Online training course launched for business managers

An online distance programme to train managers for small and medium businesses and industries has been officially launched in Dakar, Senegal, under a partnership between Centre Africain d’Etudes Supérieures en Gestion or CESAG – the African Centre for Higher Studies in Management – and the Total Group.

The course is designed for employees to enable them to deal with the managerial demands of small and medium-sized companies and industries.

At the launch ceremony on 20 March, Justine Tano Buegre, secretary general of CESAG, said the business school’s partnership with Total was in its third year, and from now it would continue with a different training method – a distance system that was thorough enough to avoid the high drop-out rate frequently observed in online learning, reported All Africa.

The course is open to all companies and entrepreneurs, and consists of evening classes at CESAG, periods of workplace training and distance education, reported Sud Quotidien of Dakar. It teaches skills for running a small or medium business or industry, notably in the areas of administration, commerce, accounting and human resources.

Buegre said the system suited CESAG’s strategic vision, using cutting-edge technology in a calm working environment of transparence and equity, to provide the continent with a professional elite of managers, reported All Africa.

She emphasised that the online course integrated information and communication technologies, was adaptable to each individual student and consisted of a modular education structure, reported All Africa.

Paul Ndiaye, human resources director at Total, said: “We wanted our trainee managers with the baccalauréat [the school-leaving examination that gives access to higher studies] to be able to benefit from this training, so we sponsored this course from CESAG,” reported Dakar Actu of Dakar.

He said there were discussions about extending the training to masters level, reported Dakar Actu.

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