Bank of Tanzania Training Institute

Courses Offered

The Institute generally conducts two major types of short-duration courses:

    1. Those which aim at enhancing the level of professionalism in banking and finance, and
    2. Those aiming at enhancing competence at work.
    3. Part-time courses to support the major courses
    4. Forum for discussing Financial Issues.

1. Course to enhance professionalism

At the heart of the Institute's programmes, is the important function of evolving and implementing sound monetary policy. This being the case, the Institute has in its programmes, some core courses which are meant to enhance capacity for evolving and implementing sound macro economic policies.

Core courses include:

  1. Open Economy Macroeconomics
  2. Theory and Practice of Monetary Policy
  3. Commercial Banking
  4. Economics of Money and Finance
  5. International Monetary Economics.

2. Courses Specifically Tailored to Enhance Competency in Work Performance

We have courses that have been designed to enhance productivity of the Bank's staff through imparting requisite working skills and knowledge. There are several such courses:

- Risk and Portfolio Management

- Auditing of Central Banks and financial Institutions

- Financial Analysis

- Accounting for Forex transactions

- Capital Markets (various issues)

- Computer (various courses)

- Research Methodology & Analysis

- Auditing of Computerised Accounting Systems

- Supervisory Management

- Financial Modelling

- Prudential Guidelines

- Central Banking

- Basic Quantitative Methods

- BOT Operating Systems and Policies

- Effective Communication

- Asset and Liability Management

- Bank Supervision.

 

  1. Part Time Courses

In order to maximize the available capacity of the Institute, and to enable members who are willing to advance themselves academically and professionally in the Mwanza Municipality, the Institute offers part time/evening courses, including:

- Various Computer courses, and

- Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) review courses.

 

4. Forum for Discussing Financial Issues

The Institute also collaborate with the Tanzania Institute of Bankers in disseminating and discussing issues relating to obligations, limitations, rules and regulations governing then financial discipline in the country.