Merit scholarships are reviewed alongside the application
Partial merit scholarships, group rates and a corporate scale: the request is filed with the application and answered at the same time as admission.
Published on July 22, 2026 · 3 min read
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Life at the institute: events, student achievements and teaching innovations.
A forty-eight-hour hackathon opens for registration
Forty-eight hours open to students from all 5 schools, on a topic of public interest. Teams form on site and present to a joint panel.
Published on July 15, 2026 · 2 min read
The academic calendar for the intake is published
Intake dates, proctored exam sessions, project defences and group sessions: the cohort calendar is published a season ahead.
Published on July 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Applications are open for the next intake
All 30 IHETC programmes are accepting applications. The procedure is fully online and the panel's decision reaches you within two working days.
Published on July 1, 2026 · 3 min read
The establishment order has been granted
The establishment order signed by the ministry responsible for higher education has been notified. Its exact reference is published on the regulatory status page.
Published on June 26, 2026 · 3 min read
The official programme catalogue is published
30 programmes, 72 professional qualifications and the full competency block framework are now available online, in both languages.
Published on June 22, 2026 · 4 min read
Why we chose mastery-based teaching
We let time vary and hold the standard: you move to the next module when the skill is acquired. It is the approach that produces the most consistent learning.
Published on June 18, 2026 · 5 min read
Public certificate verification is live
An employer enters the reference carried by the document and immediately reads what it certifies. The process is free, public and requires no account.
Published on June 12, 2026 · 3 min read
The framework of 72 professional qualifications comes into force
Every qualification targets a named occupation, breaks down into standalone competency blocks and publishes its credits and supervised hours, block by block.
Published on June 5, 2026 · 4 min read
A digital campus designed for low bandwidth
The campus is engineered for the sub-region's real connection: mobile, intermittent, billed by volume. Everything is sized to work there.
Published on May 30, 2026 · 4 min read
Every programme's fees are published, in Guinean francs
The amount appears on the programme card, with its unit: per year for a long programme, in total for a short one. No quote is needed to see it.
Published on May 22, 2026 · 3 min read
The Cybersecurity and personal data field opens in the catalogue
The field enters the common base with its modules, its target roles and its recommended order of progression, from awareness to running a protection plan.
Published on May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
The Artificial intelligence and data field opens its modules
The field covers the whole chain: understanding models, preparing data, putting a system into production and measuring its effects.
Published on May 8, 2026 · 3 min read
The site and catalogue are published in French and English
Both versions carry the same volumes, the same durations and the same amounts. Every page exists in both languages, with its own address.
Published on April 28, 2026 · 3 min read
The employer committee reviews the framework every year
Made up of representatives from organisations across the sub-region, it tests the 72 professional qualifications against jobs actually held and proposes changes.
Published on April 22, 2026 · 3 min read
The institute is organised into schools, each with its own field
5 schools carry the catalogue, and the research institute completes the set. Each school publishes its teaching approach and its programmes.
Published on April 16, 2026 · 3 min read
Short formats for working professionals are open
Certificates and short courses are self-paced and taken while keeping your job. Each format states its actual working time and its total amount.
Published on April 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Management case studies are built on organisations from the sub-region
OHADA accounting, OHADA business law, mobile money, customs: management programmes work on the legal and economic framework students will actually operate in.
Published on March 26, 2026 · 4 min read
The applied laboratories take in their first topics
An organisation submits a problem, the institute assembles a mixed faculty-student team, and the work ends with a dated deliverable and a public presentation.
Published on March 12, 2026 · 3 min read
The academic board is in place
It approves the structure of the 30 programmes, the assessment methods and the composition of examination panels. It sits at least twice per academic year.
Published on March 4, 2026 · 3 min read
The campus tutor answers at any hour, on the lesson under way
The tutor knows the open lesson, the current exercise and the assessment history. It questions, explains differently and makes the student produce.
Published on February 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Fees are paid by mobile money, card or transfer
Payment is made from a phone, in one go or in instalments, for the same total amount. The receipt is issued immediately in the applicant space.
Published on February 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Every student is mentored by a practising professional
The mentor holds the target job today. They know what is expected of a beginner this year, and that is the knowledge mentoring passes on.
Published on February 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Every validated competency block leads to an attestation
A validated block stands on its own with an employer, and adds up with the next ones until the full qualification. Proof therefore arrives during the path.
Published on January 27, 2026 · 3 min read
How remotely proctored exams work
Continuous assessment through the modules, proctored exams at the end of each block, a defence before a joint panel: all three levels of assessment are published.
Published on January 15, 2026 · 3 min read