ISCAE - Institut Supérieur de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises, Yamoussoukro

Name

ISCAE - Institut Supérieur de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises, Yamoussoukro

Legal name

Institut Supérieur de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises

Website

https://iscae.ci

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education / Professional Training

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Business and Secretarial Schools (611410)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Assessment, Certification & Qualifications Frameworks (BPADAKAL)

Keywords

• Higher education programs
• Professional diploma programs
• Business administration degrees
• Vocational training programs
• BTS and Master programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Yamoussoukro

HQ country

Côte d’Ivoire

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition and enrollment fees: ISCAE generates revenue through student tuition fees for its various programs including BTS, Licence Professionnelle, Ingénieur-Master, and qualifying training programs. The institution offers practical qualifying training at lower cost, and delivers diplomas in BTS and Licence professionnelle formats.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ISCAE is a private higher education institution in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire that delivers professional and vocational training programs — including BTS, Licence Professionnelle, Ingénieur-Master, and Formation Qualifiante — across finance and accounting, human resources, marketing and communication, IT, and logistics. The institute offers both degree-track studies and shorter, job-oriented qualifying courses.

Product overview

ISCAE (Institut Supérieur de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises) is a private higher education institution in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, established in 1996. The institution offers a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs including Ingénieur-Master (graduate engineering/master's level), Licence Professionnelle (professional bachelor's degrees), Cycle BTS (technical diplomas), and Formation Qualifiante (vocational qualification programs). These programs cover diverse professional domains including Finance and Accounting, Human Resources, Marketing and Sales, Information Technology, Logistics, and Healthcare. The institution delivers initial professional training and awards recognized diplomas, with licenses professionally accredited by CAMES, approved by FDFP, and validated by FIRCA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cycle Ingénieur-Master

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CAMES (Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement Supérieur)coreOthersISCAE's professional licenses are recognized by CAMES, which is the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education. This recognition ensures that diplomas are valid across member countries of the African francophonie education system.
• FDFP (Fonds de Développement de la Formation Professionnelle)coreOthersISCAE's programs are approved by the FDFP (Professional Training Development Fund), Côte d'Ivoire's agency for professional training development. This approval indicates compliance with national professional training standards.
• FIRCA (Fonds Interprofessionnel pour la Recherche et le Conseil Agricoles)coreOthersISCAE's programs are validated by FIRCA, which is an interprofessional fund for agricultural research and consulting. This validation indicates alignment with industry standards and sector-specific requirements.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• African Leadership University (ALU): Pan-African private university with campuses in Mauritius and Rwanda offering undergraduate and graduate programs in business, technology, and leadership. Represents the emerging private pan-African model that ISCAE's regional credential strategy is implicitly competing against.

Regional players

• ESMT (École Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications): Private Francophone African higher-education institution in Senegal specializing in telecommunications and ICT. Comparable to ISCAE's IT tracks (Réseaux, Génie Logiciel, Télécoms) as a regional private provider serving the Francophone African ICT-talent market.
• Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé: Public university located in Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire, offering undergraduate and graduate programs including in management and applied sciences. Comparable to ISCAE as a domestic Ivorian higher-education option competing for regional students outside Abidjan.

Broad incumbents

• Université Nangui Abrogoua: Public university in Abidjan delivering Licence, Master, and doctoral programs in sciences, management, and applied fields. Overlaps with ISCAE's Licence/Master tracks and competes for the same pool of Ivorian students seeking recognized degrees.
• Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny: Largest public university in Côte d'Ivoire, headquartered in Abidjan, offering undergraduate and graduate programs across all major fields. Sets the accreditation and competitive benchmark against which Ivorian private institutions like ISCAE position themselves.

Direct peers

• Institut National Polytechnique Houphouët-Boigny (INPHB): Public polytechnic also located in Yamoussoukro offering BTS, Licence, and engineering diplomas across similar professional domains. Direct same-city peer for student recruitment and program overlap in IT, civil engineering, and business-adjacent fields.
• CESAG (Centre Africain d'Études Supérieures en Gestion): Pan-African private business school headquartered in Senegal delivering professional diplomas in management, finance, and accounting. Comparable to ISCAE in mission (training enterprise-ready professionals), Francophone African footprint, and accreditation-driven positioning.
• ISM (Institut Supérieur de Management): Private Francophone business and management school in Senegal offering BTS, Licence, and Master tracks. Closely comparable to ISCAE in program mix, target student profile, and tuition-driven business model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/iscaeyakro1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/iscae-yamoussoukro

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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