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:
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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