About us

We turn soft skills into measurable performance.

KOMPETENCES SOFT SKILLS supports companies across French-speaking Africa. Consulting, digital training and in-person sessions. One single objective: soft skills that are observable, transferable and certifiable.

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Target countries

Skill domains

Referenced skills

Certifying programmes

Why we exist

A structural gap between training and real work

In French-speaking Africa, training generally passes on knowledge and technical know-how. Companies, however, also look for the behaviours that accelerate their performance. This gap is structural. It defines our purpose.

70%

of employees in French-speaking Africa have never taken any soft skills training. Professional behaviours are still largely left to chance.

A soft skills deficit

The vast majority of employees have received no behavioural training at all. Communication, conflict management, adaptability: these skills are rarely built in a structured way.

Training that stays too theoretical

The current offering stacks up concepts. It rarely produces skills that can be used in a concrete African work setting.

No HR-oriented certification

No recognised standard allows an HR director to objectively establish an employee's level or to steer their progress over time.

Digital access that does not fit

Generalist platforms are designed for other markets. Connectivity, language, examples, pace: they ignore African realities.

Our response

Three departments, one value chain

Our three departments form a coherent whole. Each stage prepares the next and rests on a methodology that belongs to us.

1 CONSULTING

Diagnosis & strategy

We diagnose your organisation. 360° audit, roadmap and human capital management, powered by K-Impacts, our GDPR-compliant analysis platform.

K-Impacts platform

2 DECLICK

Skills development

Your teams progress online, at their own pace. Certifying programmes designed for Africa and accessible anywhere, on the DECLICK DIGITAL platform. DECLICK runs on a K-LMS core (proprietary technology).

K-HCBLM model

3 FACE2FACE

Mastery & network

In-person immersion anchors the practice. Sessions in African cities and an alumni network that lasts well beyond the training.

K-SPEM model

From diagnosis to mastery. A single point of contact for the entire journey.

A framework that sets the standard

All our work rests on the official KOMPETENCES SOFT SKILLS framework. 13 domains, 52 skills assessed across 3 levels of mastery, and 18 certifying programmes. Your HR teams finally have a common basis to measure and compare.

Professional communication Collaboration & teamwork Management & leadership Productivity & organisation Problem solving Critical thinking & creativity Emotional intelligence Adaptability & change Conflict management Ethics & responsibility Entrepreneurship & venture creation Digital maturity & AI Information security & vigilance

What sets us apart

Four choices that change the outcome

Our differences are not cosmetic. They affect the method, the evidence and the local grounding.

A proprietary framework

13 domains, 52 skills broken down across 3 levels. A standard that makes it possible to assess an employee, track their progress and compare teams.

Grounded in African practice

Cases, language and examples drawn from the daily reality of companies in French-speaking Africa. Your teams learn on situations they actually experience.

Certification that HR controls

Every programme produces evidence. You use it in annual reviews, development plans and promotion decisions.

A platform built for Africa

DECLICK DIGITAL works with local connectivity and usage realities. Training stays accessible, even outside the main urban centres.

Who we speak to

Three audiences, one same promise

Whether you train, employ or invest, you expect evidence. We produce it.

Companies & HR directors

Employees who perform

You want teams that communicate, decide and collaborate better. We give you the method and the evidence, from diagnosis through to certification.

Partners

Assets ready to integrate

Schools, training organisations and institutions: our frameworks and methodologies fit into your programmes and strengthen your offering.

Investors

An underserved market, proprietary assets

You are looking for a player positioned on a real need, structured by methodologies and a framework it owns outright. Let's talk.

The founder

Karim SIDIBÉ

Founder & CEO

Karim SIDIBÉ has twenty five years of experience serving clients, fifteen of them in learning and development, mostly within international companies.

He spent more than fourteen years at Dell. He started in technical support, then trained teams and partners across the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa). He trained the partners' trainers and ran their certification programme.

After a period in training consultancy, he joined several other companies. There he coordinated and designed career paths for critical roles, leadership programmes and indicators that measure the real effect of training.

He built KOMPETENCES SOFT SKILLS on these practices: define the expected skills, measure them in the field, then certify them.

years serving clients

years in learning and development

EMEA

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Certifications ISO 9001/ISO 19011 Lead Auditor Training · ISO 9001:2015 Top Management Overview · Learning and Development Manager · DISC Practitioner · AI-Powered Instructional Design
Educations Higher Technical Diploma in Industrial IT & Maintenance · Professional Bachelor’s Degree in IT Systems & Software · Master's degree in computer science
Languages French, English

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Our ambition

Becoming the standard for soft skills in French-speaking Africa

We are targeting 13 French-speaking African countries. Our objective is clear: to make the KOMPETENCES SOFT SKILLS framework the measurement basis for soft skills across the continent. Four proprietary assets, two dedicated platforms and a growing alumni network support this trajectory.