Courses

Practical, evidence-based training in research, finance, leadership, and policy — designed for real-world impact.

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VirtualBeginner
Free

Financial Literacy for Women Entrepreneurs

A practical, hands-on course designed to help women business owners understand cash flow, manage debt, plan for growth, and make informed investment decisions. Built from 5+ years of field research and coaching experience.

6 weeksWomen entrepreneurs, small business owners, cooperative members

What You Will Learn

  • Personal vs. business finance
  • Cash flow forecasting
  • Debt management strategies
  • Investment fundamentals
  • Risk assessment
Next cohort: March 2025
HybridIntermediate
$200

Research Methods in Fragile Contexts

Learn how to design and execute rigorous research in politically unstable, data-scarce environments. Covers everything from survey design to security protocols to community engagement.

8 weeksGraduate students, field researchers, NGO M&E staff

What You Will Learn

  • Adaptive sampling techniques
  • Enumerator training & safety
  • Qualitative methods in contested spaces
  • Data quality assurance
  • Ethics in fragile state research
Next cohort: April 2025
VirtualIntermediate
$150

Gender-Responsive Policy Design

A practitioner's guide to analyzing budgets, legislation, and programs through a gender lens. Based on the methodology used in Somalia's first federal gender budget review.

4 weeksPolicy analysts, government staff, advocates, researchers

What You Will Learn

  • Gender budget analysis
  • Beneficiary incidence mapping
  • Stakeholder power analysis
  • Policy brief writing
  • Advocacy strategy
Next cohort: May 2025
In-PersonBeginner
$180

Leadership for Women in NGOs

Build the leadership capabilities needed to manage teams, influence stakeholders, and drive organizational change. Combines theory with practical tools from political economy and organizational behavior.

5 weeksWomen in mid-level management, team leads, program coordinators

What You Will Learn

  • Strategic decision-making
  • Team building & delegation
  • Stakeholder negotiation
  • Organizational culture change
  • Personal leadership brand
Next cohort: June 2025 (Mogadishu)
VirtualBeginner
$120

Data Analysis for Development Professionals

From raw survey data to actionable insight. Learn to clean, analyze, and visualize development data using accessible tools — no coding background required.

6 weeksM&E officers, program managers, junior researchers

What You Will Learn

  • Data cleaning & validation
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Survey weighting
  • Data visualization principles
  • Excel & SPSS workflows
Next cohort: March 2025
VirtualIntermediate
$100

Grant Writing for Researchers

Learn how to craft compelling research proposals that win funding. Covers narrative structure, theory of change, budgeting, and reviewer psychology.

3 weeksPhD students, early-career researchers, research institutions

What You Will Learn

  • Proposal narrative structure
  • Theory of change design
  • Budget justification
  • Reviewer perspective analysis
  • Revision strategies
Next cohort: April 2025
Self-PacedBeginner
$50

Personal Finance Mastery

A self-paced course for individuals who want to take control of their financial future. Covers budgeting, saving, investing, and long-term wealth building.

Self-paced (~10 hours)Working professionals, young adults, anyone seeking financial control

What You Will Learn

  • Budgeting frameworks
  • Emergency fund planning
  • Investment options
  • Retirement planning basics
  • Debt elimination strategies
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HybridAdvanced
$220

Qualitative Fieldwork Techniques

Master the art of qualitative data collection: in-depth interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and ethnographic note-taking. Designed for researchers working in diverse cultural contexts.

5 weeksPhD students, qualitative researchers, anthropologists

What You Will Learn

  • Interview technique & probing
  • Focus group facilitation
  • Participant observation ethics
  • Field note systems
  • Thematic analysis basics
Next cohort: July 2025

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