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Legal and compliance — 33 modules

OHADA business law, employment law, contracts, compliance and data protection. The angle is practical: draft, review, prevent disputes — not comment on case law.

What this field covers

OHADA business law, employment law, contracts, compliance and data protection. The angle is practical: draft, review, prevent disputes — not comment on case law.

modules in the catalogue
33
at beginner level
4
at intermediate level
28

Beyond that count, material is produced to specification.

at advanced level
1

How this field breaks down

Each level is published with its exact count. That is what lets you aim at the entry point matching your job, and know in advance how far the field will carry you.

Beginner
4 (12 %)
Intermediate
28 (85 %)
Advanced
1 (3 %)
Total: 33 modules

Why this field matters here

Most corporate disputes turn on a badly drafted contract rather than an unknown rule. Being able to reread a termination clause before signing pays more than knowing a code by heart.

Target roles

What these people actually do once in role, described through daily acts rather than the title printed on the payslip.

Legal assistant

They prepare, check and file routine documents. An entry role open from an administrative background, provided you handle form as carefully as substance.

Compliance officer

They map obligations, write procedures and prepare for inspections. A function being created in many organisations across the sub-region.

Data protection lead

They inventory processing activities, frame transfers and answer individuals' requests. The topic becomes binding as soon as customer data is collected.

Where to start

Order matters as much as volume: taken at the right moment, a module pays off the very next week, in the role you already hold.

  1. 01

    1 — Contracts and commitments

    Contract formation, sensitive clauses, written evidence.

  2. 02

    2 — Employment relationship

    Hiring, discipline, termination. The three moments where writing protects.

  3. 03

    3 — Compliance and data

    Processing register, filing obligations, internal control.

Questions about this field

Do these modules amount to legal advice?

The training makes you able to spot a risk, ask the right questions and build a solid file. You reach your lawyer with the situation already worked through: their input then bears on the legal judgement itself, which makes it shorter and more useful.

Is the law taught Guinean law?

For business law, yes by construction: OHADA is uniform law, directly applicable. For employment law, which remains national, modules explicitly flag what comes from Guinean text and what is a principle common to the zone.

The catalogue

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Introduction to Programming

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  • Positioning
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Community Management

Run a community that replies, returns and recommends.

  • Editorial line
  • Content creation
  • Moderation
  • Reporting
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Certificate in Industrial Site Safety Management

Run a site's safety, contractors included, and be able to prove it.

  • Risk analysis
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  • Record keeping
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Certificate in OHADA Finance and Compliance

Produce accounts that pass audit — and explain them to management.

  • OHADA framework
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  • Audit file
  • Financial analysis
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4 200 000 GNF in totalView programme
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Certificate in Artificial Intelligence for Business Decisions

Know what AI can do in your organisation — and turn down the projects that will fail.

  • Use-case framing
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  • Change management
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3 600 000 GNF in totalView programme
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Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams

Lead distributed teams remotely, on trust and on results.

  • Checkable expectations
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