FORWARD
University
Digital Business & Finance
First accreditation wave

Digital Business and Financial Technology

Payments, credit, and digital distribution built by people who can read both a ledger and a system diagram.

BSc (Hons)Hybrid4 years (incl. co-op)Intake August 2027
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Employment thesis

What this programme is designed to produce

Forward publishes the destination of every programme before you enrol. If the thesis stops holding, the programme is reviewed and, where necessary, retired. Next review: 2031.

Roles

  • Product analyst / associate product manager
  • Payments operations specialist
  • Credit and risk analyst
  • Founder or early operator

Employer types

  • Fintechs and payment providers
  • Banks and microfinance institutions
  • Marketplaces and platform businesses
  • Venture-backed startups

Target outcomes we hold ourselves to

  • 83% employed or founding within 6 months
  • Every graduate ships one revenue-bearing product or feature
  • 100% completing 12 months paid co-op

Compulsory · The Forward Core

How the Core works →

Every Forward programme, including this one, carries the same five cross-cutting requirements. They are graded, not optional.

  • AI Fluency
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Ethics and African Context
  • Human-Advantage Skills
  • Enterprise

Includes 12 months paid work-integrated learning

Placement inside a payments, lending or platform business. Read the co-op commitment

Am I eligible?

Check yourself against the published requirements

7 questions written specifically for Digital Business and Financial Technology. Every answer is checked against a requirement Forward has published, and the result tells you which page that requirement comes from. Indicative only, the admissions office decides on your full file.

Question 1 of 70%

What is the highest qualification you hold or are completing?

Requirement tested: A completed upper-secondary qualification (UACE, A-level, IB, high-school diploma or recognised equivalent), or a post-secondary award.

Structure

How the 4 years run

  1. 01

    Year 1

    Foundations and Forward Core

    • Accounting and unit economics
    • Programming and data
    • Forward Core
  2. 02

    Year 2

    Financial systems

    • Payments and rails
    • Credit and risk
    • Product management
  3. 03

    Year 3

    Co-op

    • 12 months paid work-integrated learning
    • P&L exposure
    • Assessed employer review
  4. 04

    Year 4

    Capstone and enterprise

    • Revenue-bearing capstone
    • Regulation and compliance
    • Forward Core: enterprise