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A professional doctorate for senior managers and founders — applied research on strategy, finance and operations in African firms, culminating in a practitioner dissertation. African Future University delivers this award fully online across African time zones. There is no campus. Assessment is identity-checked and the academic standard is the same for every student. This is an academic professional doctorate award; where a field has a licensing or registration route, that remains a matter for your professional body or regulator. You will work through the material as a practitioner-researcher: applied methods, real or anonymised cases, and a supervised capstone or dissertation as the final component. Faculty mark whether you noticed the constraints a slide deck usually hides. Doctor of Business Administration (African Enterprise) is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 3–4 years, and the credit total is 54. Students move from Principles of Management & Leadership through Principles of Management & Leadership; Managerial Economics; Financial & Managerial Accounting; Business Statistics & Analytics; Marketing Management; Corporate Finance & Financial Management, and finish on Innovation & Corporate Entrepreneurship. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation. Reading is a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. The artefact a marker expects is a consulting brief a manager could use. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Set direction with a defensible strategy and connect it to an operating plan Read the numbers — accounting, finance, unit economics — well enough to challenge them Lead people and change through ambiguity Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
The programme carries 54 credits, structured as doctoral coursework followed by supervised research. Delivery is tuition-free aside from the examination fee. Transcripts use letter grades and a GPA scale consistent with African Future University awards. No professional-body logo is used in marketing to imply endorsement.
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| N28501 | What a doctorate in African Enterprise is permitted to claim What a doctorate in African Enterprise is permitted to claim (N28501) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
| 30 · 300 h |
| N28502 | Research philosophy and design for African Enterprise Research philosophy and design for African Enterprise (N28502) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
| 30 · 300 h |
| N28503 | Literature, sources, and the contribution in African Enterprise Literature, sources, and the contribution in African Enterprise (N28503) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
| 30 · 300 h |
| N28504 | Qualitative or case evidence in African Enterprise Qualitative or case evidence in African Enterprise (N28504) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
| 30 · 300 h |
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| N28505 | Quantitative evidence and inference in African Enterprise Quantitative evidence and inference in African Enterprise (N28505) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
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| DBAA707 | Empirical papers and the thesis in African Enterprise Empirical papers and the thesis in African Enterprise (DBAA707) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 180 credits and 1800 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 3–4 years. Teaching language: English + French assessment options. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. All online degree examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored — the only cost for online study is the application fee. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged separately. Check the Fees page for details.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents, research). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. African Future University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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| 30 · 300 h |
| N28506 | The proposal, access, and ethics for a African Enterprise study The proposal, access, and ethics for a African Enterprise study (N28506) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
| 30 · 300 h |
| 180 · 1800 h |
| DBAA708 | Thesis and oral defence in African Enterprise Thesis and oral defence in African Enterprise (DBAA708) is a course on DBA African Enterprise. It carries 180 credits and 1800 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at doctoral level. A pass requires a question, a method, evidence a committee can audit, and an explicit limit on the claim. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. The degree is taught fully online.
| 180 · 1800 h |