# The Cross-Border Deal: From Due Diligence to Day 100 in African Acquisitions

> For chief executives, directors, deal teams and integration leaders. Build a disciplined case, do diligence that finds the real company, structure and fund…

- Provider: BrandsClass Executive Academy (a Brands Nexus Network Limited company)
- Format: online lessons, then a live virtual boardroom simulation with AI board members, scored against a published rubric
- Duration: about 240 minutes (9 lessons)
- Access: 365 days from the day you start
- Price: ₦270,000 (NGN)
- Certificate: a certificate that anyone can verify online. It is not a regulated or accredited qualification.
- Level: Boardroom
- Who it is for: Chief executives, directors, CFOs, deal teams and integration leaders of African and international companies buying across African markets.
- Page: https://brandsclass.com/courses/the-cross-border-deal-from-due-diligence-to-day-100-in-african-acquisitions/
- Last updated: 2026-10-18

## What you will learn

- Recognise why cross-border deals fail and set price and walk-away discipline
- Build a business case and a valuation that survive challenge
- Run risk-based due diligence and turn findings into price or protection
- Structure the deal and allocate risk, currency and payment sensibly
- Map and win regulatory, competition and exchange-control approvals
- Protect key people, culture and the seller relationship
- Fund the deal safely, run Day 1 and the first hundred days, and learn from the result

## Lessons

1. Why cross-border deals fail
2. Strategy, valuation and price discipline
3. Due diligence that finds the real company
4. Structure, contracts and risk allocation
5. Approvals, regulators and the state
6. Founders, people and the seller relationship
7. Funding, currency and the balance sheet
8. Day 1 and the first hundred days
9. Capturing value and learning

## How to enrol

Open https://brandsclass.com/courses/the-cross-border-deal-from-due-diligence-to-day-100-in-african-acquisitions/ to create a free account and buy a seat.