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Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies

Sectors

Entrepreneurship and young businesses

Creating and sustaining a business in Guinea calls for a clear business model, bookkeeping held from month one, and visibility that brings customers.

What the sector covers

Creating and sustaining a business in Guinea calls for a clear business model, bookkeeping held from month one, and visibility that brings customers.

  • Building and validating the business model
  • Costing, cash-flow planning and margin tracking
  • Legal formalisation and contract security
  • Customer acquisition and online presence
  • Hiring the first people and organising the work

The roles that drive it

Cash flow decides everything: holding it from month one gives a young business the time to find its market.

Each corresponds to a professional qualification in the filed catalogue.

named roles
4
activities listed
5
linked programmes
4
  • SME management assistant
  • Marketing assistant and community manager
  • Accounting assistant
  • E-commerce and digital back-office assistant

What the catalogue brings to bear

This field draws on 139 catalogue modules across 4 areas. The volumes below come from the repository and are recounted at every publication.

Entrepreneurship
32 (23 %)
Finance
47 (34 %)
Marketing
27 (19 %)
Legal
33 (24 %)
Total: 139 modules
AreaModulesOf which open from the start
Entrepreneurship3211
Finance474
Marketing278
Legal334

The programmes that prepare for it

Every row is read from the official catalogue: duration, taught hours and the amount in Guinean francs are those that bind you, and they change here the day they change there. The total credits represented by these programmes is 364.

ProgrammeDurationTaught hoursFees
Entrepreneurship18 months600 h4 400 000 GNF per year
Business Management programme — Bac+3 level3 years1 800 h4 800 000 GNF per year
Digital Marketing Essentials2 months40 h1 100 000 GNF in total
Finance and Accounting programme — Bac+5 level2 years1 200 h6 800 000 GNF per year

The questions we are asked

Do I need a precise idea already?

The track serves equally to sharpen an intention and to structure an already formed project: the first step is precisely to test the idea against a market.

Is legal formalisation covered?

Yes, within the OHADA framework: company forms, accounting obligations, commercial contracts and what they commit you to.

Can I follow the track while launching my business?

It is the most common situation, and required deliverables bear on your real project: the training work advances your business.

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