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Business Continuity Management and Operational Resilience

Prepares managers to keep operations running through load shedding, service delivery failures, supply disruptions and other shocks common to the African operating environment. Covers business impact analysis, continuity plan design, crisis communication and recovery testing, drawing on real disruption scenarios faced by South African manufacturers, retailers and financial services firms in recent years.

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What you will be able to do

  • Conduct a business impact analysis to identify critical processes and dependencies.
  • Develop a business continuity plan covering people, technology, sites and suppliers.
  • Design response procedures for power, water and telecommunications disruptions.
  • Coordinate crisis communication with staff, customers and regulators during an incident.
  • Test and exercise continuity plans through simulated disruption scenarios.
  • Align continuity planning with enterprise risk management and insurance arrangements.

Course outline

  1. 01Business Impact Analysis Fundamentals
  2. 02Critical Process and Dependency Mapping
  3. 03Continuity Plan Design and Structure
  4. 04Load Shedding and Utility Disruption Planning
  5. 05Supplier and Site Continuity Risk
  6. 06Crisis Communication Protocols
  7. 07Continuity Plan Testing and Exercises
  8. 08Recovery and Post Incident Review

Who should attend

Operations managers, risk managers, business continuity coordinators and facilities or IT managers responsible for organisational resilience.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Durban3R13,000Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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