The catalogue
From your first class to your diploma.
Twelve twelve-month diploma programmes across six fields, five two- to three-year tracks, six six-month pathways and sixty three-month certificates. Every line leads to its page.
ISA — AI Solution Architect
12 months · 1,180 hours
Production graphic design
12 months · 1,180 hours
Infrastructure, networks and cloud
12 months · 1,180 hours
Web and mobile development
12 months · 1,180 hours
Digital marketing
12 months · 1,180 hours
Audiovisual production
12 months · 1,180 hours
Corporate communication
12 months · 1,180 hours
Financial management and reporting
12 months · 1,180 hours
Executive assistance
12 months · 1,180 hours
Operational cybersecurity
12 months · 1,180 hours
Data analysis and engineering
12 months · 1,180 hours
E-commerce
12 months · 1,180 hours
Acquisition and advertising creative
6 months · 256 hours
Administrative and accounting manager
6 months · 256 hours
Executive assistant
6 months · 256 hours
Digital communication officer
6 months · 256 hours
Content creator
6 months · 256 hours
Full-stack web development
6 months · 256 hours
Web integrator
3 months · 128 hours
AI-augmented office skills
130 hours
Computer network maintenance
3 months · 128 hours
Where to start
Three commitments, three formats.
The choice starts with the time you can give it. The field comes next.
3 months
One specific job, quickly.
- 60
- certificates in the catalogue
- 128 h
- over three months, no placement
- 250,000 F
- the same fee for all 60
- CQP
- co-signed by MINEFOP when it supervises
12 months
A whole profession.
- 12
- twelve-month programmes
- 1,180 h
- over twelve months, placement included
- 500,000 F
- the same fee for all twelve
- DQP
- co-signed by MINEFOP
2 to 3 years
Go all the way.
- 5
- multi-year tracks
- 2,360 – 3,540 h
- over two to three years
- 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 F
- paid year by year
- DQP + CQP
- a qualification at the end of each year
Six fields
Find your programme.
Filter by field or search for a job. Every line leads to its page.
ISA — AI Solution Architect
From prompt engineering to AI transformation architecture: create content, build without coding, orchestrate agents and lead the transformation of organisations.
- Certificate · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: Baccalauréat
- 500,000 F
Production graphic design
The full professional graphics chain — from logotype to motion design — with generative AI tools built into every step of the creative process.
- Diploma · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: Baccalauréat
- 500,000 F
Infrastructure, networks and cloud
Install, maintain and secure an IT estate and its network. With an opening onto Microsoft Azure cloud (AZ-900) and cybersecurity, aimed at the roles that are hiring.
- Diploma · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: science Baccalauréat
- 500,000 F
Web and mobile development
The complete development cycle: algorithms, front-end, databases, back-end and deployment — with the AI coding copilots professionals actually use.
- Diploma · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: science Baccalauréat
- 500,000 F
Digital marketing
SEO, online advertising, social media, e-commerce and AI applied to marketing: the complete profile companies and agencies are looking for.
- Certificate · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: Baccalauréat
- 500,000 F
Audiovisual production
From writing to post-production: become a complete audiovisual creator, geared towards advertising content and social media video.
- Diploma · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: Baccalauréat
- 500,000 F
Corporate communication
Design and deliver an organisation's internal and external communication, run its digital channels and measure their reach — with generative AI in support and human review at every step.
- Diploma · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: BEPC or Probatoire
- 500,000 F
Financial management and reporting
Keep full accounts to the OHADA standard, produce financial statements, and build the dashboard that warns management before the numbers turn.
- Diploma · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: basic arithmetic
- 500,000 F
Executive assistance
Front desk, diary, filing and the administrative paperwork of a management team — with AI assistants for drafting and summarising.
- Diploma · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: fluent written French
- 500,000 F
Operational cybersecurity
The job is not to build the network but to defend it: detect, qualify and handle an incident, and hold the line on an organisation's security day after day.
- Certificate · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: general IT basics
- 500,000 F
Data analysis and engineering
The job that feeds AI. Before anyone can commission an intelligent system, someone has to prepare, clean and maintain the data it works on — that is this job.
