• Laetitia Sêssi Agassa founded Kankode in 2025 to expand access to digital skills training across West Africa.
• The platform provides tailored learning tracks for students, entrepreneurs and people seeking career transitions into technology.
• Agassa combines experience in diplomacy, software development and digital mentoring to support regional digital transformation.

Laetitia Sêssi Agassa is a Beninese entrepreneur and web developer. She founded and currently leads Kankode, an e-learning platform designed to democratize access to digital skills across West Africa.

Founded in 2025, Kankode targets several user profiles. The platform allows students to acquire digital skills relevant to their studies and future careers. It also provides artisans and merchants with tools to improve business management and commercial development.

In addition, the platform helps professionals seeking career changes discover new digital professions through progressive learning programs.

Kankode structures its services around three main training tracks.

The first track introduces users to basic digital skills, including internet use and essential digital tools. The second track helps entrepreneurs and merchants use digital tools to sell products, communicate with customers and manage operations more efficiently.

Meanwhile, the third track focuses on digital professions and provides advanced training designed to develop skills that technology companies increasingly demand.

Kankode relies on a simplified and practical learning model. The courses use short videos, interactive exercises and quizzes to improve understanding and accessibility.

The platform also designs its content for beginners who may have little or no prior exposure to digital tools. At the same time, Kankode encourages users to learn at their own pace.

Beyond Kankode, Agassa participates in several initiatives linked to technology and digital entrepreneurship.

She is a member of the eTrade for Women community. She also co-founded and currently serves as project manager at BSM Groupe, a communication and digital marketing company.

In addition, she acts as an ambassador for isahit, a France-based ethical AI data-labeling platform.

Agassa graduated from the École nationale d’administration et de magistrature (ENAM) in Abomey-Calavi, Benin, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in diplomacy and international relations in 2017.

She started her professional career in 2016 as a freelance writer. In 2017, she began working as a freelance English-French translator.

Later, in 2020, she joined Botamp, a technology company, as a web developer.

In 2023, she became a mentor for software developers at ADPList, an international community focused on democratizing mentorship access.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum