IHETC
The institute's resources
In-depth articles, written with the precision of a teaching module. Each takes one catalogue subject all the way and gives the figures behind it: 56 resources composed from what IHETC actually teaches.
What these texts demonstrate
A programme page says what you learn; a resource shows how it is taught. Each one covers its subject with the level of detail a teaching block gives it, quotes the real hour counts and points to the programmes that go deeper. Whoever finishes it has already learned something — the most direct demonstration Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies can offer.
- One subject covered in full, with the figures behind it
- Tables composed from the official catalogue, never typed by hand
- Hour counts and credits taken from the programme pages
- Questions genuinely asked, answered at the foot of the page
- An associated training path, given by its address
How to read a resource
The first paragraph is enough
Every page opens with its answer. The rest brings the demonstration, the figures and the applied cases.
The tables are recomputable
Durations, credits, taught hours and fees come from the programme pages: the same figures appear there.
Questions close the page
They echo what applicants ask the admissions office, with the exact answer.
A path is always offered
Each resource ends with the programme or title that goes deeper into the subject it opened.
The material these texts are drawn from
None of these resources rests on an outside statistic. All of them compose from the filed catalogue: programmes, teaching blocks, professional titles, fields of the continuing-education base. The counters below are recomputed at every publication of the site.
- programmes in the catalogue
- 30
- teaching blocks
- 181
- professional titles
- 72
- modules in the continuing-education base
- 444
Across 5 schools.
2415 credits, that is 24150 taught hours.
360 competence blocks, 49750 hours.
434 classified across 13 fields.
How these resources break down
Nine thematic groups, whose sizes follow the depth genuinely available in the catalogue. The values are the counts of the groups themselves: adding a resource updates this picture with no share typed by hand.
- Understanding training
- 9 (16 %)
- Digital and development
- 7 (13 %)
- Design and writing
- 4 (7 %)
- Marketing and acquisition
- 4 (7 %)
- Data and artificial intelligence
- 8 (14 %)
- Security, networks and industry
- 8 (14 %)
- Finance, management and law
- 8 (14 %)
- Trade and supply chain
- 3 (5 %)
- Projects, HR and schooling
- 5 (9 %)
Questions about these resources
Are these texts reserved for applicants?
They are public and will stay so: a professional coming for a precise method gets an immediate benefit, with no prior step. It is also the most honest way of showing how the institute teaches.
Where do the figures quoted in the pages come from?
From the official catalogue and nothing else: durations, credits, hour counts, fees in Guinean francs, module and block counts. The rule applied throughout is the filed catalogue's, one credit being 25 hours of work with 10 taught.
Are the resources available in English?
Every page exists in both languages, with the same content and the same tables. Switching language keeps the page you are on and its own address.
How often do these pages change?
The figures are recomputed at every publication from the catalogue data: a change to one programme updates all 56 pages in a single move. The texts are extended at the pace of the questions the admissions office receives.
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56 pages available
- The credit systemHow the credit system works: 1 credit = 25 hours of work, 10 of them taught. Worked examples from the IHETC catalogue, block by block.
- Competence blocksWhat a competence block is, how it is validated and what it allows. 360 blocks across 72 professional titles, detailed.
- Assessing a skillAssessment through professional situations: expected deliverable, criteria grid, validation threshold, second marking. The method applied across IHETC programmes.
- Reading a certificateWhat a professional certificate carries: activity, validated blocks, hour count, credits, assessment method and third-party online verification.
- Building a portfolioA method for building a professional portfolio: choosing the pieces, describing the context, surfacing the decisions, measuring the outcome, publishing.
- Reading an hour countTaught hours, personal study, weekly hours: how to read a programme's real workload and check that it fits your week.
- Levels 4 to 7The four qualification levels explained through the responsibility held, with the real distribution of the 72 professional titles in the catalogue.
- Studying remotelyThe working method of a remote programme: weekly rhythm, submitted work, tutor feedback, group sessions and scheduled meet-ups.
- Choosing your paceThree training paces compared: full time, compatible with a job, self-paced. Real catalogue distribution and criteria for choosing.
- Digital jobsAn overview of digital jobs in West Africa: expected skills, field constraints and the training paths that prepare for them.
- First steps in programmingStarting out in programming: logic, variables, loops, first Python programs, reading error messages and building a personal tool.
- Relational databasesRelational model, SQL, normalisation, indexes and execution plans: how to design a database that stays correct and fast as volume grows.
- From prototype to productionContainers, deployment, logging, monitoring, backups and diagnosis: what separates a demo from an operated service.
- Quality and testingUnit and integration tests, version control, code review, continuous integration: the practices that keep software standing over time.
- An SME websiteBuilding a small company website: purpose, structure, copywriting, publication, domain name, certificate, search visibility and audience measurement.
- Mobile applicationsCross-platform mobile development: single codebase, offline operation, synchronisation, store publication and version tracking.
- Designing an interfaceUser research, information architecture, visual hierarchy, component states and usability testing: the interface design method.
- Digital accessibilityContrast, keyboard navigation, screen readers, low bandwidth: accessibility checks and how to fold them into everyday work.
- Component systemsDesign tokens, component libraries, documentation and hand-off to development: building an interface system that holds at scale.
- Writing for the webWeb writing techniques: information first, headings that answer, short sentences, the words readers use, clear calls to action.
- Search visibilityKeyword research, answering content, technical optimisation and internal linking: the organic search method applied to a small company.
- Online advertisingAuction mechanics, audiences, ad creative, daily budget, attribution and acquisition cost: running a measurable campaign.
- Community managementEditorial line, realistic calendar, phone-shot content production, moderation, handling sensitive situations and a measured monthly report.
- Customer journeySegmentation, targeting, positioning and value proposition: building an accurate message and placing it at the right moments in the purchase journey.
- AI and decisionsFraming a use case, estimating an AI project's full cost, defining real-usage indicators and setting an internal policy: the decision-maker's skills.
- Preparing dataSources, formats, missing values, duplicates, reference data and traceability: the data preparation method that makes an analysis defensible.
- DashboardsThe starting question, chart choice, visual hierarchy, thresholds and alerts, distribution: building a dashboard that triggers decisions.
- Misleading analysisSelection effects, chosen denominators, correlation versus causation, truncated axes: the four checks to run before accepting a figure.
- Machine learningRegression, classification, cross-validation, model selection and interpretability: what a model actually does and how it is validated.
- Models in productionInference service, drift monitoring, retraining, running cost and the trade-off between local and cloud processing.
- Data governanceData ownership, life cycle, hosting, retention, reversibility and vendor dependence: framing governance.
- Personal dataPurpose, legal basis, minimisation, retention, security and individual rights: the processing register in practice.
- Industrial site safetyHSE management system, work permits, co-activity, internal audit, leading indicators and safety culture: a site's complete arrangement.
- Assessing a riskHazard, exposure, criticality, risk register and the hierarchy of prevention measures: risk assessment applied to a real workstation.
- Incident investigationFact gathering, causal tree, root causes, action plan and lessons learned: conducting an investigation after an incident or a near miss.
- Cybersecurity reflexesIdentities and permissions, updates, tested backups, network segmentation and awareness: the measures that protect most for the least effort.
- Responding to an incidentDetection, containment, eradication, restoration, evidence collection and the post-incident report: the response procedure and what it requires you to prepare.
- Service continuityAcceptable downtime, acceptable data loss, backups, switchover, power and drills: building a verifiable continuity plan.
- Networks and cloudAddressing, routing, segmentation, virtualisation, containers and cloud architectures: the fundamentals of a controlled infrastructure.
- Industrial maintenancePreventive plan, vibration analysis, thermography, alert thresholds, spare parts and availability indicators: organising a site's maintenance.
- OHADA accountingChart of accounts, journal, ledger, trial balance, financial statements, value added tax and fixed assets: OHADA accounting applied.
- Reading financial statementsBalance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement: the profitability, structure and liquidity ratios that support a reasoned diagnosis.
- Forecast budgetVolume and price assumptions, cost structure, break-even point, seasonality and variance tracking: building a budget that serves steering.
- Steering cashRolling cash plan, working capital, payment terms, customer chasing and short-term financing: steering cash day to day.
- Management controlFull and marginal costing, activity-based costing, budgets, variance analysis and dashboards: management control applied to decisions.
- OHADA company lawCompany forms, incorporation, governance, capital, directors' liability and dissolution: the landmarks of OHADA company law.
- Compliance and AMLCustomer due diligence, beneficial ownership, enhanced diligence, alert scenarios, suspicious transaction reporting and second-line control.
- Mobile paymentThe mobile payment ecosystem, business models, interoperability, offer design and measuring financial inclusion impact.
- Trade and customsIncoterms, document sets, customs value, tariff classification, customs regimes and documentary credit: running an export operation.
- Supply chainTransport modes, chartering, warehousing, cold chain, traceability and full logistics cost: running a supply chain.
- Market researchCustomer interviews, need validation, market size, value proposition, revenue streams and unit economics: validating before building.
- Framing a projectNeeds analysis, framing note, scope, stakeholder mapping, success criteria and initial budget: framing a project.
- Multi-site projectsShort rituals, written decisions, shared progress, risk management and supplier steering: running a project across several sites.
- Structured hiringJob description, sourcing, structured interview, evaluation grid, reasoned decision and onboarding: running a hire end to end.
- Payroll and personnelEmployee files, statutory registers, variable items, contributions, returns and payroll checking: personnel administration in practice.
- Supporting a pupilA method for supporting schoolwork: spotting a subject's characteristic block, prompting restatement, checking differently, and installing a short, regular rhythm.