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The Public Economics Program
Five core courses. Six specializations. Built for Africa.
Explore the programme →Core courses
5
Specializations
6
Total courses
49
Format
Self-paced
10 disciplines. Start anywhere.
The public-economics core leads — African macro, public finance, political economy, trade and integration. The analytical skills that carry it, from data to finance to quant, follow. Each path is a curated sequence with live in-browser practice and skills tests.
Path 01
Economics
Macro, public finance, micro, and development — applied to African markets.
A complete economics curriculum focused on African economies: macro and central-banking, public finance and tax, microeconomics, development economics, and behavioural / household economics. Practical, not academic — grounded in the structural features that make African markets behave differently from the textbook.
12 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
African Macro 101
9 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
Public Finance & Taxation
8 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
Development Economics
8 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
Microeconomics for African Markets
8 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
Behavioural and Household Economics
13 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Game Theory: Strategy, Conflict & Cooperation in Africa
Path 02
Political Economy & Governance
Why good economics wins or loses in the real world of power.
Institutions, state capacity, collective action, and the political economy of reform — plus the public-choice analysis of voting, bureaucracy, and interest groups, and the economics of corruption and governance. The half of policy that pure economics leaves out.
8 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
Political Economy & Institutions
8 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
Public Choice & Collective Decisions
8 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
Governance, Corruption & State Capacity
Path 03
Public Finance & Tax Policy
How governments raise money, spend it, and decide what's worth it.
The applied public-finance specialization: designing and administering taxes, planning and managing public budgets, and appraising public spending with cost–benefit analysis. Built on the Kenyan and East African fiscal architecture.
8 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
Tax Policy & Administration
8 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
Public Budgeting & Financial Management
8 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
Cost–Benefit Analysis & Project Appraisal
Path 04
Macroeconomics & Monetary Policy
Central banking, sovereign debt, and the open economy — from the inside.
The macro-policy specialization: how a central bank conducts monetary policy under developing-economy constraints, how sovereign debt is issued and restructured, and how exchange rates and the balance of payments tie a small open economy to the global cycle.
8 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
Monetary Policy & Central Banking
8 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
Sovereign Debt & Capital Markets
8 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
Exchange Rates & International Macroeconomics
Path 05
Trade, Industry & Integration
Trade policy, industrial policy, and the continental market.
The external-sector and structural-transformation specialization: the theory and instruments of trade policy, African regional integration and the AfCFTA, and the industrial and competition policy that shapes what an economy produces.
8 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
International Trade Policy
8 modules · ~6 hours, self-paced
AfCFTA & Regional Integration
8 modules · ~7 hours, self-paced
Industrial Policy & Competition
Path 06
Data & Methods for Policy
Knowing whether a policy worked — and measuring it honestly.
The applied-methods specialization for policy: impact evaluation and randomised trials, the quasi-experimental toolkit, and the survey design and measurement that every policy number depends on. Pairs with the Econometrics, Stata, and R courses in the Data Analysis path.
8 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
Impact Evaluation & Randomised Trials
8 modules · ~6 hours, self-paced
Survey Data, Measurement & Indicators
Path 07
Data Analysis
From cell to query to model — the analyst's skillset, end to end.
A structured curriculum to take you from spreadsheets to running real analyses on real data. SQL is the foundation; Stata, Python, and R are the working tools of an economist; econometrics is what turns the data into claims that survive scrutiny.
12 modules · ~10 hours, self-paced
SQL for Analysts
8 modules · ~8 hours, self-paced
SQL Intermediate — Analytical Patterns
8 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
SQL Advanced — Systems and Optimisation
12 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Python for Economists, A to Z
12 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
R for Applied Researchers
12 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Stata for Economists
12 modules · ~14 hours, self-paced
Econometrics from First Principles
10 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
Data Visualization & Storytelling
12 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Tableau for Analysts
12 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Power BI for Analysts
Path 08
Finance
How money is priced, raised, and put to work.
Finance from first principles — time value, risk, return, capital structure, and the institutions that move money around the world. Practical, not academic. We start with the statements, because everything else builds on knowing how to read them.
12 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
Accounting Fundamentals
10 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
Reading a Financial Statement
13 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Credit — From First Principles to Distressed
12 modules · ~11 hours, self-paced
Corporate Financing
12 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Bonds — All You Need to Know
12 modules · ~11 hours, self-paced
Equities — All You Need to Know
12 modules · ~10 hours, self-paced
Investment Banks: The Complete Guide
12 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
DCF Valuation: From Forecast to Defensible Number
12 modules · ~11 hours, self-paced
Real Estate Finance & Investment
12 modules · ~11 hours, self-paced
Trading — Markets, Microstructure, and Execution
10 modules · ~9 hours, self-paced
Sustainable & Climate Finance
Path 09
Quant Finance Math
The mathematics behind portfolios, derivatives, and risk.
A complete quantitative-finance mathematics curriculum — linear algebra, probability and statistics, time series, optimisation, portfolio theory, stochastic calculus, and the numerical methods that turn formulas into prices. Built for analysts who want the rigour of a top-tier MFE programme paired with the practitioner standards of a Morgan Stanley desk, with worked examples grounded in African and emerging-market data.
12 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Linear Algebra for Quant Finance
12 modules · ~13 hours, self-paced
Probability & Statistics for Finance
11 modules · ~12 hours, self-paced
Time Series for Finance
10 modules · ~11 hours, self-paced
Optimization for Finance
12 modules · ~13 hours, self-paced
Portfolio Theory
10 modules · ~11 hours, self-paced
Stochastic Calculus for Finance
10 modules · ~11 hours, self-paced
Numerical Methods for Finance
Path 10
AI
What every analyst needs to know about modern AI.
From foundations to deployment. The AI for Economists & Analysts course is the wedge product — a complete, premium curriculum that takes you from 'what is a token' to building a RAG application against your own data, with the AI tutor available in every module.
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AI tutor on every module.
Every module on LeadAfrik comes with Mwalimu, an AI tutor that answers your questions, challenges your reasoning, and explains concepts in the African economic context.
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Responses are grounded in real African policy examples, not textbook abstractions.
Challenge your understanding
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