Flagship Certification · Cohort-based · 12 weeks

From skills to strategy: become a job-ready, hire-ready communications professional.

ACPM is Zyra's flagship certification — twelve weeks of practical mastery, real simulations, and a boardroom defence that proves you can do the work.

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The outcome · Who it's for

For professionals ready to lead, not just execute.

From doing to owning

Move from delivering tasks to owning strategy across the full comms function.

Portfolio, not theory

Twelve weekly deliverables you can show — campaigns, briefs, plans, measurement decks.

Graduate hire-ready

Auto-listed on Zyra Connect. Simulations co-designed with Hexa Media and Triad — feedback partners, not placement guarantors.

How it works

Four phases. Three weeks each. One real defence.

Every week: a video lecture, a framework PDF, a challenge brief, a live session, and one portfolio-grade deliverable.

Phase 01
Weeks 1–3

Foundations [DRAFT]

Strategy, audience, message architecture.

Phase 02
Weeks 4–6

Craft [DRAFT]

Writing, narrative, content systems.

Phase 03
Weeks 7–9

Channels [DRAFT]

PR, digital, stakeholder communications.

Phase 04
Weeks 10–12

Defence [DRAFT]

Campaign build, measurement, boardroom defence.

Assessment & credential

Ten deliverables. One boardroom defence.

Submit at least 10 of 12 weekly deliverables and pass a live boardroom defence in Week 12. Earn the ACPM Certificate — verifiable, issued within 48 hours of passing.

ACPM Certificate
African Communications Professional Mastery
  • 10 of 12 weekly deliverables submitted
  • Live boardroom defence passed
  • Verifiable credential issued within 48 hours
  • Auto-listed on Zyra Connect talent platform
Curriculum

12 modules. Every one ends in a deliverable.

Credential ladder

Trainings feed into ACPM. ACPM is the assessed step up.

Badge
Hireable Practitioner
Workplace Readiness Cert.
ACPM
Diploma (future)
Cohort & pricing

Next cohort: 6 July 2026

Fellowship
Free
First cohort only · application required
Early bird
$349
Limited seats
Standard
$499
Regular enrolment

Prices held exactly as published. Enterprise/cross-programme pricing — to come later.

Graduates

What ACPM graduates say.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

The credential ladder

Where this fits in the Zyra family.

Train → Certify → Sustain. Each programme feeds the next. Pick the entry point that matches where you are now.

21-day sprint

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Ready to lead, not just execute?

Apply to the next ACPM cohort. Twelve weeks. One defence. One credential that opens doors.