Masters in Entrepreneurship

Programme Venue(s)

  •  Arusha, Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania.
  • Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Kampala, Uganda.
  • Lusaka, Zambia.
  • Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi.
  • Harare, Zimbabwe.
  • Windhoek in Namibia.
  • Mbabane, Eswatini.
  • Maputo, Mozambique and
  • Mahe, Seychelles.

Learning Duration

2 Years

Objectives

The programme is designed to benefit individual, organizations and the entire society in Africa. Entrepreneurial activities are highly promoted the world over. In every society the need for new business cannot be overemphasized. Existing organizations also require creative ideas and innovations that would make them exploit and develop new business approaches, as well as expansion, diversification and enhancement of competitive position. All these are career opportunities for students in this program.

Structure

The evening Masters in Entrepreneurship programme is specifically designed for managers from public, private sectors, NGO’s and civil society. Such executives will have full time job responsibilities and cannot afford to attend an advanced management education on full time basis. The Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship (ME) is distinctively designed to stimulate the development of an entrepreneurial mind-set and aims at providing students with tools necessary to start new independent businesses in addition to providing advisory services to new venture start- ups. It will also give real life learning experience in research, venture creation, commercialization as well as tools to proactively work in new as well as already established business.

Courses List

ENG 09101 Entrepreneurial Process and Opportunity Recognition
ENG 09102 Marketing Management
ENG 09103 Business Feasibility Analysis
ENG 09104 Managing New Venture Growth
ENG 09105 Managerial Economics
ENG 09106 Research Methods
ENG 09107 Statistical Analyses
ENG 09208 Entrepreneurial Finance and Resource acquisition
ENG 09209 Management and Organisational Change
ENG 09210 Entrepreneurial Project
ENG 09211 Commercial and Intellectual Property Law
ENG 09212 Strategic Human Resource Development
ENG 09213 Corporate Management
ENG 09214 Environmental Management for Sustainable Business
ENG 09315 Master Dissertation

Learning Outcomes

Graduates from this program should be able to create new businesses as well as exploring new business opportunities and thinking within existing organizations. More specifically, students should be capable of developing business opportunity into viable and successful new businesses; examine and convert information into feasible business proposal; manage and sustain growth of newly established business venture.  Further, students from already established businesses should be capable of grasping new business opportunities for their organization; identify and evaluate various innovative strategies for value creation in their organizations; deal with complex business environment in a way to strengthen organizational competitiveness.

Admission Criteria

Candidates eligible for Masters programmes must possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from a recognized university or equivalent qualification.
• International recognized full professional qualification. Candidates must have passed ALL qualifying examinations
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English
• At least two years of work experience

Application Procedures

The Candidate must submit a completed application form together
with the following:

  • Current curriculum Vitae
  • Certified copy of official academic documents including official academic transcript, degree certificate and other key relevant documentation
  • Copies of O’ and A’ level certificates
  • At least one letter of recommendation from a person who is in a position to judge the candidate’s ability
  • Passport size photo
  • A non-refundable processing fee of US $ 30

All documents accompanying the application must be in English

Fees Structure

Total fee for the 2-years’ degree programme is US$7,000.

Payment Details

Advance payments are made annually or per semester by arrangement. The fee covers tuition and limited materials. It does not include textbooks among other exclusions.