at SADC-DFRC encompasses executive education, technical training, and professional development for DFI staff, government officials, and development practitioners across Southern Africa.
Our facilitators are not academics—they are current and former DFI executives, technical specialists, and international consultants with decades of practical experience. When you train with SADC-DFRC, you learn from professionals who have done the work.
We examine each participant's institutional context and ensure learning translates directly to workplace application.
We offer 25+ standard course titles across credit, risk, project finance, governance, leadership, and monitoring. Full catalogue available on request.
SADC-DFRC training programmes are intensive, practitioner-led learning experiences designed specifically for professionals working in Development Finance Institutions, central banks, ministries of finance, and other development finance stakeholders across Southern Africa.
SADC-DFRC is seeking experienced development finance practitioners to join our network of training mentors and facilitators across Southern Africa.
| Regional Impact – Contribute to strengthening DFIs across 15 SADC countries | |
| Professional Network – Connect with peers from 41 DFIs and development partners | |
| Flexible Engagement – Opportunities ranging from 2-day workshops to multi-week programmes | |
| Competitive Remuneration – Attractive daily rates for facilitators and mentors | |
| Capacity Building Certification – Formal recognition as a SADC-DFRC certified mentor | |
| Resource Access – Full access to our training materials, case studies, and toolkit library | |
| Alumni Community – Join a network of leading development finance practitioners | |
| Professional Development – Opportunities to co-develop new programmes and curricula |