Thirty years of digital inclusion in Africa.

ACERFI was born in 1995, at a time when digital technology was, on this continent, more a promise than a shared reality. The institution was founded on a simple and demanding intuition: to make digital skills a common good, open without academic preconditions, but without giving up on rigorous teaching.

For two decades, the institution built its programmes, trained its first teachers and formed lasting partnerships with public and private organisations in Cameroon. Cohort followed cohort, alumni spread out, and official accreditation from the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training confirmed the quality of an approach that had stayed true to its foundations.

From 2015, the offer widened. ACERFI no longer just trains: it supports, advises, integrates. A B2B division and growing consulting expertise — digital transformation, ERP, cybersecurity — answered a new demand from African organisations facing a digitisation that had become strategic.

Thirty years after the first class, ACERFI counts more than ten thousand alumni, works with major public institutions and carries an openly continental ambition. The 2026 edition marks both an anniversary and a milestone: that of an institution which has matured without ever betraying itself.