Next level · 4/5 Career
Automate your work with AI, without writing code
The full job, with a portfolio
One complete business process automated end to end, plus a portfolio of 8 automations
100,000 FCFA 20 h
View the next levelGenerative 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
- 12 h of training
- 6 modules · 30 lessons
- 72 exercises
- 2 projects
- Certificate included
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
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.
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 have already tried ChatGPT or Gemini. The result was acceptable but bland, sometimes wrong, and you ended up rewriting everything. You may also have hesitated before pasting in a contract or a customer list, unsure whether that was allowed. So the tool stays open in a browser tab and you keep doing everything by hand.
This course gives you a complete working method, not a list of tricks. Over six modules, you choose your tools knowing their real cost in FCFA and their limits, you learn the prompt structure that gets a usable result on the first try, you produce your emails, business proposals, meeting minutes, spreadsheet analyses and presentations in a third of the time, you create publishable content and visuals without drifting into fakery, you automate repetitive tasks without writing a single line of code, and you learn to sell and bill these skills if that is your goal.
Data protection runs through the whole course: what you never paste into an AI tool, what Senegal's Law 2008-12 on personal data says, and the usage policy you write for yourself or your team.
Every lesson ends with an exercise applied to your own job. Every module has its PDF handout and its quiz. There are two graded projects, including a final project in which you build an AI service offer with its price and a demonstration. The examples come from professionals in Dakar, Abidjan, Bamako and Cotonou, with amounts in FCFA.
You leave with: your library of 30 tested prompts, your email and proposal templates, your data usage policy, an automated workflow that actually runs, your weekly time-saved tracker, and your AI service offer with its price.
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.
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 preview3 exercises15 min
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot: which one for which use, free or paid, and what it costs in FCFAFree preview3 exercises20 min
- Hallucinations, invented figures and fake sources: the three-check rule before you sendFree preview3 exercises15 min
- What you never paste into an AI: client data, Law 2008-12 and your usage policyFree preview3 exercises20 min
- Module handout (PDF)Free preview5 min
- Quiz: understanding and choosing your toolsModule quiz
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, examples3 exercises20 min
- Iterate instead of starting over: critique, clarify, ask for two versions3 exercises15 min
- Giving your documents to the AI: PDFs, spreadsheets, screenshots, and the prompt that makes use of them3 exercises15 min
- Building your library of 30 prompts in Google Sheets, organized by task3 exercises20 min
- Module handout (PDF)5 min
- Quiz: the prompt methodModule quiz
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 203 exercises15 min
- Business proposals and quotes: from the client's need to a structured one-page proposal3 exercises20 min
- Meeting minutes: from a recording or notes to a record of decisions3 exercises15 min
- Spreadsheets and presentations: get insights from Google Sheets and build 10 slides with Gemini or Copilot3 exercises20 min
- Module handout (PDF)5 min
- Quiz: everyday outputModule quiz
- Your AI-assisted week: five real deliverables and the time saved, measuredProject to submit
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 interview3 exercises20 min
- Visuals with Canva AI and image generators: what is publishable and what looks fake3 exercises15 min
- Short videos and voice: script, CapCut editing, ElevenLabs voiceover, captions3 exercises20 min
- Copyright, people's image rights, AI disclosure: the rules that apply in Senegal and French-speaking Africa3 exercises15 min
- Module handout (PDF)5 min
- Quiz: content and imagesModule quiz
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 team3 exercises20 min
- Google Sheets and AI: categorize, summarize or translate 200 rows without copying anything by hand3 exercises15 min
- Make or Zapier: your first form to AI to email scenario in 40 minutes3 exercises20 min
- WhatsApp Business and AI: prepared replies, FAQs, and what you must never automate3 exercises15 min
- Module handout (PDF)5 min
- Quiz: simple automationModule quiz
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 training3 exercises15 min
- Setting your rates: per deliverable, monthly retainer, and why hourly billing ruins you3 exercises20 min
- The offer, the one-page contract and the deliverable: what you promise, what you guarantee, who keeps the data3 exercises20 min
- Proving the time saved: before and after measurement, monthly client report and renewal3 exercises15 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
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
Generative AI for professionals: produce more, produce better, and sell your services
Certified skills
- 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
Course poster
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This course is part of the track
Intelligence artificielle
Level 3 of 5 · Advanced
See the 5 track levelsYour 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.
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 and pass each module quiz with at least 70%. The certificate is generated automatically, with a unique number and a public verification page.
Our commitments
- Lifetime access, updates included
- Publicly verifiable certificate
- Wave / Orange Money payment, activation within 24 business hours
- WhatsApp support
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