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Municipal utilities fail in the unaccounted cubic metre: illegal connections, a kiosk attendant who keeps two books, a vacuum truck that never reaches the informal settlement. This degree starts there. You will map a service area, cost a leak-detection plan a town can staff, and write a bilingual notice a customer can actually read—without stamping drawings as a professional engineer. African Future University centres African municipal practice: tariff politics, peri-urban expansion, and donor projects that install hardware nobody can maintain. Digital billing is taught as systems that fail when connectivity and identity documents fail. The award is academic. It is not PE/CEng, not a utility licence, and not UN-Water employment. It is for managers who must keep a kiosk honest when the borehole diesel is stolen. You will compare a networked urban utility with a peri-urban kiosk system, including landlord politics over on-site sanitation. Identity-checked exams test operations memos, not PE drawings. No UN-Water employment is implied. Study is tuition-free online aside from the examination fee, and peri-urban kiosks are core cases rather than delayed versions of a capital network.
Thirty-six credits: utility operations, sanitation logistics, municipal finance and regulation, and a service-area capstone. Identity-checked exams. No engineering laboratory is claimed.
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Every programme can be completed fully online with zero tuition fees — study from anywhere in the world.
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFU761 | Service Areas, Kiosks, and Informal Supply Service Areas, Kiosks, and Informal Supply — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU762 | Non-Revenue Water as Governance Non-Revenue Water as Governance — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU763 | Billing, Disconnection Ethics, and Identity Billing, Disconnection Ethics, and Identity — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU764 | Pumping, Diesel, and Downtime as Management Data Pumping, Diesel, and Downtime as Management Data — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFU765 | Faecal-Sludge Logistics without Theatre Faecal-Sludge Logistics without Theatre — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU766 | On-Site Sanitation and Landlord Politics On-Site Sanitation and Landlord Politics — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU767 | Public Toilets as Municipal Enterprises Public Toilets as Municipal Enterprises — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU768 | Outbreak Hygiene as Operations (Not Clinical Practice) Outbreak Hygiene as Operations (Not Clinical Practice) — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFU769 | Tariffs, Subsidies, and Council Politics Tariffs, Subsidies, and Council Politics — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU770 | EN/FR Municipal Administration Documents EN/FR Municipal Administration Documents — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU771 | Donor Hardware versus Maintenance Budgets Donor Hardware versus Maintenance Budgets — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU772 | Digital Billing when Connectivity Fails Digital Billing when Connectivity Fails — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFU773 | WASH Operations Research Methods WASH Operations Research Methods — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU774 | Service-Area Diagnosis Service-Area Diagnosis — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU775 | Writing for Councils and Utilities Writing for Councils and Utilities — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
| AFU776 | Capstone: Municipal Utilities Operations File Capstone: Municipal Utilities Operations File — assessed module on the MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities pathway.
| 3 |
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 18 months. 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. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). 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.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@afutureuni.com.
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