Professional Short Course · Afridemia
International Business Communication™ — The Professional Communication Lab
8 Weeks · 250,000 Rwf · Graduates & Early-Career Professionals
“By Week 8, you don’t just speak good English. You communicate like someone trusted with responsibility.”
The Professional Communication Lab is an 8-week authority transition for graduates and early-career professionals who already speak English — but are not yet taken seriously. This is not an English course. It is a simulated professional environment where you write emails that get responses, produce reports that get funded, navigate workplace power dynamics, and pitch solutions to real decision-makers. You leave with a portfolio, a video record of your performance, and a communication identity that matches your ambition.
Required English Level: B2 or above. Upper B1 by approval only. This course is for people who can already communicate in English — but need to communicate like a professional. Instruction is fully conducted in English in a simulated workplace environment.
8-Week programme structure
Week One
Professional Foundations
Hybrid AI mindset: you supervise AI, not use it. Email autopsy — diagnose and rebuild your last professional failure.
Week Two
Strategic Emailing
Channel discipline: when email, WhatsApp or Teams? Five-email professional suite with AI prompt logs and strategic rationale.
Week Three
Institutional Reporting
How directors actually read. The 90-second test. Rwandan institutional writing — the unwritten rules and subtext.
Week Four
Data-Driven Reports
STAR-E accountability framework. Spot-the-evasion workshop. Fix vague AI output with evidence-backed professional language.
Week Five
Career Architecture
ATS simulator for your CV. LinkedIn live audit. Before/after showcase — from listing responsibilities to proving value.
Week Six
Oral Fluency & Phone
High-pressure simulations: venue crisis call, vendor conflict. Emotional control, solution framing, tone under stress.
Week Seven
Workplace Protocol
Power dynamics, digital etiquette, HCR model, DARN minute-taking. Rwandan professional protocols — with live simulation.
Week Eight
The Final Pitch
Pitch Night — 5-minute solution pitch to HR managers, Directors and Founders. Best pitch wins a recommendation letter.
What you’ll produce
Writing
Writing Portfolio
15+ professional documents — emails, reports, concept notes, CV — each with AI prompt log, AI draft and your final strategic edit annotated with your rationale
Speaking
Oral Assessment
Simulated meetings, phone role-plays and high-pressure scenarios — recorded and reviewed with peer feedback and self-assessment video
Capstone
Capstone Pitch
5-minute Pitch-Night presentation to real professionals. Video footage returned to graduates for use in employer portfolios
CV
ATS-Optimised CV
Quantified, evidence-based, keyword-optimised CV — tested through an actual applicant tracking system simulator in class
Profile
LinkedIn Narrative
Rewritten professional summary + 3 featured posts demonstrating professional voice — optimised for the Rwandan and East African job market
Toolkit
Protocol Frameworks
WhatsApp response templates, boundary-setting scripts, DARN minutes, HCR decision framework — tools you keep and use at work
Assessment breakdown
I.
Writing Portfolio (40%) — All drafts, AI prompts used and final human-edited versions showing strategic rationale across all 8 weeks
II.
Oral Assessment (30%) — Participation quality in simulated meetings, phone calls and peer feedback sessions
III.
Capstone Pitch (30%) — 5-minute solution-based pitch delivered at Afridemia Pitch Night to an invitation-only professional panel
IV.
Schedule: 2 sessions per week (6 hrs/week) · 8 weeks · 48 contact hours total · 20+ real-world communication examples analysed
Program options
Weekday
250,000 Rwf
2 sessions/week · 8 weeks · 6 hrs/week · All materials included
Weekend
Contact Us
Weekend intake availability — register your interest for schedule details
A.The Professional Communication Lab is an Afridemia original programme — designed specifically for the Rwandan and East African professional context, delivered at our Kigali centre by communication specialists with real institutional and workplace experience.
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Spots are limited · B2 English level required · Upper B1 by approval only
