Evening workshop · 3 evenings · Makèpè, Douala
Vibe coding course in Douala: build your own app with AI
The Honowa Academy vibe coding course teaches you to build and launch an application by describing what you want, in plain language, to an artificial intelligence (Claude, Cursor, Lovable), without writing code. It runs over three 2.5-hour evenings in Makèpè (Douala), in a group of 5 people maximum, for 28,000 FCFA. You leave with an application live on the internet, in your own name.
- 3 evenings of 2.5 hours, 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
- 5 participants maximum, each on their own project
- Your application live, in your name
- Rhythm
- 3 evenings — Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- Total length
- 7.5 hours of practice
- Group
- 5 participants max
- Location
- Makèpè, Douala
- Prerequisites
- No coding required
- You leave with
- Honowa Academy certificate
What is vibe coding?
Vibe coding means building software by talking to an AI: you describe the application, its screens and what it should do, the AI writes the code, then you test, fix and start again until you get the result you want. Your job is no longer to type code, but to direct, check and decide.
The term was coined in February 2025 by Andrej Karpathy, one of the founding members of OpenAI. Since then, tools such as Cursor, Lovable or Claude let an entrepreneur, a freelancer or a marketing manager build a first working tool on their own, where it used to take a development budget and weeks of waiting.
Vibe coding does not make programming useless. It changes the starting point: you can test your idea in a few evenings, show it to real users, then make an informed decision about investing in full development.
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You describe
The application, its screens, what it should do.
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02
The AI writes the code
Claude, Cursor or Lovable produce the application.
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03
You test
On your computer, then on your phone.
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You fix
You rephrase and start again until it works as intended.
Your role: direct, check, decide.
Who is this course for?
Entrepreneurs and SME managers
You need an internal tool (order tracking, inventory, appointment booking) or an online catalogue, but you do not want to commit a development budget before you are sure of the idea. Vibe coding lets you build a first version and have your team test it.
Freelancers and project owners
Your idea has been waiting for months because a developer is expensive. In three evenings, you turn it into an application you can show a client, a partner or an investor, instead of describing it.
Digital professionals
Community managers, project managers, designers, consultants: you add an in-demand skill to your profile and finally know what is realistic to ask a developer for, and at what price.
Prerequisites: no programming knowledge. All you need is a personal laptop.
What you can build with vibe coding
In three evenings, realistic projects are simple applications:
- A dynamic showcase website for your business
- An online product catalogue
- An order or booking form
- An internal tool for your team (tracking, dashboard, task list)
The limits, stated plainly
Full platforms, with online payments and user accounts, take several weeks. And an application that handles money or sensitive data must be taken over by a real developer: that is one of the limits the workshop teaches you to recognise.
The format: a 3-evening workshop in Douala
The workshop takes place in Makèpè (Douala) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, i.e. 7.5 hours of supervised practice over one week. It fits around a working day. Sessions are held in French; an English session can be opened from 3 participants.
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Monday 2 November
17:30 → 20:00
Session 1: frame and get started
Creating your accounts, activating an international payment method, installing the tools. You sum up your project in one sentence and four screens, and leave with a first screen generated by the AI.
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02
Wednesday 4 November
17:30 → 20:00
Session 2: build and fix
The AI produces, you direct. You learn to read an error message, rephrase a request and take back control when the AI gets it wrong. By the end of the session, your application runs on your computer.
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03
Friday 6 November
17:30 → 20:00
Session 3: go live and know the limits
Deployment, web address, testing on your phone. Then the honest review: what can break, what the tools cost, when to call a developer. Each participant presents their application in three minutes.
Between two sessions, allow 20 to 30 minutes to refine your project or add a feature on your own.
What you leave with
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A live application
Publicly accessible, on a computer as well as on a phone.
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Your access, in your name
The application and the accounts belong to you.
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A 20-page handbook
To keep going on your own after the workshop.
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An honest estimate
What the full project would cost.
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A certificate of attendance
Issued by Honowa Academy, a MINEFOP-approved centre.
The tools we use
- Claude
- The AI assistant that helps frame the project and write the code.
- Cursor
- The AI-driven code editor.
- Lovable
- Web application generation from a description.
