Next level · 2/5 Practical
Write, analyze and organize your work with AI
A working system in your business
Your AI work system in place, and 2 to 4 hours saved every week
50,000 FCFA 10 h
View the next levelBy Mohamed Bah · Kolonell, a digital agency in Dakar
Discover AI and put it to work this week
Five useful ways to use AI, tested in your real week, in 5 hours
25,000 FCFA · 38 €
- 5 h of training
- Verifiable certificate
- Wave or Orange Money
- Online, at your own pace
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Programme
- 1Understand what AI really is
- 2Get started with the main AI tools
- 3Five useful ways to use AI this week
- 4Limits, risks and good practices
Wave / Orange Money payment, access within 24 business hours
Possible earnings
This course is not designed to generate direct income. What you gain is time: 1 to 3 hours a week won back on messages, summaries and planning, depending on how much writing your work involves. It is also the foundation required for the next levels of the track, which lead to services you can bill for.
Indicative estimate, depending on your market, pace and work. No income is guaranteed.
Your instructor
Mohamed Bah
Founder of Kolonell, a digital agency in Dakar. He uses AI every day to build websites, content and automations for SMEs across French-speaking Africa, and trains teams that are starting from scratch.
See Kolonell’s work →Questions about this course
I am not comfortable with computers. Is this course for me?
Yes. If you can send a voice message on WhatsApp, you can follow this course. Every step is shown one at a time, on a phone first.
Do I need to pay for a subscription?
No. Everything is done with the free versions of ChatGPT, Gemini and Meta AI. Module 2 gives you the real price of the paid plans (about 11,500 FCFA, or roughly $19, a month in September 2026) and a simple test to find out whether you need one.
How much time should I set aside?
5 hours in total, including exercises and the final project. For example, 1 hour a day for a week, or two Saturday mornings.
Will AI take my job?
Module 1 answers this head on: AI replaces tasks, rarely entire jobs. People who know how to use it get ahead of those who ignore it. You will see which of your own tasks are affected.
Is it dangerous to put my documents into ChatGPT?
It depends on the document. Module 4 teaches you what can be pasted, what must be anonymized first and what never leaves your hands, in line with Senegal's Law 2008-12 on personal data.
What should I do after this course?
Level 2 of the track, "Writing, analyzing and organizing your work with AI", teaches you to build a real working system. The price of this level 1 course is deducted if you then take the full track.
How do I pay?
Via Wave or Orange Money. After enrolling you receive a pro forma invoice by email with the number to pay. Send the proof on WhatsApp: your access is activated within 24 business hours.
How long do I keep access?
For life, updates included. Learn at your own pace and revisit lessons as often as you need.
How do I get the certificate?
Complete the lessons, pass each module quiz with at least 70% and submit your final project: an instructor reviews and approves it (feedback within 5 working days). The certificate is then generated, with a unique number and a public verification page.
What you will be able to do
- Everyday use of AI assistants: ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI
- Writing clear requests and follow-ups to get a usable answer
- AI-assisted drafting of messages, summaries and schedules for everyday work
- Checking AI answers and spotting made-up information
- Protecting personal data when using AI tools
What you will produce
- Your ChatGPT or Gemini account set up and Meta AI ready in WhatsApp
- Your log of five uses tested in your real week, with the time saved
- Your first ten reusable requests, stored in a note on your phone
- Your rules sheet: what you never paste, what you anonymize, and your three checks
- Your decision, backed by numbers: stay on the free plan or upgrade to a paid one
Tools used
- ChatGPT
- Google Gemini
- Meta AI (WhatsApp)
- Microsoft Copilot
- Google Lens
- Google Keep
What you'll learn
- Explain in plain words what generative AI is, how it produces an answer and why it can get things wrong
- Create a free ChatGPT or Gemini account and use Meta AI in WhatsApp, on a phone as well as a computer
- Write a clear four-part request and improve it with one or two follow-ups
- Use AI for five everyday tasks: professional message, summary, meeting preparation, translation and weekly planning
- Spot a made-up answer and apply three checks before using it
- Protect your own data and other people's by following a personal rules sheet
Prerequisites
- Everyday use of a smartphone and WhatsApp
- An email address (Gmail preferred) to create the free accounts
- No previous course needed: this is the first level of the track
About this course
Everyone around you is talking about ChatGPT, and you still don't know where to start. Can you trust it? What happens if you paste a document into it? This course is for anyone who uses WhatsApp every day. No technical skills needed, and your phone is enough. In 5 hours, you understand what AI really is and you put it to work in your own week.
You start with the basics, without jargon: how AI produces an answer, what it does well and why it sometimes makes things up. Then you open a free ChatGPT or Gemini account and turn on Meta AI in WhatsApp. Next come five practical uses: writing a professional message, summarizing a document, preparing a meeting, translating, planning your week. The last module sets the safety rules that protect your data and other people's.
