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Capital Investment Appraisal and Project Evaluation

Deciding whether to fund a new plant, vehicle fleet or expansion project requires more than gut feel, especially when capital is scarce and financing costs are high. This course builds practical skills in appraising capital projects using discounted cash flow techniques, sensitivity analysis and risk adjusted hurdle rates, so that investment committees can back projects that genuinely create value.

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What you will be able to do

  • Distinguish between capital and operating expenditure decisions.
  • Calculate net present value, internal rate of return and payback period for proposed projects.
  • Build a risk adjusted discount rate for projects of differing risk profiles.
  • Conduct sensitivity and scenario analysis on key project assumptions.
  • Compare mutually exclusive projects using consistent appraisal criteria.
  • Prepare a capital investment proposal for presentation to a finance committee.

Course outline

  1. 01Capital Budgeting Decision Framework
  2. 02Estimating Relevant Project Cash Flows
  3. 03Net Present Value and IRR
  4. 04Payback and Accounting Rate of Return
  5. 05Setting Risk Adjusted Discount Rates
  6. 06Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis
  7. 07Comparing Competing Investment Options
  8. 08Presenting Investment Proposals to Committees

Who should attend

Financial managers, project engineers, business analysts and finance committee members involved in capital expenditure decisions.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Dubai3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Mauritius3US$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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