Kenyan startup, Abacus, in partnership with Strathmore University, is organising the Abacus Investment Academy to train individuals who want to learn more about financial markets.
The program will take place at the Strathmore Business School in Nairobi and participants will be guided on how to invest in the different sectors and what to look out for before investing.
Starting in May, the Academy will run for two weeks with classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The program is divided into four parts, consisting of courses on investments, stocks, bonds and derivatives, and each course costs KSHs 25,000
Abacus is a web and mobile software that helps investors monitor African financial markets in real time, making it possible for them to research and invest. It was one of the startups that pitched at the 2015 DEMO Africa event.
Abacus is a licensed data vendor of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, and it provides profiles on all companies listed on the NSE.
There’s an introductory class for KSHs 10,000 beginning in May, and registered participants stand a chance of winning a prize at the end of the class.
Interested participants should register here before April 29, 2016.
