What is the Certified Blockchain Expert?

The Certified Blockchain Expert is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Information Technology.

How long does this certification take?

The programme is 10 Week and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Advanced Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

You can enrol by emailing info@leadership.co.ke, contacting us via WhatsApp at +254 722 223 084, or filling the enrolment form below.

Certified Blockchain Expert (CBE) | Online Certification

Executive Summary

Certified Blockchain Expert

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Blockchain Expert (CBE) delivers a rigorous Advanced-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in banking operations, credit, payments and financial services.

This 10 Week programme is structured around Basel, central-bank regulations and recognised banking and AML standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CBE holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Blockchain Expert

Acronym

CBE

Who Should Enrol?

Assessing a New Technology Honestly — applied to your own work
Requirements Before Capability — applied to your own work
Data, Quality and Evidence — applied to your own work
Security, Privacy and Exposure — applied to your own work
Infrastructure and Connectivity — applied to your own work
Adoption and Lifecycle Cost — applied to your own work

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior banking operations, credit and branch leadership roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with Basel, central-bank regulations and recognised banking and AML standards

Operational Excellence

Apply world-class frameworks to improve performance and outcomes

Strategic Thinking

Develop the analytical and strategic skills demanded at the executive level

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to banking operations

Global Employability

Qualify for banking operations roles across commercial banks, microfinance institutions and financial-services firms worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Retail, Corporate and Digital Banking Operations

✦Credit, Lending and Loan Administration

✦Payments, Settlements and Transaction Processing

✦Risk, Compliance, AML and Financial Crime

✦Customer Experience and Relationship Banking

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Blockchain Expert

Certified Blockchain Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
Computing fundamentals and IT concepts
The role of IT in business and value creation
IT operating models and organisation
Hardware, software and systems overview
The technology landscape and trends
IT professional roles and standards
Digital transformation and IT strategy
Ethics, responsibility and digital citizenship
IT service and product mindset
Career pathways and professional development

Assessing a New Technology Honestly

Artificial intelligence: capability, limits and responsible use
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Business continuity and disaster recovery
Analytical techniques and bias
Finance, procurement and supply modules
Managing technology teams and technical work
Master data and configuration
ERP platforms and vendors
Fit-gap analysis and selection
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Reporting quality and governance
Management accounts and dashboards

Requirements Before Capability

Requirements and the specification gap
Turning analysis into a decision
Delivering technology change that people adopt
IT service management and ITIL
Service strategy, design and transition
Incident, problem and change management
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis
Configuration and asset management
Forecasting and planning
Data visualisation for finance
Continual service improvement
IT strategy and business alignment
IT governance frameworks (COBIT)
Enterprise architecture governance

Data, Quality and Evidence

Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Correlation, causation and experiment design
Turning analysis into a decision
Third-party and supply-chain risk
Decision support and insight
Awareness and security culture
Communicating financial results
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Attachment and developmental theory
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Training and change management
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Project governance and risk
Vendor and partner management
Reporting and enterprise analytics

Security, Privacy and Exposure

Cybersecurity fundamentals and the human factor
Data protection and privacy by design
Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Process optimisation and RPA
System performance and tuning
Upgrades and roadmap management
Peer support and consultation
Compliance and audit in ERP
Data governance in enterprise systems
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Measuring ERP value
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Duty of care and risk management
Record-keeping and data protection

Infrastructure and Connectivity

Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Big data platforms (Spark, Hadoop)
Streaming and real-time data
Data architecture and integration
Cloud data platforms
Statistics and exploratory data analysis
Supervised and unsupervised learning
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Deep learning and neural networks
Natural language processing
Client feedback and satisfaction
Evidence-based improvement

Adoption and Lifecycle Cost

Delivering technology change that people adopt
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Automation and where it genuinely pays
Business intelligence and reporting
Data analytics and visualisation
Big data technologies and platforms
Data privacy and protection
Network design, LAN/WAN and topologies
TCP/IP, DNS and routing
Wireless, mobile and edge networking
Cloud platforms and services
Containerisation and Kubernetes
Serverless and microservices
Platform engineering and reliability (SRE)
Monitoring, observability and logging

Legal and Regulatory

Regulatory awareness (GDPR and beyond)
Vendor, contract and asset management
Regulatory and privacy requirements
Smart contracts and dApps
Risk and regulatory considerations
Data ethics, privacy and protection
HSE legal duties and enforcement
Regulatory awareness and compliance
Payment regulation and oversight
Regulatory and compliance requirements
Contract oversight in the public sector
Contractor safety and shared workplaces
Regulatory compliance in operations
Regulatory capital for credit
Recovery and legal remedies

