Project and Infrastructure Finance Modelling Training Course

This five-day course builds the specialist skill of modelling project and infrastructure finance, the long term, cash flow driven financing behind power, transport, water and other major assets. It covers the structure of project finance, building a project cash flow model, debt sizing and the returns waterfall, and the ratios and analysis that lenders and investors rely on. Grounded in Africa's infrastructure agenda, participants leave able to build and interpret a project finance model with confidence.

Africa's future will be built on infrastructure: the power, transport, water and digital networks a growing continent needs. Almost all of it is financed on the strength of the cash flows it will generate, through project finance structures that can run for decades. The model sits at the centre of every such deal, and a single flawed assumption can sink a project or saddle a public budget with risk for a generation.

This course builds the skill that those deals demand. It covers the structure and logic of project and infrastructure finance, the construction of a long term project cash flow model, the sizing and structuring of debt, and the returns waterfall and coverage ratios that lenders and investors live by. Each is built in Excel and grounded in the realities of African infrastructure and public private partnerships. Participants leave able to build and interpret a project finance model, size and structure debt, assess returns and risk, and engage credibly with lenders, sponsors and government counterparts on the deals that will shape the continent.

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. 01Understand the structure and logic of project finance.
2. 02Distinguish project finance from corporate finance.
3. 03Build a long term project cash flow model.
4. 04Model construction, operations and revenue.
5. 05Size and structure project debt.
6. 06Build the cash flow waterfall.
7. 07Calculate coverage ratios and investor returns.
8. 08Apply scenario and sensitivity analysis to a project.
9. 09Engage credibly with lenders, sponsors and government.

This course is designed for:

•Project and infrastructure finance professionals
•Financial analysts and modellers
•Development and public private partnership staff
•Government and public sector finance officers
•Bankers, lenders and credit analysts
•Investors and fund professionals
•Advisers on infrastructure transactions
•Engineers and developers moving into finance

The course is hands on and model based, built around constructing a project finance model in Excel over the week. Each element is demonstrated and then built, grounded in realistic infrastructure cases. The focus is on both technical accuracy and the commercial logic of the deal, with a daily practical session advancing the model.
•Live demonstration in Excel
•Step by step project model building
•Debt sizing and waterfall exercises
•Infrastructure and public private partnership cases
•A daily practical session and a final modelling clinic

Organizations that invest in this training for their teams will benefit from:

•Reliable models behind major infrastructure decisions
•Better assessed and structured project deals
•Risk surfaced before financial close, not after
•Stronger engagement with lenders and investors
•More credible public private partnership analysis
•Reduced exposure to flawed project assumptions
•Faster, more confident transaction work
•A team able to handle complex project finance

Participants that enroll in this training will benefit from:
•Confidence to build a project finance model
•Command of debt sizing and the cash flow waterfall
•The ability to calculate and interpret coverage ratios
•A clear grasp of project finance structures
•Sharper assessment of project risk and returns
•A scarce, high value specialist skill
•Greater credibility with lenders and sponsors
•Reusable project model templates

At Strategic Revenue Africa, our certification goes beyond proof of attendance—it represents practical competence and measurable capability. Upon successful completion of our training programs, participants are awarded a Certificate of Completion from Strategic Revenue Africa, recognizing their ability to apply acquired knowledge in real-world settings. As an organization focused on architecting sustainable revenue and strengthening organizational performance, our certifications signal that participants are equipped with skills that drive results, not just theory.

A sound grasp of financial statements and a working knowledge of Excel are assumed, and some financial modelling experience is an advantage. Our financial modelling course is a useful precursor. A laptop with a current version of Excel is required, and a working command of English is sufficient.