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Urban Academy

Find the training that moves you forward.

We train your leaders and your teams on AI, using your real files, and we certify you ICDL. Then we stay around until it becomes a habit.

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Our courses

10 training courses
Selling on WhatsApp with AI
Video courseSelf-paced

Selling on WhatsApp with AI

59 video lessons, a PDF guide and a workbook to have an assistant answer your customers on WhatsApp: setup, build, handover to a human, compliant follow-ups.

59 lessons · 97 min · Online, self-paced · guide 118 pages
Claude at work: the complete course
Video courseSelf-paced

Claude at work: the complete course

25 video lessons and a PDF guide to use Claude every day at work: documents, data, production, automation, teamwork.

25 lessons · 97 min · Online, self-paced
AI and data protection: the African company's guide
GuideSelf-study

AI and data protection: the African company's guide

The 59-page guide to entrusting your data to AI without losing control: African regulatory landscape, 10 risky uses, a template policy and a 30-day plan.

59 pages · Downloadable PDF
10 AI use cases for a West African SME: the guide
Video courseSelf-paced

10 AI use cases for a West African SME: the guide

The 63-page guide: 10 concrete AI use cases for an African SME, ready-to-use prompts, a 30-day adoption plan and a template usage policy.

15 lessons · ~25 min · Online, self-paced · guide 63 pages
ICDL · Cybersecurity
ICDL · TrainingBeginner

ICDL · Cybersecurity

Raising awareness of risks: passwords, phishing, personal data and good habits at the office.

23 lessons · 56 min · Online video course
15,000 FCFA
+ 20 USD exam
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ICDL · Data Protection
ICDL · TrainingBeginner

ICDL · Data Protection

Understand and apply the principles of personal data protection, all the way to ICDL certification.

11 lessons · 31 min · Online video course
15,000 FCFA
course only · certification optional
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What is ICDL? The complete guide to the modules and the certification
GuideSelf-study

What is ICDL? The complete guide to the modules and the certification

The complete guide to ICDL certification: every module explained, ten typical paths by role, exam preparation and a self-assessment.

54 pages · Downloadable PDF
Two audiences

Training yourself, or training your team

These are two distinct offers, not two prices for the same thing. Pick the one that matches who is being trained.

For yourself

Individual online course

Pre-recorded video, watched at your own pace, bought online in a few clicks. Enforced progression: a lesson must be substantially watched before the next unlocks.

Immediate access after payment
Self-paced, 12-month access
Optional ICDL certification — 20 USD per exam
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For your team

Corporate training

Built on your real files rather than generic examples, delivered on site or remotely, with four to eight weeks of follow-up so the tools genuinely enter daily habits.

Programme built from your own use cases
On site or remote, on your schedule
Four to eight weeks of post-training support
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In detail

Frequently asked questions

How much does an Urban Academy training cost?

It depends on the format. An online course, watched at your own pace, is bought individually and its price is shown on the course page; the optional ICDL certification exam is billed separately at 20 USD per module. ICDL certification through a session is priced per module: 75 000 CFA francs individually, or 450 000 CFA for the ICDL Standard bundle of 6 modules — which works out cheaper than buying the modules one by one. Corporate training is quoted, because the price depends on the number of participants, the duration and the extent to which the content is built on your own files. Ask for a quotation and you get a figure, not a range.

What is the difference between an individual course and corporate training?

They are two distinct offers, not two prices for the same thing. The individual course is pre-recorded video, bought online, watched whenever you like, with enforced progression — a lesson must be substantially watched before the next unlocks — and an optional ICDL certification at the end. You buy it for yourself, in a few clicks, and you start immediately. Corporate training is built for a team: we work from your real files, not from generic examples, we deliver on site in Abomey-Calavi, Bénin or remotely, and we stay involved for four to eight weeks afterwards so the tools genuinely enter daily habits. It starts with a conversation and a quotation, not with a payment page.

What happens after the training?

Four to eight weeks of follow-up. This is the part that decides whether a training changes anything: a two-day session teaches tools, but habits form in the weeks that follow, when the first real file gets stuck. During that window we stay reachable for the questions that only appear in actual use — which prompt to write, which data may or may not be sent to a model, how to check an output before acting on it. For a certifying track, the follow-up also covers exam preparation: the ICDL tests are administered through the Skillsbox platform, and the certificate is issued by the ICDL Foundation, recognised in 100 countries.

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