Delivery and Projects

Agile and product operating models
Continuous improvement in delivery
IT project and portfolio management
Leading IT projects and change
Agile delivery and iterative development
Change and adoption in projects
Innovation and continuous delivery
Agile and digital transformation projects
Scaling delivery capability
Building project management maturity
Measuring change and project impact
Capstone scoping: a real project or programme
Designing the project plan and schedule
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Project initiation and chartering

Leadership and Decisions

Incident and problem management
Patching and change management
DevOps, CI/CD and release management
Cost, performance and capacity management
Turning insight into decisions
Scaling technology and teams
CI/CD and release management
Risk management and security frameworks
Innovation management and R&D
IT financial management and value
Team leadership in technology
Identity and access management
Vulnerability management
Cyber risk management
IT service management and support operations

Capability and Training

Version control and collaborative development
Web and mobile application development
Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Front-end and back-end development
Building digital capability in an organisation
Evaluating coaching outcomes
Team coaching and the team as client
Cultural context and coaching across difference
Building and running a coaching practice
Training needs analysis
Continuing professional development
Career and talent development
Building a coaching culture
Measuring coaching and mentoring impact
Capability and skills frameworks

Change and Adoption

Digital transformation strategy
Managing resistance and upskilling
Measuring digital transformation impact
Digital transformation roadmaps
User adoption and change
Data literacy and adoption
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Managing resistance and reskilling
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Technology governance and change control
Change management and adoption
The finance function and digital transformation
Regulatory change management
Managing risk and difficult cases

Operations and Service

Quality assurance and code review
Incident response process
Testing, quality assurance and defect economics
Software design patterns and quality
Self-service analytics
Quality, defects and reliability
Process modelling and mapping
APIs and service design
Banking products, services and delivery channels
Operating-model and process re-engineering
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Governance of service standards
Responsible and ethical service
Service KPIs: CSAT, NPS, CES, SLAs
Quality monitoring and coaching

Cost and Investment

Innovation and technology investment
Roadmapping and investment
Cost, performance and FinOps
Microfinance and group lending
Financial inclusion and agency banking
Lessons learned and development
Impact, blended and concessional finance
Total cost of ownership
Investment principles and objectives
Investment strategy and allocation
Alternative investments
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Access to finance, grants and investment
Financial and technical feasibility analysis
Driving effective, ethical outcomes

Stakeholders and Vendors

Stakeholder and gap analysis
Stakeholder mapping and business partnering
Presenting and influencing
Negotiation with vendors
Vendor selection and managing technology suppliers
Data products and stakeholder value
Stakeholder identification and analysis
Vendor selection and management
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Managing expectations and influence
Building project relationships
Mentoring, sponsorship and developmental relationships
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Stakeholders, agency and accountability

Communication and Documentation

Cryptography and secure communications
Dashboards, reporting and the metric that misleads
Data storytelling and communicating findings
Professional and technical documentation
Process and control documentation
Control monitoring and reporting
Crisis communications
Stakeholder communications
Ethics in communications
Communications strategy and planning
Internal communications
Designing and facilitating groups
Toolbox talks and safety communication
Communicating vision and telling stories
Executive communication and presence

Users and Customers

Scaling innovation to production
Digital user experience and accessibility
Managing user and customer expectations
Competitive and market intelligence
Cross-functional collaboration with product and service
Digital and market transformation
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Customer service and experience principles
Customer expectations and satisfaction
The customer experience (CX) discipline
Psychoeducation and workshops
Telecom products, tariffs and customer lifecycles
Creating content that performs: formats, hooks and production
Working with organisations on wellbeing

Strategic Context

Data-driven and platform business models
Automated testing strategies
Emerging threats and defensive strategy
Business models for new tech
Ethics and responsible innovation
Innovation and experimentation culture
Innovation in service delivery
Sustaining strategic customer focus
Customer experience strategy
Innovation and fintech collaboration
Collections strategy
Designing an intervention or programme
Scaling technologies and business models
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Professional case study and presentation

Security

Cloud and data security
Security by design
Evidence-based practice
Risk, security and feasibility analysis
Claims investigation and fraud indicators
Goal setting and contracting
Cybersecurity and fraud technology
Data security and confidentiality
Fraud risk and controls
Valuation and security analysis
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Card and data security (PCI DSS)
Security governance and management systems
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Incident investigation and root cause

Performance Measurement

Measuring IT value and performance
Performance and optimisation
Performance tuning and optimisation
KPIs and metric design
Scalability, availability and performance
IT KPIs, SLAs and scorecards
System performance and reliability metrics
Concurrency and performance
Performance and load testing
Project KPIs and performance metrics
Managing schedule and budget performance
Risk treatment and countermeasures
Retail performance metrics: sales densities, conversion and basket
Measurement and analytics for media and social campaigns
Outcome and process measures

Procurement and Supply

Public procurement frameworks and principles
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Fair trade and responsible supply
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Treatment planning and review
Managing complexity and comorbidity
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Public versus private procurement
Supply markets and the enabling environment

