Six trades, taught the way the work is actually done. IT support, cloud, data, Python, AI and digital marketing courses in Cameroon

IT support, cloud, data, Python, applied AI and digital marketing. Each is three independent three-month levels, and each level ends in a compulsory industry certification. Start at the level that fits you, on campus or online.

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Computer Fundamentals & IT Support

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Start from the phone in your hand. Finish ready for the help desk.

The trade: IT support and the everyday computer
Level 1: Digital Foundations
Certification: CompTIA Tech+ (FC0-U71)
Tuition: 135 000 FCFA per level
Level 1 exam: $138, paid separately
Suits you if: Built for people who have only ever used a phone. Week one starts with the mouse, the keyboard and where a file goes when you save it. Level 3 graduates can enter the Cloud programme at Level 2.

Full programme: Computer Fundamentals & IT Support

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Cloud & DevOps

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Run the systems everything else runs on.

The trade: Cloud support and infrastructure
Level 1: Cloud Support Foundation
Certification: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
Tuition: 135 000 FCFA per level
Level 1 exam: $100, paid separately
Suits you if: No IT background needed. Week one starts at what a file is, and ends with you running your own Linux machine. Graduates of Computer Fundamentals & IT Support Level 3 can start here at Level 2.

Full programme: Cloud & DevOps

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Data Analytics

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Learn to answer questions with data, and get paid for it.

The trade: Data analysis
Level 1: Data Analysis Foundation
Certification: Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
Tuition: 135 000 FCFA per level
Level 1 exam: $58, paid separately
Suits you if: You will spend more time on SQL than on anything else, because SQL is the skill that appears in almost every job advert in this field.

Full programme: Data Analytics

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Python Programming

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Write the code the other trades run on.

The trade: Software development with Python
Level 1: Python Foundations
Certification: PCEP – Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer (PCEP-30-02)
Tuition: 135 000 FCFA per level
Level 1 exam: $59, paid separately
Suits you if: No coding background needed. You write your first program in week one and put a small web service online by week 10.

Full programme: Python Programming

AI & Automation

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Build the automations businesses actually pay for.

The trade: Applied AI and automation
Level 1: Applied AI & Automation Foundation
Certification: AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01)
Tuition: 135 000 FCFA per level
Level 1 exam: $100, paid separately
Suits you if: Technical from the start, with steep first three weeks. You learn to program properly before you touch a model; Python Programming goes further into code itself.

Full programme: AI & Automation

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Digital Marketing

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Make a business grow, and prove it was you.

The trade: Digital and growth marketing
Level 1: Digital Marketing Foundation
Certification: Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate (100-101)
Tuition: 135 000 FCFA per level
Level 1 exam: $44.40, paid separately
Suits you if: The only programme where you spend real advertising money: 30 000 FCFA, which we provide, in week eight.

Full programme: Digital Marketing

Tuition and the certification exam are paid separately. Tuition is 135 000 FCFA a level at the founding rate for the cohort starting 10 November 2026 (150 000 FCFA for later cohorts). The exam is charged at the vendor’s own price, with no markup.

At a glance What is identical The three levels Which one suits me Cohort calendar

At a glance

Programme	What the trade is	Level 1 certification	Tuition per level	Level 1 exam	Enrolled
Computer Fundamentals & IT Support	IT support is the work of keeping people and their computers working: setting up machines and accounts, fixing what breaks, and explaining the fix so it stays fixed.	CompTIA Tech+ (FC0-U71)	135 000 FCFA	$138	0 / 20
Cloud & DevOps	Cloud infrastructure is the business of running the servers, networks and storage that everything else depends on: provisioning them, securing them, watching them, and fixing them when they break.	AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)	135 000 FCFA	$100	9 / 20
Data Analytics	Data analysis is a trade, like accountancy.	Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)	135 000 FCFA	$58	14 / 20
Python Programming	Programming is the work of telling a computer exactly what to do, in a form other people can read, test and change.	PCEP – Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer (PCEP-30-02)	135 000 FCFA	$59	0 / 20
AI & Automation	Applied AI is the business of building software that uses language models to do work a person used to do by hand (reading documents, answering customers, moving data between systems), and measuring whether it actually works.	AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01)	135 000 FCFA	$100	11 / 20
Digital Marketing	Digital marketing is the business of putting an offer in front of the right people for a known cost, and proving afterwards what it returned.	Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate (100-101)	135 000 FCFA	$44.40	7 / 20

What is identical

These do not vary by programme. If a page ever says otherwise, this table is the one that is right.

	Every programme
Shape	Three independent levels of three months each. Nine months end to end if you take all three, but you only ever commit to the next twelve weeks.
Commitment	About 22 hours a week for 11 teaching weeks: roughly three hours a day, or weekday evenings plus one weekend day
Certification	Compulsory at every level, set and marked by AWS, Microsoft, CompTIA, Meta, Databricks or the Python Institute. Sat in week 11. Voucher bought at the vendor’s price with no markup.
Placement	Two months, remote, after Level 2, with a partner company in the United States. Arranged by us. Unpaid; real tasks and a contactable reference. Conditions in the enrolment terms.
Tuition	3 × 45 000 FCFA = 135 000 FCFA a level at the founding rate for the cohort starting 10 November 2026 (150 000 FCFA for later cohorts), plus a 10 000 FCFA enrolment fee paid once. The certification exam is billed separately at the vendor’s price.
Cohorts	A new cohort every two months, all three levels opening together. Dates are on the admissions page.
Format	On campus at Melen (opposite POLYTECH) or fully online: same timetable, same assignments, same coach. Switch mid-level by telling your coach.
Seats	20 per programme per cohort
Coaching	One coach per twelve learners · a phone call if you go quiet for two days · 48 hours of grace on every deadline
Entry	No degree and no coding background. A two-minute quiz on each programme page places you at Level 1, 2 or 3, and a coach confirms it on the phone.
AI in every programme	Every level has modules on working with AI tools in that trade: assistants in infrastructure work, language models in the data function, generated creative and copy. Not a label on the brochure, a part of the week.
Not offered	The HND, the DQP, the CQP and other State or MINEFOP qualifications. Our aim is a worldwide-recognised industry certification and a portfolio that makes you extremely competitive in today’s hiring market, in Cameroon or abroad.

