Chidinma Okafor
Finance graduate, UNN · Commodity Export rotation
“The Commodity Export rotation changed how I read a warehouse receipt. Two weeks around the Kaduna warehouses taught me more about collateral than any lecture.”
Graduate Trainee ProgrammeAgricultural Risk Sharing Capacity DevelopmentARSCD
Learn agricultural risk finance.
Prove it in the field.
Live modules, three department rotations, a matched mentor and real fieldwork for Agribusiness, Finance, Risk Management and Economics graduates.
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4 disciplines
Agribusiness · Finance · Risk · Economics
3 rotation desks
Credit Risk · Commodity Export · Corporate Finance
Pipeline Health Index
Readiness tracked to deployment
QR-verified certificates
Attendance, module and programme
4 disciplines
Agribusiness · Finance · Risk · Economics
3 rotation desks
Credit Risk · Commodity Export · Corporate Finance
Pipeline Health Index
Readiness tracked to deployment
QR-verified certificates
Attendance, module and programme
The programme at a glance
- disciplines
- 4disciplines
- Agribusiness, Finance, Risk Management and Economics
- rotation desks
- 3rotation desks
- Credit Risk, Commodity Export and Corporate Finance
- mentor per trainee
- 1mentor per trainee
- Matched at enrolment, with monthly 360° feedback
- certificate types
- 3certificate types
- Session attendance, module completion and programme completion
- readiness inputs
- 6readiness inputs
- Scored together as the Pipeline Health Index .
How the programme works
Classroom, desk and field. One structured programme.
Graduate trainees learn the theory live, apply it on rotation across three departments, and prove it on real sites. Everything is tracked in one portal.
Live sessions and assessments
Live and recorded modules with downloadable materials, weekly technical tests and trainer-scored case studies. Miss a session and the recording is there the same day.
- Quizzes
- Case studies
- Materials
- Attendance certificates
Rotations and mentorship
Placements across Credit Risk, Commodity Export and Corporate Finance, each with a line manager who submits monthly 360° feedback, plus a matched mentor for the whole programme.
- Credit Risk
- Commodity Export
- Corporate Finance
- Mentor matching
Fieldwork and activities
Practical assignments reviewed by your trainer, and site visits to agribusinesses and commodity warehouses logged with evidence and counted against programme targets.
- Site visits
- Evidence upload
- Mentor approval
- Assigned → Assessed
Training modules
Modules built around the risk-sharing value chain
Each module pairs live teaching with a weekly technical test and a case study scored by the trainer, so the curriculum stays close to the desk work.
Finance track
Agricultural Value Chain Financing
How money moves from input suppliers to processors and exporters, and where lenders carry the risk at each link.
- Live sessions
- Weekly test
- Case study
Funmilayo Adeyemi
Lead trainer, Value Chain Finance
Risk track
Risk Mitigation Mechanisms
Guarantees, insurance and credit risk sharing: how they are structured, priced and claimed when a season goes wrong.
- Live sessions
- Weekly test
- Case study
Yusuf Abdullahi
Lead trainer, Risk and Insurance
Credit Risk desk
Credit Risk Assessment for Agribusiness
Appraising smallholder groups, aggregators and processors, and reading seasonal cash flow before writing a credit memo.
- Live sessions
- Weekly test
- Case study
Adaeze Okonkwo
Head of Credit Risk
Commodity Export desk
Commodity Export and Warehouse Receipts
Grading, storage, collateral management and export documentation, from the warehouse floor to the bill of lading.
- Live sessions
- Weekly test
- Case study
Ibrahim Danladi
Commodity Export lead
Corporate Finance desk
Corporate Finance for Agri-enterprises
Financial modelling, structuring and reporting for agribusinesses that are growing faster than their balance sheets.
- Live sessions
- Weekly test
- Case study
Tunde Bakare
Corporate Finance lead
Economics track
Agricultural Economics and Policy in Nigeria
Markets, prices, policy instruments and the data behind them, read through the lens of a lender.
- Live sessions
- Weekly test
- Case study
Ngozi Eze
Agricultural economist
The trainee journey
Three phases, from onboarding to deployment
The programme is measured at every step. Trainees, mentors and the programme team see the same progress in the portal.
Phase 01
Foundation
Onboarding and the core modules.
- Profile, CV and discipline on record
- Live modules with materials and recordings
- Weekly technical tests
- Session attendance certificates
- Core phase
Phase 02
Rotations, mentoring and fieldwork
Where most of the learning happens.
- Placements across Credit Risk, Commodity Export and Corporate Finance
- A matched mentor and monthly 360° feedback from your line manager
- Assigned activities reviewed and assessed by trainers
- Site visits to agribusinesses and commodity warehouses, logged with evidence
Phase 03
Readiness and deployment
Measured, not assumed.
- Pipeline Health Index across module completion, assessments, attendance, activities, fieldwork and 360° scores
- A readiness band: Not ready, On track or Ready for deployment
- Programme completion certificate with a unique ID and QR verification
- A readiness report to support permanent posting
Trainee voices
What trainees say about the rotations, the mentors and the fieldwork
Abdulrahman Sani
Agricultural Economics, ABU Zaria · Credit Risk rotation
“My mentor's monthly feedback was blunt and specific. By the third cycle my readiness band had moved from On track to Ready for deployment.”
Oluwaseun Adebayo
Risk Management, UNILAG · Corporate Finance rotation
“I expected slides. In my second week I got a real credit file, a deadline, and a trainer who marked it the way a line manager would.”
Blessing Nwachukwu
Agribusiness, FUNAAB · Fieldwork
“Logging site visits felt like admin until I saw my fieldwork hours next to the cohort's. I went back to the rice mill in Abakaliki with better questions.”
Emeka Obi
Economics, University of Ibadan · Live sessions
“Every live session is recorded. When the power went mid-session in Enugu I caught up that night and still passed the weekly test.”
Ibrahim Danladi
Mentor · Commodity Export desk
“The 360° form makes me write down what I would otherwise only say in passing. Trainees read it, and they come back the next month having fixed it.”
Illustrative examples until the first cohort's stories are published.
Applications
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Create your account, verify your email, upload your CV and choose your discipline. It takes about ten minutes, and the programme team reviews every application.
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Graduates in Agribusiness, Finance, Risk Management or Economics. Related disciplines are considered case by case. You will need your CV, your highest qualification and institution, and a working email address for the one-time verification code.