- Certificate · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: comfortable with a spreadsheet
- 500,000 F
E-commerce
Open a shop, stock it, make it known and handle its orders — the complete online selling job, from the first product to the first delivery.
- Certificate · 12 months · 1,180 h
- Entry level: no technical prerequisite
- 500,000 F
Acquisition and advertising creative
Acquisition and advertising creative track. 256 h over 6 months, in two modules, with no work placement and no dissertation. Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP. ACERFI invites MINEFOP to supervise the session: if it supervises, it co-signs the certificate; otherwise ACERFI signs it alone. Examination fees, set by MINEFOP, are charged on top of the tuition: 35,000 FCFA per module. Shorter than the 12-month DQP diploma programme (1,180 h, MINEFOP-accredited, with work placement and dissertation), and more complete than the 3-month certificate (128 h, one module). Like all our programmes from this year on, it includes a foundation in AI and prompt engineering: professional software now embeds AI, and knowing how to drive it is part of the job.
- Track · 6 months · 256 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 450,000 F
Administrative and accounting manager
AI-augmented administrative and accounting manager track. 256 h over 6 months, in two modules, with no work placement and no dissertation. Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP. ACERFI invites MINEFOP to supervise the session: if it supervises, it co-signs the certificate; otherwise ACERFI signs it alone. Examination fees, set by MINEFOP, are charged on top of the tuition: 35,000 FCFA per module. Shorter than the 12-month DQP diploma programme (1,180 h, MINEFOP-accredited, with work placement and dissertation), and more complete than the 3-month certificate (128 h, one module). Like all our programmes from this year on, it includes a foundation in AI and prompt engineering: professional software now embeds AI, and knowing how to drive it is part of the job.
- Track · 6 months · 256 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 450,000 F
Executive assistant
AI-augmented executive assistant track. 256 h over 6 months, in two modules, with no work placement and no dissertation. Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP. ACERFI invites MINEFOP to supervise the session: if it supervises, it co-signs the certificate; otherwise ACERFI signs it alone. Examination fees, set by MINEFOP, are charged on top of the tuition: 35,000 FCFA per module. Shorter than the 12-month DQP diploma programme (1,180 h, MINEFOP-accredited, with work placement and dissertation), and more complete than the 3-month certificate (128 h, one module). Like all our programmes from this year on, it includes a foundation in AI and prompt engineering: professional software now embeds AI, and knowing how to drive it is part of the job.
- Track · 6 months · 256 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 450,000 F
Digital communication officer
AI-augmented digital communication officer track. 256 h over 6 months, in two modules, with no work placement and no dissertation. Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP. ACERFI invites MINEFOP to supervise the session: if it supervises, it co-signs the certificate; otherwise ACERFI signs it alone. Examination fees, set by MINEFOP, are charged on top of the tuition: 35,000 FCFA per module. Shorter than the 12-month DQP diploma programme (1,180 h, MINEFOP-accredited, with work placement and dissertation), and more complete than the 3-month certificate (128 h, one module). Like all our programmes from this year on, it includes a foundation in AI and prompt engineering: professional software now embeds AI, and knowing how to drive it is part of the job.
- Track · 6 months · 256 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 450,000 F
Content creator
AI-augmented content creator track. 256 h over 6 months, in two modules, with no work placement and no dissertation. Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP. ACERFI invites MINEFOP to supervise the session: if it supervises, it co-signs the certificate; otherwise ACERFI signs it alone. Examination fees, set by MINEFOP, are charged on top of the tuition: 35,000 FCFA per module. Shorter than the 12-month DQP diploma programme (1,180 h, MINEFOP-accredited, with work placement and dissertation), and more complete than the 3-month certificate (128 h, one module). Like all our programmes from this year on, it includes a foundation in AI and prompt engineering: professional software now embeds AI, and knowing how to drive it is part of the job.