Workforce

Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Workforce planning and the capability gap
Employee relations, discipline and fair process
Employee engagement and what actually drives it
Customer (employee/manager) satisfaction
Recruitment marketing and candidate attraction
Employer branding and employee value proposition (EVP)

Ethics and Standards

Ethical and responsible technology
Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Professional ethics in technology
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Professional ethics in customer service
Ethics and integrity in banking
Professional ethics and banking conduct
Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
Responsible and sustainable banking
Data ethics and customer privacy
Ethics and independence
Embedding responsible business
Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct in HR
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Ethics and duty of care

International Context

Global sourcing and international trade
International and cross-border tax
Workplace and organisational contexts
Governance, risk and compliance
The business analysis discipline and role
Requirements and analysis
Governance, compliance and standards (ISO 27001)
Malware and attack analysis
Systems analysis, design and modelling
Churn analysis and prevention
Leading service teams
Change talk and readiness

Sustainability

Sustainability and green IT
Sustainability standards (GRI, ISSB)
Goal setting and action planning
Sustainability and environmental duty
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
Environmental legal compliance
Environmental monitoring and reporting
Continuous environmental improvement
Integration with quality and environment
Environmental management and pollution control
Sustainability and responsible sourcing
Responsible and sustainable governance
ESG principles and frameworks
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Environmental governance and climate risk

Learning and Knowledge

Complaint data and learning
Instructional design models (ADDIE, SAM)
Cognitive load and learning science
The learning and development profession
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Learning strategy and roadmaps
Building the learning brand
Aligning learning to performance
Learning technologies and the LMS
Learning transfer and capability building
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Lessons learned and knowledge management

Health and Safety Context

Risk assessment and safety planning
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Customer and brand health metrics
Regulatory compliance and biosafety
Feedback, challenge and psychological safety in coaching
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
Product safety and standards
Safety management systems overview (ISO 45001)
Safety culture and leadership
Habit change and behaviour design
Accountability and follow-through
Health records, data and confidentiality
Telehealth and digital care delivery

Technology Foundations

Digital accessibility and inclusion
Bridging business and technology
Capstone scoping: a real technology problem
Designing a technical solution or system
Emerging-technology evaluation
LAN, WAN and network design
Measuring coaching outcomes
Digital advisory, e-extension and mobile services
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Quality management systems and audits
Digital and self-service transformation
Digital currencies and CBDCs
Emerging payment technologies
Digital tax administration
Bancassurance and digital insurance models

Data and Evidence

Data and interoperability
Data modelling and database design
NoSQL and modern data stores
Data warehousing and data lakes
ETL, data pipelines and engineering
ETL/ELT and data pipelines
Evaluation metrics and monitoring
Dashboards and data storytelling
Predictive and prescriptive analytics
Servers, storage and data centres
Continuous improvement and DevOps metrics
Data structures and algorithms
Metrics, velocity and flow
Data and information requirements
Market research design and methods

Governance and Risk

Risk, compliance and audit
Risk-based audit planning
Data analytics in audit
Quality assurance of audit
Assurance engagements and standards
Audit risk and materiality
Emerging assurance areas (ESG)
Credit risk measurement
Credit risk governance
Financial risk types and management
Market risk and VaR
Payment risk types and management
Strengths, flow and engagement
Contract types and risk allocation
Contract governance and compliance

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Assessing a New Technology Honestly — applied to your own work
Requirements Before Capability — applied to your own work
Data, Quality and Evidence — applied to your own work
Security, Privacy and Exposure — applied to your own work
Infrastructure and Connectivity — applied to your own work
Adoption and Lifecycle Cost — applied to your own work

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CBE certification?

The Certified Blockchain Expert (CBE) is a Advanced-level professional certification awarded by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI). It is designed to equip professionals in banking operations, credit, payments and financial services with practical skills, internationally recognised frameworks, and the credentials needed to advance their careers.

Who should enrol in the CBE?

This certification is ideal for Bank Officers and Tellers, Credit and Loan Officers, Banking Operations Staff and Relationship and Branch Managers, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in banking operations, credit, payments and financial services with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CBE certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 10 Week and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CBE internationally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with Basel, central-bank regulations and recognised banking and AML standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

What is the cost of the CBE certification?

The Certified Blockchain Expert is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 449 and Live Virtual at USD 649. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CBE certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CBE?

The Certified Blockchain Expert is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CBE?

The Certified Blockchain Expert carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CBE while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CBE?

Graduates progress towards senior banking operations, credit and branch leadership roles. The CBE strengthens your expertise in banking operations, credit, payments and financial services and positions you for advancement across commercial banks, microfinance institutions and financial-services firms.

Certified Blockchain Expert

Certified Blockchain Expert

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

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