Skills
Keeping accounts under the OHADA framework
The OHADA framework applies across seventeen African countries. Mastering it means being able to keep, close and present a company's accounts from Conakry to Abidjan, with the same chart of accounts and the same financial statements.
One entry, seventeen countries
Accounting is the language in which a company accounts for itself to its bank, its shareholders and the tax authority. The OHADA framework sets that grammar for the whole sub-region: one chart of accounts, one set of measurement rules, one set of financial statements. That harmonisation has a direct consequence for you: the skill acquired in Conakry works in Dakar, Bamako and Abidjan with no relearning. The programme takes it from everyday entries through to group consolidation.
- Record day-to-day transactions under the OHADA chart of accounts
- Carry out year-end work and close a financial year
- Produce the balance sheet, income statement and notes
- Consolidate the accounts of several entities in one group
Its place in the programmes
This table shows where the skill lives in the catalogue. It lets you check, before applying, that the volume matches your ambition.
| Teaching block | Programme | Taught hours | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| OHADA financial accounting | Business Management programme — Bac+3 level | 280 h | Year 1 |
| Advanced OHADA accounting and consolidation | Finance and Accounting programme — Bac+5 level | 240 h | Year 1 |
| Audit, internal control and compliance | Finance and Accounting programme — Bac+5 level | 120 h | Year 2 |
| Corporate taxation | Business Law and OHADA Compliance | 200 h | Year 3 |
The exact measure
You keep a company's accounts single-handed from January through to the statutory pack, and defend your choices to a reviewer. Volumes, credits and certified outlets, recomputed from the official catalogue.
- teaching blocks
- 4
- of taught instruction
- 840 h
- credits in total
- 84
- professional qualifications concerned
- 4
Catalogue rule: one credit is twenty-five hours of work, ten of them taught.
- Business Management programme — Bac+3 level
- 280 (33 %)
- Finance and Accounting programme — Bac+5 level
- 360 (43 %)
- Business Law and OHADA Compliance
- 200 (24 %)
The programmes that teach it
Durations, levels and real fees, read from the official catalogue when this site is built.
| Programme | Level | Duration | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Management programme — Bac+3 level | Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 4 800 000 GNF per year |
| Finance and Accounting programme — Bac+5 level | Master's degree | 2 years | 6 800 000 GNF per year |
| Business Law and OHADA Compliance | Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 5 200 000 GNF per year |
The occupations within reach
The volumes shown are those of the filed framework, competency blocks included.
| Professional qualification | Target occupation | Level | Taught volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting Assistant | accounts assistant | 4 · Skilled employee and operative | 600 h |
| Company Accountant | sole accountant of an SME | 5 · Senior technician and supervisor | 700 h |
| Finance and Administration Manager | finance manager of an SME or subsidiary | 6 · Manager and professional | 800 h |
| Chief Financial Officer | CFO | 7 · Expert and executive | 700 h |
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