African Cloud Certification
Join the first 300 African Cloud experts
Africa is building its own cloud infrastructure and taking back control of its data. To carry that shift through, it needs professionals like you, able to design and operate those infrastructures.
We are creating the first certification that recognises and rewards your expertise.
€90
Free 300 places
Training free for the first 300 selected applicants.
- Training in 7 themed modules
- 100% online
Why an African Cloud certification?
Digital usage is growing fast across the continent, and infrastructure is moving closer to the people who use it. Data centers, local cloud, networks: a new African ecosystem is taking shape, with its own realities and its own stakes.
AWS and Microsoft turned their certifications into global references that rally an entire ecosystem. Africa has to build its own: a certification tuned to its realities — network, regulatory, operational and territorial.
All across Africa, you already design, deploy and operate these infrastructures. Your expertise already exists. It is time it was made visible, recognised and rewarded continent-wide.
Grow your Cloud knowledge on a continental scale
Sample screens from the course
- Have your expertise recognised Certified Advanced Excellence
- Master the African cloud continent-wide
- Build end-to-end expertise
- Join a network of experts across 28+ countries
What you will learn
7 themed modules to work on as much as you like.
When you are ready, you decide when to take the final exam.
The certification includes 2 exam attempts.
Digital Africa and its cloud
Demographics, digital usage, mobile money, ecosystem, then the market, the players and the African cloud infrastructure.
Sovereignty, data and trust
Legal frameworks country by country, data residency, transfers, responsibilities.
Cloud hosting fundamentals
Shared hosting, PaaS, virtual and dedicated servers, sizing, performance, and what moving to the cloud means for organisations still on-premise.
Business tools, ERP and self-hostable apps
Docker containers, relocating and self-hosting Odoo, Moodle and business applications, running and maintaining your own instances.
Cybersecurity, continuity and responsibility
Common threats, protection, backup, disaster recovery, responsible digital practice.
AI and Africa
The AI wave, its appetite for compute and energy, its risks, AI sovereignty, and how to host it on the continent.
Answering client needs
Bespoke work, making the case, and why relocating matters: the virtuous dynamic created when African companies choose the African cloud (proximity, sovereignty, a strengthening ecosystem).
Once certified
Work alongside the Hodi team
on your projects
Once certified, lean on the Hodi team for your client projects. You know their business and their constraints, we bring the cloud expertise.
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Submit your application
The first 300 profiles we select get their certification for free.
Frequently asked questions
Who can apply, and is it really free?
Any digital professional, Hodi customer or not. The certification is worth €90: we are giving it to the first 300 applicants we select. After that, it becomes paid.
When exactly does the certification open?
Early 2027. The exact date is not settled yet: selected applicants will hear first, before any public announcement.
How long does it take?
As long as you need. Allow at least 2 hours per module to learn properly, so around fifteen hours for all 7. The modules stay open: you work through them at your own pace, as many times as you like, and take the final exam the day you feel ready.
How does the exam work?
A single final exam covering the 7 modules, which you start when you are ready. It is marked out of 20: Certified from 14/20, Advanced from 16/20, Excellence from 18/20. If you fail, you can retake it once within 30 days.
