Hi Paul,

I look forwad to an answer to my question while i understand the benefits of SAP and other ERPs that you and Walu correctly outline and having been involved in some local projects in end user training i am still concerned with the ultimate objective vis the Vision 2030 strategy that is mentioned at  the beginning of the press release. I have raised this issue during SAP sponsored events but it is always laughed off, at one point i even challenged some of their representatives why the development work cannot be done locally but i never got any substantive answer  should we invest in users or developers from a strategic angle as a country ? as it is we have too many users which is contributing to the unemployment problem and the best the guys can do is to be deployed elsewhere then we start the brain drain chorus which is no news to most of us, I would have loved to see the ICT board promote local success cases the Alliance Technologies with their ERP one and the Open Worlds and many others who are hitherto unknown yet they are employing Kenyans and doing amazing stuff for the local community. Anyway we need local solutions to local problems and the onus of building that community is on us in simple terms.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> wrote:
Areba

This project is about jobs. 100 Kenyans will develop skills that are imediately required by the market.
The installed base of SAP in Kenya is substantial from Nation Media Group, to Bidco, to many other large and medium sized business and some state corporations. This base is growing. 

The ICT Board intends to extend these partnerships to drive high talent development. This is the first. There are many areas and many projects that don't have the requisite skills and there are even more Kenyans who don't have jobs. Many parents will not agree to pay for a child to certify further once he is out of college. Indeed many can't afford it.

Skinning this cat of ICT job creation requires many knives. 

Regards

Paul KUKUBO
CEO Kenya ICT Board



On Thursday, September 20, 2012, Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ] wrote:
I wonder how this bodes with the recent discussion about the Government 's Intention to go Open Source..... 



On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> wrote:

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Kenyan Government and SAP to expand skill set of local graduates

Training aims at improving youth employability in the country’s robust ICT sector and is inline with vision 2030

 

Nairobi 20th September, 2012…The government of Kenya through the Kenya ICT Board and SAP has today announced a partnership that will see 100 bright but underprivileged studentsundergo training to become certified SAP Software engineers.

Dubbed “SAP Skills for Africa”, the Programme commits to deliver professional training and certification to Kenyan university graduates. The programme will seek to substantially improve the employability of young, bright university graduatesand equally deliver on the government’s mandate to promote digital inclusion, to forge Kenya as an ICT hub for Africa and drive ICT skills development.   


“The SAP partnership is key in equipping our young professionals with high end ICT skills that are on demand in the Kenya and the wider East African Market. This effort provides amuch needed skillset for graduates who would otherwise not have had the privilege to be exposed to this specific set of world class skills", said Kenya ICT Board CEO, Paul Kukubo.


The Kenya ICT Board and SAP are in partnership to deliver the latest skills and knowledge to the students. The Kenya ICTBoard will provide classrooms with

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