Budgets tell you what happened. Forecasts tell you what's coming.
Most NGO finance teams are strong at reporting what was spent. Fewer are equipped to project what's coming — cash gaps before they hit, funding scenarios before a donor asks, and financial health before a board meeting turns into a scramble.
This five-day workshop moves your team from static, annual budgeting into rolling forecasts, scenario planning, and donor-ready financial analysis — the skills that separate a finance function that reacts from one that's trusted to lead.
Built for the people who own the numbers
Designed for NGO and development-sector professionals who build, defend, or rely on financial forecasts.
What you'll walk away able to do
Build a rolling forecast
Turn a static annual budget into a living, rolling cash and program forecast that updates as actuals come in.
Model multiple funding scenarios
Best-case, worst-case, and most-likely projections for multi-donor, multi-currency portfolios.
Read financial health at a glance
Build and interpret ratios and dashboards that flag risk before it becomes a crisis.
Defend numbers to donors and boards
Present forecasts and variance explanations that hold up under donor and audit scrutiny.
Plan for sustainability
Build reserve, cost-recovery, and diversification models that reduce single-donor dependency.
Five days, five themes
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1 Advanced Budgeting Foundations +
- Zero-based vs. incremental budgeting
- Multi-year and multi-donor budget structures
- Aligning budgets to strategic plans and logframes
- Common budget-approval pitfalls with donors
2 Cash Flow & Financial Forecasting +
- Building a 12-month rolling cash flow forecast
- Forecasting restricted vs. unrestricted funds
- Timing gaps between donor disbursement and program spend
- Early-warning indicators for cash shortfalls
3 Scenario Planning & Financial Modelling +
- Best-case / worst-case / most-likely modelling
- Sensitivity analysis on major cost and revenue drivers
- Excel-based forecasting templates participants take home
- Stress-testing budgets against funding cuts
4 Financial Analysis, Ratios & Reporting +
- Key financial health ratios for nonprofits (liquidity, overhead, program-expense ratio)
- Building a one-page financial dashboard for leadership and boards
- Variance analysis and explaining deviations to donors
5 Sustainability, Risk & Compliance +
- Reserve-fund policy design
- Cost-recovery and full-cost-recovery models
- Donor compliance and audit-readiness for forecasts
- Action-planning: applying the forecast model to your own organization
A methodology built to stick
Five days, in-person, in Nairobi — built around your own numbers, not generic case studies.
One fee. Everything covered.
Accommodation and travel not included.
- Training materials and workbook
- Facilitation by AAI's finance faculty
- Refreshments during training days
- Certificate of completion
Training trusted across the continent and beyond
Asset Africa Institute specializes in the research, design, and delivery of high-quality, affordable training for development professionals worldwide — built around real organizational challenges, not theory for its own sake.
Organizations that have trusted AAI include:
World Resources Institute · Catholic University of Mozambique · National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) · ACALISE, Uganda · WIOMSA · Help-ev.de, Zimbabwe · FCA-Kenya · Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia · FHI360, Burundi · GAIN, Pakistan · Moi University, Kenya · The Development Fund, Ethiopia/Somalia · eHealth, Nigeria · JRS, Thailand · SEND Sierra Leone · CABTAL, Cameroon · TOCH, South Sudan · CHA, Malawi · LEAP-RE (EU–AU Energy Partnership) — among tens of others.
Questions, answered
Who should attend this workshop?
Finance managers, officers, and accountants at NGOs; program and grant managers who own budget lines; and executive/country directors who need to read and defend financial forecasts.
When and where does it take place?
21–25 September 2026 (Monday to Friday), in Nairobi, Kenya. This is an in-person workshop.
What does the USD 495 fee cover?
Training materials and workbook, facilitation, refreshments during training days, and a certificate of completion. Accommodation and travel are not included.
Is this in person or online?
In person, in Nairobi. The hands-on format is built around working with your own organization's numbers during the sessions.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes — every participant who completes the workshop receives a certificate from Asset Africa Institute.
How do I register?
Click "Reserve Your Seat" to complete the short form, or contact our Training Coordinator directly. Seats are limited and confirmed on a first-come basis.