- Supabase
- The database and account management.
- Vercel
- Putting the application online at a web address.
How much do the tools cost?
These tools cost about 13,000 to 16,000 FCFA per month in subscriptions once the workshop is over; free alternatives are presented to you.
No bank card?
From the first session, we help you activate a virtual card linked to MTN Mobile Money or Orange Money to pay for these subscriptions.
Fee and registration
28,000 FCFA for the three evenings
When booking
5,000 FCFA
At the first session
23,000 FCFA
- 5,000 FCFA deposit to book your seat; the balance is paid at the first session.
- Payment: cash at the front desk, MTN Mobile Money or Orange Money.
- Group limited to 5 participants so that everyone gets support on their own project.
- Missed session: made up free of charge at the next session.
Company training From 3 participants of the same organisation, we run a dedicated session at your premises. Contact us
Upcoming sessions
Each session fits in one week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening.
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Nov
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2, 4 and 6 November 2026: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, in Makèpè. Soonest
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16, 18 and 20 November 2026: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, in Makèpè.
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30 November, 2 December and 4 December 2026: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, in Makèpè.
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What vibe coding does not replace
The workshop is not developer training. It gives you an application that works and the perspective to judge what it is worth.
If you want to go further, understand the code the AI produces, secure it and make it your career, the logical next step is the web development course in Douala: 12 months, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React and Laravel, on site in Makèpè or remotely, for 500,000 FCFA. The workshop fee is then deducted from the full programme.
After the workshop, you also join a WhatsApp group with the other participants to share your progress and questions.
Why learn vibe coding at Honowa Academy?
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A MINEFOP-approved centre
We have been training people for digital careers in Douala since 2016 (approval no. 000555/MINEFOP/SG/DFOP/SDGSF/CSACD/CBAC).
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A real project: yours
You do not follow a tutorial, you build the application you need.
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Conditions designed for Cameroon
Payment in FCFA by Mobile Money, a virtual card for the tools, evening hours.
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Honest talk about the limits
What breaks, what it costs and when to call in a professional.
Frequently asked questions about the vibe coding course
Vibe coding means building an application by describing what you want to an AI, which writes the code for you. You test, fix and guide the AI until you get the result you want. The term was coined in February 2025 by Andrej Karpathy.
No, no programming knowledge is required. All you need is a personal laptop. You learn to direct the AI, read its errors and take back control when it gets things wrong.
The workshop costs 28,000 FCFA for three 2.5-hour evenings. A 5,000 FCFA deposit books your seat and the balance is paid at the first session, in cash, by MTN Mobile Money or by Orange Money.
Yes, for a simple application: a dynamic showcase website, a catalogue, an order form or an internal tool. A full platform with online payments and user accounts takes several weeks and, for sensitive data, a real developer.
Allow about 13,000 to 16,000 FCFA per month in tool subscriptions, and free alternatives are presented to you. Without a bank card, we help you activate a virtual card linked to MTN Mobile Money or Orange Money.
Yes. The application and all the accounts (hosting, database, tools) are created in your name during the workshop. You can grow it on your own or hand it over to a developer later.
The workshop gives a Honowa Academy certificate of attendance. Recognised certificates come with the centre's long programmes (the centre is MINEFOP-approved), such as the 12-month web development course, from which the workshop fee is deducted.
The workshop takes place on site in Makèpè, Douala, in French. An English session can be organised from 3 participants: message us on WhatsApp at +237 6 74 97 08 06.
Custom training These times do not suit you? We run one-to-one or very small-group sessions at the times you choose: mornings, weekends, or remote. Tell us your availability and we come back within 24 hours with a proposal. Request a custom session
Book your seat
Your idea can exist by Friday night. Book with a 5,000 FCFA deposit or ask us your questions:
- WhatsApp / phone
- +237 6 74 97 08 06
- Address
- Honowa Academy, Makèpè, Douala, Cameroon
- Front-desk hours
- Monday to Friday 8 am to 6 pm, Saturday 9 am to 4 pm.
Torn between the workshop and a long programme? Ask for a guidance interview.
The other tracks
Your idea can exist by Friday night.
3 evenings, 5 seats, 28,000 FCFA.
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