By Mohamed Bah · Kolonell, a digital agency in Dakar
The complete monthly pack, Word report, Excel workbook and PowerPoint presentation, produced in half a day instead of three days
100,000 FCFA · 152 €
Programme
and 3 more modules
Wave / Orange Money payment, access within 24 business hours
Full command of the Office suite, PowerPoint included, is a frequent requirement for assistant, project officer and reporting roles in SMEs, NGOs and group subsidiaries in Dakar and Abidjan, generally paid between 250,000 and 450,000 FCFA gross per month (about $420 to $750) depending on experience. As a freelancer, designing a professional presentation is commonly billed 25,000 to 100,000 FCFA (about $40 to $170) and an on-brand PowerPoint template 50,000 to 150,000 FCFA (about $85 to $250) (2026 market rates; no income is guaranteed).
Indicative estimate, depending on your market, pace and work. No income is guaranteed.
Your instructor
Founder of Kolonell, a digital agency in Dakar. A former CTO, he has trained administrative and sales teams on office tools and built business applications for SMEs in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Dubai.
See Kolonell’s work →It is strongly recommended at this level: SharePoint, Teams, Power Query and the full Presenter View are in the desktop apps. Students can often get Microsoft 365 for free through their school. Google Workspace is presented as an alternative in module 1.
No. Four modules out of eight are dedicated to PowerPoint, from the message to the spoken presentation. Word and Excel, however, should be known at the level of courses 2 and 3 of the track.
About 22 hours: close to 10 hours of lessons, the exercises after each lesson and eight short projects, including a three-hour final project. At four hours a week, allow six weeks.
Yes, in module 8: what they do well (first draft, summary, formatting), what you must always check, and the confidentiality rules before pasting company data into them.
Yes. The Kolonell Academy certificate lists the validated skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft 365 collaboration) and links to an online verification page.
Level 5, Executive assistant, which adds organization, calendar management, correspondence, meetings and the communication of an executive office.
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.
For life, updates included. Learn at your own pace and revisit lessons as often as you need.
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.
At work, the tools never operate alone: the report reuses the Excel figures, the presentation reuses the report, and everything travels by email in ten versions. This course is for assistants, project officers, sales staff, NGO and public sector officers who already know the basics of Word and Excel. It teaches you to chain the whole suite together, work with others on the same file and present a clear result to management.
You first set up the shared workspace (OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, versions), automate Word with templates, mail merge and forms, then consolidate Excel data from several sources with Power Query. Four modules then focus on PowerPoint: the message, on-brand layout, useful visuals and presenting in the room or on a video call. The last module links Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Copilot included.
The course covers 22 hours, 8 modules, 40 lessons and 96 exercises. Above all, every module ends with a project graded against a rubric: 8 projects in total that add up to a real portfolio. A Kolonell certificate, verifiable online, is included.
You leave with a mail merge of 30 personalized letters, a consolidation workbook fed by Power Query, your on-brand PowerPoint template, a presentation with linked Excel charts, a video recording of a 7-minute presentation and a complete, linked Word, Excel and PowerPoint monthly pack. These skills are frequently required for assistant, project officer and reporting roles in Dakar and Abidjan, generally paid between 250,000 and 450,000 FCFA gross per month depending on experience. As a freelancer, a professional presentation is commonly billed at 25,000 to 100,000 FCFA and an on-brand template at 50,000 to 150,000 FCFA (2026 market rates; no income is guaranteed).
Level 4 of 5 in the Office and productivity track: it builds on Practical Excel and prepares level 5, Executive Assistant, which turns these tools into a profession.
Who it is for: Assistants, project officers, sales staff, NGO and public administration officers, office managers and future office employees who know the basics of Word and Excel and want to master the whole suite, PowerPoint included, to work as a team and present to management.
A module-by-module path: lessons, exercises, quizzes and projects to submit.
Module 1· 12 exercises
Organize a team's files on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace so everyone finds the right version.
Module 2· 12 exercises
Never again redo by hand a document you produce every week.
Module 3· 12 exercises
Bring together data from several files and prepare it for reliable reporting.
Module 4· 12 exercises
Decide what the presentation must get across before you open the software.
Module 5· 12 exercises
Give every presentation the look of a company document, on brand and effortlessly.
Module 6· 12 exercises
Make numbers and images speak, and animate only what helps understanding.
Module 7· 12 exercises
Hold a room or a ten-minute video call and get the decision you came for.
Module 8· 12 exercises
Link Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook so a monthly report gets updated instead of rebuilt.
Certificate included
A numbered certificate with your validated skills, a public page and a verification QR code. Add it to LinkedIn in one click.
Certificate of skills
Your name
has completed and validated the course
Complete Office suite: Word, Excel and PowerPoint at work
Skills developed
Number KOL-CERT-2026-XXXXX
Mohamed Bah
Founder, Kolonell Academy
After the course
Each certificate has a number anyone can verify online, and you can add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click.
Upload your CV from your profile: our team reviews it and helps you make it clearer and more convincing.
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.
Download the poster to print it, send it to your employer or share it with colleagues. The full programme details every module.
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