Associate Compliance Professional (CACP)

The Associate Compliance Professional (CACP) programme is a Kapaciti Academy curriculum designed to address compliance risks affecting all sectors of the economy. The course is organised into seven modules: (1) Introduction to Compliance — principles of compliance and the behavioural principles that drive compliant conduct; (2) Compliance Structure — governance of compliance, policy, board and management responsibilities, the compliance function and officer, fit and proper, resources, culture, outsourcing, independent review, IT and digital compliance, and materiality; (3) Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism — risks, typologies and methods in Africa, global compliance standards including FATF and regional bodies, the elements of an effective AML compliance programme, investigations, and managing ML/TF risk; (4) Market Abuse — misleading statements, market manipulation, insider dealing, fraud typologies and prevention, false accounting, corruption and identity theft; (5) Anti-Bribery & Corruption — international and national legal frameworks, guiding principles, risk assessment and programme development; (6) Corporate Governance & Ethics — concepts, principles, stakeholders, components, compliance culture and ethics in practice; and (7) Compliance Risk Management — definitions, roles, enterprise-wide programmes, risk assessment approaches, design, documentation, testing and monitoring. Every module provides detailed explanatory content, links to legislation, regulatory publications and international standards, and a module test of twenty-five questions. Completion of all seven module tests prepares learners for certification assessment and for day-to-day compliance work in a regulated institution.