Innovative Finance: Hacking Finance to Change the World

About the course
To address global poverty - do we really not have enough resources or do we not have the right tools to allocate our resources?

The tools of finance, when applied correctly, can be an enabler of social and environmental outcomes. This course is designed to give you the ability to build innovative financing strategies that work towards outcomes such as financial inclusion, access to energy, and access to education. Each week dives into a component of the process using examples and real case studies from social entrepreneurs, non-profits, development funders, impact investors, governments, foundations, and more.

Over five weeks you’ll learn about new types of revenue creation, financing approaches, business models, and partnerships. By the end of the course, you’ll have the ability to hack finance for social change.

Course content

• Module 1: Choosing Your Issue Area
• Module 2: Understanding Challenges and Roadblocks
• Module 3: Identifying Resources
• Module 4: Discovering Opportunities
• Module 5: Designing for Impact

Registration
This five-week, online course is offered by Coursera and is free. Read more and enrol here.