By Mohamed Bah · Kolonell, a digital agency in Dakar

Generative AI for professionals: produce more, produce better, and sell your services

3 to 6 hours saved every week, and an AI service offer ready to sell

75,000 FCFA · 115 €

  • 12 h of training
  • Verifiable certificate
  • Wave or Orange Money
  • Online, at your own pace
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Programme

  1. 1Understanding generative AI and choosing your tools
  2. 2The prompt method that works
  3. 3Everyday output: emails, proposals, meeting minutes, spreadsheets, presentations
  4. 4Content, visuals, short videos and voice: publishable and within the rules
  5. 5Simple automation, no code

and 1 more module

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Possible earnings

For your own work: 3 to 6 hours saved per week on writing, summaries and presentations, depending on how much writing your role involves. As a service: AI-assisted writing (a business proposal, a bid file, a pack of 12 posts) bills at 50,000 to 150,000 FCFA (about $85 to $250), and a simple automation or a half-day in-house training session at 150,000 to 300,000 FCFA (about $250 to $500) (rates charged in Dakar in 2026, excluding tool subscriptions).

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 generative AI every day to produce websites, content and automations for SMEs in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Dubai, and trains teams to use it without putting their clients' data at risk.

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Questions about this course

Do I need a paid ChatGPT or Claude subscription to take the course?

No. The free versions are enough for every exercise. Module 1 gives you the real cost of the paid plans (about 11,500 FCFA, or roughly $19, per month each as of September 2026) and the test to run before you pay.

I am not technical. Is the automation module for me?

Yes. Everything is done by drag and drop in Make or Zapier and in Google Sheets. No code at all. If you can fill in a Google Form, you can do module 5.

Can I use AI with my clients' documents?

Not in just any way. The course teaches you what can be pasted, what must be anonymized and what stays out of AI, based on Senegal's Law 2008-12 on personal data and the confidentiality clauses in your contracts. You write your usage policy in module 1.

How much time per week?

2 to 3 hours for 4 to 5 weeks, including exercises and projects. Each lesson takes 15 to 20 minutes, ideally on a computer.

Can I really sell AI services without being a developer?

Yes, for the four services covered in module 6: writing, content, simple automations and in-house training. The rates given are those observed in Dakar in 2026. Projects that require development are flagged as such, with the questions to ask a contractor.

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

  • AI-assisted writing: emails, business proposals, meeting minutes, summaries
  • Structured prompt design and management of a job-specific prompt library
  • Data analysis and presentation building with Gemini, Copilot and Google Sheets
  • Producing content, visuals and short videos with Canva, CapCut and ElevenLabs
  • No-code automation of business processes with Make, Zapier and custom GPTs
  • Compliance of AI use with Law 2008-12 on personal data (Senegal)

What you will produce

  • Your library of 30 tested job-specific prompts, organized by task in Google Sheets
  • Your email templates (reply, follow-up, complaint, refusal) and your business proposal template
  • Your data usage policy: what can be pasted, what must be anonymized, what stays out of AI
  • Your one-month content pack: 12 posts, 4 visuals, 2 video scripts with voiceover
  • An automated workflow that runs (form, spreadsheet or WhatsApp to AI to email)
  • Your time-saved tracker, week by week
  • Your AI service offer with its price, a one-page contract and a prospecting message

Tools used

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Canva
  • CapCut
  • ElevenLabs
  • Google Sheets
  • Make
  • Zapier
  • WhatsApp Business

What you'll learn

  • Choose between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot for each task, free or paid, knowing the monthly cost in FCFA and the limits of each
  • Write structured prompts (role, context, format, examples) and iterate until the result is usable, then store them in a reusable library
  • Produce emails, business proposals, meeting minutes, spreadsheet analyses and presentations in a third of the time, with a systematic check before sending
  • Create a month of content, visuals and short videos with voiceover, while respecting copyright, image rights and AI disclosure
  • Apply a data usage policy that complies with Senegal's Law 2008-12 and meets your clients' expectations
  • Automate a repetitive task with a custom GPT, Google Sheets, Make or Zapier, and WhatsApp Business, with no code
  • Build, price and contract an AI-assisted service, and prove the time saved to the client

Prerequisites

  • Using a computer or smartphone every day to write emails and documents
  • A Google or Microsoft account and a free ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini account (set up in 5 minutes in module 1)
  • No technical skills or paid subscription required beforehand

About this course

You already use ChatGPT or Gemini, but the output is flat, sometimes wrong, and you end up rewriting it. And you hesitate before pasting a contract or a client list. This course is for professionals who write, analyze and present every day: freelancers, SME managers, communications staff, legal professionals, trainers, salespeople. Whether you want to save time or sell AI-assisted services, it gets you there.

First you pick your tools, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot, knowing their real cost in FCFA, and adopt a prompt structure that gets usable results. Then you produce emails, proposals, meeting minutes, spreadsheet analyses and presentations, followed by content, visuals and short videos with voiceover, within the rules. The last two modules cover no-code automation and selling these skills.

6 modules, 12 hours, 72 corrected exercises, plus a PDF handout and a quiz for every module. Two graded projects: a real work week with five deliverables and the time saved measured, then your AI service offer, ready to sell, with a working demo. Data protection, including Senegal's Law 2008-12, runs through the whole program. A Kolonell certificate, verifiable online, validates it all.

You leave with 30 tested prompts, email and proposal templates, your data usage policy, a month of content, a running automated workflow and an offer with its price, contract and prospecting message. For your own work: 3 to 6 hours saved a week. As a service, at Dakar rates in 2026 and excluding subscriptions: 50,000 to 150,000 FCFA for AI-assisted writing, 150,000 to 300,000 FCFA for a simple automation or a half-day in-house training. No income is guaranteed.

Level 3 of 5. After level 2, "Write, analyze and organize your work with AI", this is where your skills become an offer. Level 4, "Automate your work with AI, without writing code", then turns your first scenario into complete processes.

Who it is for: Professionals in West and Central Africa who write, analyze and present every day: freelancers, SME managers and owners, communications staff and community managers, legal professionals, teachers and trainers, salespeople, executive assistants. Some simply want to save time; others want to sell AI-assisted services.

Curriculum

A module-by-module path: lessons, exercises, quizzes and projects to submit.

  1. Module 1· 12 exercises

    Understanding generative AI and choosing your tools

    Know what AI does well, badly and not at all, choose between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot with their real cost in FCFA, and set your data rules before your first serious use.

    • What generative AI does well, badly and not at all: the five-task testFree preview15 min
    • ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot: which one for which use, free or paid, and what it costs in FCFAFree preview20 min
    • Hallucinations, invented figures and fake sources: the three-check rule before you sendFree preview15 min
    • What you never paste into an AI: client data, Law 2008-12 and your usage policyFree preview20 min
    • Module handout (PDF)Free preview5 min
    • Quiz: understanding and choosing your toolsModule quiz

  2. Module 2· 12 exercises

    The prompt method that works

    Write a request that gets a usable result on the first try, improve it in two exchanges, and build your library of reusable prompts.

    • The four-block structure: role, context, format, examples20 min
    • Iterate instead of starting over: critique, clarify, ask for two versions15 min
    • Giving your documents to the AI: PDFs, spreadsheets, screenshots, and the prompt that makes use of them15 min
    • Building your library of 30 prompts in Google Sheets, organized by task20 min
    • Module handout (PDF)5 min
    • Quiz: the prompt methodModule quiz

  3. Module 3· 12 exercises

    Everyday output: emails, proposals, meeting minutes, spreadsheets, presentations

    Apply the method to the five tasks that take up the most time in an office day, with a ready-to-reuse template for each.

    • Emails and letters: reply, follow up, complain and decline in 3 minutes instead of 2015 min
    • Business proposals and quotes: from the client's need to a structured one-page proposal20 min
    • Meeting minutes: from a recording or notes to a record of decisions15 min
    • Spreadsheets and presentations: get insights from Google Sheets and build 10 slides with Gemini or Copilot20 min
    • Module handout (PDF)5 min
    • Quiz: everyday outputModule quiz
    • Your AI-assisted week: five real deliverables and the time saved, measuredProject to submit

  4. Module 4· 12 exercises

    Content, visuals, short videos and voice: publishable and within the rules

    Produce a month of content and visuals from your own material, using image and voice tools, without drifting into fakery or outside the law.

    • A month of LinkedIn, Facebook and WhatsApp posts from a single 20-minute interview20 min
    • Visuals with Canva AI and image generators: what is publishable and what looks fake15 min
    • Short videos and voice: script, CapCut editing, ElevenLabs voiceover, captions20 min
    • Copyright, people's image rights, AI disclosure: the rules that apply in Senegal and French-speaking Africa15 min
    • Module handout (PDF)5 min
    • Quiz: content and imagesModule quiz

  5. Module 5· 12 exercises

    Simple automation, no code

    Turn your best prompts into reusable assistants, process hundreds of rows in Google Sheets, and connect a form or WhatsApp to AI with Make or Zapier.

    • Reusable templates: custom GPTs, Claude Projects and Gemini Gems for your team20 min
    • Google Sheets and AI: categorize, summarize or translate 200 rows without copying anything by hand15 min
    • Make or Zapier: your first form to AI to email scenario in 40 minutes20 min
    • WhatsApp Business and AI: prepared replies, FAQs, and what you must never automate15 min
    • Module handout (PDF)5 min
    • Quiz: simple automationModule quiz

  6. Module 6· 12 exercises

    Selling and billing AI-assisted services

    Choose the service you can sell right now, price it, put it under contract, deliver it and prove to the client how much time they saved.

    • The four services that sell in 2026: writing, content, simple automation, in-house training15 min
    • Setting your rates: per deliverable, monthly retainer, and why hourly billing ruins you20 min
    • The offer, the one-page contract and the deliverable: what you promise, what you guarantee, who keeps the data20 min
    • Proving the time saved: before and after measurement, monthly client report and renewal15 min
    • Module handout (PDF)5 min
    • Quiz: selling and billing AI servicesModule quiz
    • Final project: your AI service offer, ready to sell, with its demonstrationCapstone

  7. 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.

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Generative AI for professionals: produce more, produce better, and sell your services

Skills developed

  • AI-assisted writing: emails, business proposals, meeting minutes, summaries
  • Structured prompt design and management of a job-specific prompt library
  • Data analysis and presentation building with Gemini, Copilot and Google Sheets
  • Producing content, visuals and short videos with Canva, CapCut and ElevenLabs
  • No-code automation of business processes with Make, Zapier and custom GPTs
  • Compliance of AI use with Law 2008-12 on personal data (Senegal)

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.

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