Every course is one topic, built on the real screens of the application and a demo company — Mkakati Management Consultants for WatuAccounts, Mfano Traders for the labs. Learn online, lesson by lesson, then pass the course exam (80%) to complete it. Partners can teach from the same decks.
For accountants, bookkeepers and the business owner who uses WatuAccounts every day.
| Code | Course | Format | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA-101 | Seeing the cost of an assignment Tag every cost and every invoice with the project, then read the profit of one job in the Profitability by dimension report. | Online lessons + exam 12 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-110 | The sales cycle Customer, quotation, customer LPO, invoice, receipt, debit note, credit note and bad debts — and what each one posts to the books, with dimensions. | Online lessons + exam 19 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-120 | The purchase cycle Supplier, purchase order, receiving, the supplier bill with its EFD receipt, approval, withholding tax, payment and supplier credits. | Online lessons + exam 21 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-130 | Banking and inventory Bank accounts, transfers, importing a statement, bank reconciliation, stock items, average cost, stock adjustments and fixed assets. | Online lessons + exam 19 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-140 | Accounting The chart of accounts, dimensions and their rules, journals, accruals and reversals, recurring journals, and several companies. | Online lessons + exam 14 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-150 | Reports Trial balance, profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, ageing, budgets, analytics, the audit trail and the books health check. | Online lessons + exam 19 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-160 | Tax VAT codes and EFD receipts, the VAT return (ITX240) and filing it, withholding tax and certificates, bad-debt VAT relief and income tax. | Online lessons + exam 20 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-170 | Year end and IFRS The year-end checklist, expected credit losses, stock at net realisable value, leases, deferrals, provisions, deferred tax and the annual pack. | Online lessons + exam 18 slides | Open | Enrol → |
| WA-180 | Settings and administration Company set-up, industries and sample data, users, roles and limits, approval rules, exchange rates, connected apps and periods. | Online lessons + exam 24 slides | Open | Enrol → |
For sales partners: understand the platform and sell it well.
| Code | Course | Format | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT-101 | The platform and the products What an ERP is and how WatuFlex does it: WatuOS, Watu Cloud and the applications, one ledger in WatuAccounts. Partner training, day 1. | Online, or a classroom day 1 day | Open | Partners → |
| PT-102 | Selling WatuFlex Result as a Service, the rate card and free live use, your 90-day forecast, the funnel in WatuCRM, demos and closing. Partner training, day 2. | Online, or a classroom day 1 day | Open | Partners → |
For implementing partners: install, set up, connect and hand over.
| Code | Course | Format | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAB-1 | Install WatuOS and enrol it in Watu Cloud Install the image on a Watu Box or the client's own computer, run the self-test, enrol the box and set the backup passphrase. | Hands-on lab + online quiz Lab guide | Open | Partners → |
| LAB-2 | Set up WatuAccounts for a real business The chart of accounts, dimensions, opening balances dated the day before go-live, users and the first documents — on the Mfano Traders figures. | Hands-on lab + online quiz Lab guide | Open | Partners → |
| LAB-3 | Connect the applications Switch on WatuHRM, WatuFleet and WatuCRM so that each one posts to the same books, and prove it with a test document. | Hands-on lab + online quiz Lab guide | Open | Partners → |
| IM-201 | Go-live and handover The pre-visit requirements letter, the go-live checklist, removing sample data, and the customer handover sheet. | Workshop Checklists | In preparation | Partners → |
For the engineers at implementing partners: Linux, Docker, the WatuOS commands, logs, the desktop and kiosk, Watu Cloud, backups, networking, databases and security. Full syllabus and commands →
| Code | Course | Format | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TE-101 | Linux essentials for WatuOS Enough Linux to look after a Watu Box with confidence: the console, files, services, logs, disk, memory and the network. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 6 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-102 | Docker and Docker Compose on WatuOS How WatuOS runs the applications as containers, and how to inspect them without breaking anything. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 6 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-201 | WatuOS administration: the watu commands The commands every Watu Box carries, what each one does and when to use it. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 6 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-202 | Logs, health and troubleshooting Find out what is wrong in minutes: the verdict, the report, the logs and the faults partners meet most. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 5 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-203 | The WatuOS desktop and kiosk The browser desktop that runs the box, the launcher, the status screen, and the full-screen kiosk on an attached monitor. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 5 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-204 | Watu Cloud, licences, updates and backups The box’s link to Watu Cloud, and keeping a client’s data safe. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 5 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-205 | Installing and networking the box From a bare computer to a box on the client’s network: hardware, installation, addresses and the firewall. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 5 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-206 | The databases on the box One MariaDB server, one database per application, and how to keep them healthy without touching client data. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 4 modules | Open | Enrol → |
| TE-301 | Security and hardening Why a Watu Box is safe on a client’s network, and how to keep it that way. | Online lessons + exam, and a lab 5 modules | Open | Enrol → |
The next applications to get their own courses.
| Code | Course | Format | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR-101 | WatuHRM payroll, the Tanzanian way PAYE, NSSF, WCF and SDL, payroll runs and payslips, loans and claims, and posting payroll to WatuAccounts. | Self-study and classroom — | Planned | |
| SC-101 | WatuSchool for school administrators Students, classes, fees and reminders, examinations and report cards. | Self-study and classroom — | Planned | |
| CR-101 | WatuCRM for sales teams Leads, the pipeline, quotations, commissions and turning a won deal into an invoice in the books. | Self-study and classroom — | Planned |