- Track · 6 months · 256 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 450,000 F
Full-stack web development
AI-augmented full-stack web development track. 256 h over 6 months, in two modules, with no work placement and no dissertation. Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP. ACERFI invites MINEFOP to supervise the session: if it supervises, it co-signs the certificate; otherwise ACERFI signs it alone. Examination fees, set by MINEFOP, are charged on top of the tuition: 35,000 FCFA per module. Shorter than the 12-month DQP diploma programme (1,180 h, MINEFOP-accredited, with work placement and dissertation), and more complete than the 3-month certificate (128 h, one module). Like all our programmes from this year on, it includes a foundation in AI and prompt engineering: professional software now embeds AI, and knowing how to drive it is part of the job.
- Track · 6 months · 256 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 450,000 F
Web integrator
Build a responsive web interface from a design: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and AI creation tools.
- Certificate · 3 months · 128 h
- Entry level: science Baccalauréat
- 250,000 F
Complete Office Pack + AI Copilot
The way into the catalogue: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and AI assistants, to be immediately effective at the office. Open from BEPC level.
- Pack · 130 h
- Entry level: BEPC
- 100,000 F
Network administrator certificate — 3 months
Cabling, IP addressing, Cisco equipment and an introduction to cybersecurity: an operational network technician in three months.
- Certificate · 3 months · 128 h
- Entry level: science Baccalauréat
- 250,000 F
Pathway: From developer to AI architect — 3 years
From developer to AI architect pathway. 3 years, 3,540 h in total.
- Pathway · 3 years · 3,540 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 1,500,000 F in total
Pathway: AI-augmented data analyst — 2 years
AI-augmented data analyst pathway. 2 years, 2,360 h in total.
- Pathway · 2 years · 2,360 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 1,000,000 F in total
Pathway: AI-augmented art director — 2 years
AI-augmented art director pathway. 2 years, 2,360 h in total.
- Pathway · 2 years · 2,360 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 1,000,000 F in total
Pathway: AI-augmented SME manager — 2 years
AI-augmented SME manager pathway. 2 years, 2,360 h in total.
- Pathway · 2 years · 2,360 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 1,000,000 F in total
Pathway: AI-augmented cybersecurity engineer — 2 years
AI-augmented cybersecurity engineer pathway. 2 years, 2,360 h in total.
- Pathway · 2 years · 2,360 h
- Entry level: intermediate
- 1,000,000 F in total
Before you apply
What applicants ask us.
Admission
Fees and payment
Organisation
Admission
Who can enrol?
Two programmes open from the BEPC, most require the Baccalaureat, and the technical streams (networks, development) a science Baccalaureat. If you are unsure, the guidance interview settles it with you, before any financial commitment.
Admission
Which format should I choose?
Four families, from the shortest to the longest. The three-month certificate targets one specific job. The six-month pathway chains two certificates and awards one qualification per module. The twelve-month programme covers a whole profession, placement and dissertation included. The two- to three-year track stacks several years and awards a qualification at the end of each. The fee follows the length, and the guidance interview settles it with you.
Admission
Is the qualification recognised?
ACERFI is a MINEFOP-accredited centre. Depending on the programme, you work towards a DQP or a CQP. The DQP is sat at the national examinations, on the ministry's calendar. The CQP is run by the centre: ACERFI sets the date and invites MINEFOP to supervise the examination — if it supervises, it co-signs the certificate, otherwise ACERFI signs alone. The difference lies in who runs the examination, never in the value of the qualification.
Fees and payment
How much does a programme cost?
500,000 F CFA for a twelve-month programme. 250,000 F CFA for a three-month certificate — the same fee for all sixty. Tuition is paid in instalments: 50 % on enrolment, the balance over three monthly payments at most. Examination fees, set by MINEFOP, come on top: 35,000 FCFA, for the DQP as for the CQP.
Organisation
Where are the classes held?
ACERFI has three sites: Ngousso, the head office, in Yaounde; Nsimalen, five minutes from the airport; and Douala. Every programme is backed by the online campus, open day and night. Which site hosts a given intake is checked programme by programme — your adviser tells you at the interview.
Organisation
Day or evening?
Both, for the twelve-month programmes as for the certificates: same syllabus, same qualification, same fee. Only the timetable changes. The twelve-month programme runs 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. or 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.; the certificate, two hours a day.
The new term
Monday 5 October. One place left.
A fifteen-minute conversation is enough to know which of the twelve programmes matches your plan.
Apply