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West AfricaBusiness School

Programme area

Banking, Insurance & Bancassurance

Masterclasses and conferences for the financial services industry, where WABS has run programmes since 2010.

Overview

About the programme.

WABS has run specialist programmes for the financial services industry since 2010, including the Africa Bancassurance Masterclass in Lagos, the Private Banking & Wealth Management Masterclass in Accra, and the CIMA Bancassurance Conferences in Abidjan and Douala.

Programmes are led by practitioners with long careers in banking, insurance and bancassurance across West Africa.

At a glance

Format
Face-to-face, Virtual / online, Hybrid, Bespoke in-house
Duration
Normally 2–5 days, agreed around your schedule
Venue
Your venue, our office or a designated venue
Certificate
Awarded on completion
Request dates and fees

What it covers

Focus areas.

Content is tailored after a pre-training gap analysis, so the final outline reflects what your participants need.

  • 01Bancassurance strategy and operations
  • 02Private banking and wealth management
  • 03Insurance and risk management
  • 04Product development and distribution
  • 05Digital insurance and financial inclusion
  • 06Regulation and supervision of financial services

Who should attend

Designed for.

  • Bank, insurance and reinsurance executives
  • Bancassurance and partnership managers
  • Relationship managers and private bankers
  • Insurance brokers and agents
  • Regulators and supervisors of financial services

What you will gain

  • Current, practical knowledge from industry practitioners
  • Ideas tested against experience from other African markets
  • A network of peers across the region’s financial institutions

How it is delivered

Practical, interactive and supported for six months afterwards.

  1. Phase 1

    Pre-training gap analysis

    Every participant, along with their managers and supervisors, receives a personal call from the trainer to discuss individual needs and training expectations.

  2. Phase 2

    Practical, interactive delivery

    Sessions combine role plays built on relevant scenarios, instructor-led games and activities, group discussions with constructive feedback, and educational videos.

  3. Phase 3

    Six months of post-training support

    Participants stay in close contact with the training consultant for tips and suggestions as they apply what they learned in their daily work.

Tell us the gap. We will design the training to close it.

Corporate training, seminars, conferences and in-house workshops, built around your team’s needs and schedule.