You learn by doing: 4 modules, 36 exercises you complete on your phone, a quiz for each module and 1 graded final project, a real week with AI documented use by use. Examples come from Dakar, Abidjan and Bamako, with the real FCFA prices of the paid plans. Score at least 70% on the quizzes, submit your project, and you earn a Kolonell certificate anyone can verify online.
You finish with your accounts set up, a log of five uses tested with the time saved, your first ten reusable requests, your personal rules sheet and a decision backed by numbers: stay free or upgrade. This course is not designed to generate direct income. What you gain is time: 1 to 3 hours a week, depending on how much writing your work involves. That is an estimate, not a guarantee.
This is level 1 of 5 in the Artificial Intelligence track, the entry point. Level 2, "Write, analyze and organize your work with AI", then turns these first uses into a real working system.
Who it is for: Employees, shop owners, managers, teachers, students, administrative staff and active retirees in Dakar, Thiès, Saint-Louis, Abidjan, Bamako or Cotonou who hear about AI everywhere, have never really used it, or tried it without knowing what to do with it.
Curriculum
A module-by-module path: lessons, exercises, quizzes and projects to submit.
Module 1· 9 exercises
Understand what AI really is
Know in plain words what generative AI is, what it does well, what it makes up, and which tasks in your week it can lighten.
- AI without the jargon: a tool that predicts the next words of a text, and what that means for youFree preview3 exercises15 min
- What AI does well, what it does badly: the six-task testFree preview3 exercises13 min
- Your work and AI: spotting the tasks it can lighten this weekFree preview3 exercises12 min
- Module handout (PDF)Free preview5 min
- Quiz: understanding what AI isModule quiz
Module 2· 9 exercises
Get started with the main AI tools
Open ChatGPT or Gemini, use Meta AI in WhatsApp, speak and take photos instead of typing, and decide whether a paid plan is worth the price.
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI: create your free account and have your first conversation3 exercises15 min
- On your phone: ask out loud, send a photo, use Meta AI in WhatsApp3 exercises13 min
- Free or paid: what a Plus plan really costs in FCFA, and the test to run before paying3 exercises12 min
- Module handout (PDF)5 min
- Quiz: getting started with the toolsModule quiz
Module 3· 9 exercises
Five useful ways to use AI this week
Apply a clear four-part request to five real tasks: professional message, summary, meeting, translation and planning.
- The four-part clear request: who you are, what you want, who it is for, what form it takes3 exercises15 min
- Write a professional message and summarize a long document in minutes3 exercises15 min
- Prepare a meeting, translate, rephrase and plan your week with AI3 exercises15 min
- Module handout (PDF)5 min
- Quiz: five tasks for this weekModule quiz
Module 4· 9 exercises
Limits, risks and good practices
Spot a made-up answer, protect your data and other people's, see through AI-powered scams, and write your personal rules sheet.
- Made-up answers and fake sources: the three checks before using an answer3 exercises13 min
- Your data and other people's: what you never paste, and what Law 2008-12 says3 exercises13 min
- Fake voices, fake videos, fake messages: recognize AI scams and protect your loved ones3 exercises12 min
- Module handout (PDF)5 min
- Quiz: limits, risks and good practicesModule quiz
- Final project: your week with AI, five tested uses and your rules sheetCapstone
Certificate included
Your certificate at the end
A numbered certificate with your validated skills, a public page and a verification QR code. Add it to LinkedIn in one click.
Kolonell Academy
Verified by Kolonell AcademyCertificate of skills
Your name
has completed and validated the course
Discover AI and put it to work this week
Skills developed
- Everyday use of AI assistants: ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI
- Writing clear requests and follow-ups to get a usable answer
- AI-assisted drafting of messages, summaries and schedules for everyday work
- Checking AI answers and spotting made-up information
- Protecting personal data when using AI tools
Number KOL-CERT-2026-XXXXX
Mohamed Bah
Founder, Kolonell Academy
After the course
What you get once the course is complete
A verifiable certificate
Each certificate has a number anyone can verify online, and you can add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click.
Your CV reviewed and improved
Upload your CV from your profile: our team reviews it and helps you make it clearer and more convincing.
Access to the talent pool
Learners who complete the course can join the Kolonell talent pool. Entry is earned: course completed, exercises submitted. Kolonell also draws on it for its own hiring.
Optional services, free for learners. This is not a promise of employment.
Course poster
Download the poster to print it, send it to your employer or share it with colleagues. The full programme details every module.
This course is part of the track
Intelligence artificielle
Level 1 of 5 · Essential
See the 5 track levelsOur commitments
- Lifetime access, updates included
- Publicly verifiable certificate
- Wave / Orange Money payment, activation within 24 business hours
- Ask an instructor from any lesson, answer within 2 working days