The three levels

Level	What changes	Certification	What you hold at the end
1	You learn the tools and build the first real things, on briefs from real organisations.	A vendor certification, compulsory: foundational or associate level, depending on the programme.	Three to five published projects, the certification, a Career Passport link.
2	You stop following instructions and start making decisions. You are given a problem, not a method.	The associate or professional certification employers actually check.	The certification, a capstone, and a two-month remote placement with a partner company.
3	You deliver for a paying client through SmartSana Labs, supervised, to a real deadline.	A more advanced certification: associate level at AWS, Microsoft and Databricks, professional level at Meta.	Client references, delivered work and the certification: the three things every job posting asks for.

Level 1 is not a third of a course. It is a complete thing you can stop at, with a portfolio and an industry certification that does not expire when you leave. Each level is priced and enrolled separately, so you are never committed to the next one.

Which one suits me

I have only ever used a phoneComputer Fundamentals & IT Support

Then start here. Level 1 teaches a computer the way an office expects it used: files, Word, Excel up to pivot tables, email and video calls, security and first-line troubleshooting. Levels 2 and 3 make you an IT support technician holding CompTIA A+, and lead into Cloud at Level 2 if you want to go further.

Computer Fundamentals & IT Support

I want to work with systems, servers and networksCloud & DevOps

You like knowing how a thing works underneath, you do not mind reading logs, and being the person who fixes it appeals to you. Cloud support and platform roles are also among the most reliably remote jobs there are: the work is identical wherever the engineer sits.

Cloud & DevOps

I want to find the answer in the numbersData Analytics

You are the person who reorganises the spreadsheet. Data analysis is one of the most portable trades we teach: the same core works in a bank, a hospital, a distributor or an NGO. PL-300 is the single most recognised credential we teach towards.

Data Analytics

I want to learn to codePython Programming

Python is the language the other technical trades lean on: data, automation, the web and AI. You write your first program in week one and put a small web service online by week 10. Choose this if you want to build software itself rather than one trade that uses it.

Python Programming

I want to build thingsAI & Automation

Technical, with steep first three weeks: you learn to program properly before you touch a model. Choose this if the fastest route to income for you is building automations businesses pay for rather than waiting for a junior job title.

AI & Automation

I want to make a business grow and prove it was meDigital Marketing

A less technical start and a quick route to paid freelance work locally. You finish Level 1 holding five certifications: one from Meta, and four free Google and HubSpot ones that are coursework rather than an option.

Digital Marketing

I genuinely do not know

Then do not guess. Request information and an advisor will ask four questions about what you currently do all day and tell you which of the six fits, including when the answer is none of them. We would rather lose an enrolment than carry someone through eleven weeks of the wrong programme.

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Cohort calendar

Every cohort, every programme: one new intake every two months
Starts	Ends	Applications close	Orientation week	Status
Tue 10 Nov 2026	Fri 5 Feb 2027	Sun 1 Nov 2026	Mon 2 – Fri 6 Nov	Enrolling
Mon 11 Jan 2027	Mon 29 Mar 2027	Sun 3 Jan 2027	Mon 4 – Fri 8 Jan	Opens later
Mon 8 Mar 2027	Mon 24 May 2027	Sun 28 Feb 2027	Mon 1 – Fri 5 Mar	Opens later
Mon 10 May 2027	Mon 26 Jul 2027	Sun 2 May 2027	Mon 3 – Fri 7 May	Opens later
Mon 12 Jul 2027	Mon 27 Sep 2027	Sun 4 Jul 2027	Mon 5 – Fri 9 Jul	Opens later
Mon 6 Sep 2027	Mon 22 Nov 2027	Sun 29 Aug 2027	Mon 30 Aug – Fri 3 Sep	Opens later
Mon 8 Nov 2027	Mon 24 Jan 2028	Sun 31 Oct 2027	Mon 1 – Fri 5 Nov	Opens later

A cohort starts every two months, and every cohort opens Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 together. That is why you are not waiting six months for the next entry point, and why the placement quiz can put you straight into Level 2 if you already have the skills. The November cohort pauses for the end-of-year break from 21 December to 2 January, which is why it finishes in February; later cohorts run straight through. These dates are maintained in one file and shown live on this page.

Two ways to start. Both begin with a conversation.

Request information if you want an admissions advisor to call you, look at your profile and tell you honestly which programme and level fit. Apply if you already know. Either way, apart from the 10 000 FCFA application fee, which is your enrolment fee, paid once and not refundable, nothing is due until a place is confirmed in writing. After that, each tuition payment is refunded in full if you ask within 14 days of making it.

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