Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment
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<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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 _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke');> ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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Hello People "*Skinning this cat of ICT job creation requires many knives.*" - What Paul is saying summarizes what many people looking at the tech space in Kenya need to realize. The local industry thinking needs to become as broad and diverse as it is in the global scene if we are to be a top 10 global ICT hub. Perhaps we could also expand the thinking around "*ICT job creation *" to "*ICT wealth creation*" Best regards 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:
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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Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
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Areba, I see you raise the Open-source dimension - and knowing Barack's preference, I can now understand his worries. That perhaps, we should be investing in training for Open Source related ERPs...instead. My view is that it is a big industry, big enough for BOTH Open Source (Linux+) and Proprietary Solutions (M$, SAP, Oracle) etc. Even though I openly prefer Open Source platforms (writing from my Linux Laptop, run OpenSource Internet Infrastructure at the University, etc) I dont believe that Proprietary Solutions MUST DIE in order for Open Source Solutions to THRIVE or vice-versa. And as a University College, MMU is prepared to train for the whole industry, Open Source, Proprietary and Emerging. Just to prove it, Evans Ikua was at MMU the other Month and we should be declared an LPI training center soon. So you see, we should embrace all technologies and apply them in different contexts as and when circumstances dictate. walu. ________________________________ From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment 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:
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 _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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-- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Walu, I agree with you, i don't have a problem with proprietary systems since they are in business and i also use them depending on what i am doing but from a national perspective where should our focus be? Has vision 2030 become a branding gimic? the PS has been a consistent advocate of entrepreneurship and i think he is at the heart of the ministry, i hope we can look at this from a broader perspective. On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Areba,
I see you raise the Open-source dimension - and knowing Barack's preference, I can now understand his worries. That perhaps, we should be investing in training for Open Source related ERPs...instead.
My view is that it is a big industry, big enough for BOTH Open Source (Linux+) and Proprietary Solutions (M$, SAP, Oracle) etc. Even though I openly prefer Open Source platforms (writing from my Linux Laptop, run OpenSource Internet Infrastructure at the University, etc) I dont believe that Proprietary Solutions MUST DIE in order for Open Source Solutions to THRIVE or vice-versa.
And as a University College, MMU is prepared to train for the whole industry, Open Source, Proprietary and Emerging. Just to prove it, Evans Ikua was at MMU the other Month and we should be declared an LPI training center soon. So you see, we should embrace all technologies and apply them in different contexts as and when circumstances dictate.
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke>
*To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:32 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment
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:
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 _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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-- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
personal contacts _______________
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skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo
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Walu, What level of LPI training will you be offering? E.g. LPIC-1 upto to LPIC-3? John Kariuki. ________________________________ From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012, 20:57 Subject: Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment Areba, I see you raise the Open-source dimension - and knowing Barack's preference, I can now understand his worries. That perhaps, we should be investing in training for Open Source related ERPs...instead. My view is that it is a big industry, big enough for BOTH Open Source (Linux+) and Proprietary Solutions (M$, SAP, Oracle) etc. Even though I openly prefer Open Source platforms (writing from my Linux Laptop, run OpenSource Internet Infrastructure at the University, etc) I dont believe that Proprietary Solutions MUST DIE in order for Open Source Solutions to THRIVE or vice-versa. And as a University College, MMU is prepared to train for the whole industry, Open Source, Proprietary and Emerging. Just to prove it, Evans Ikua was at MMU the other Month and we should be declared an LPI training center soon. So you see, we should embrace all technologies and apply them in different contexts as and when circumstances dictate. walu. ________________________________ From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment 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:
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 _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment _______________________________________________kictanet mailing listkictanet@lists.kictanet.or.kehttps://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanetUnsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.comThe Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________kictanet mailing listkictanet@lists.kictanet.or.kehttps://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanetUnsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40y... Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
@Kariuki, We shall start easy with LPIC-1. We just send our instructors for the Linux tests and they report that even the Level-1 is not a joke. That said, if we have participants needing higher levels, we can always engage Evans to unleash the expertise for training as we provide the venue for the training. walu ________________________________ From: John Kariuki <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> To: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment Walu, What level of LPI training will you be offering? E.g. LPIC-1 upto to LPIC-3? John Kariuki. From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012, 20:57 Subject: Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment Areba, I see you raise the Open-source dimension - and knowing Barack's preference, I can now understand his worries. That perhaps, we should be investing in training for Open Source related ERPs...instead. My view is that it is a big industry, big enough for BOTH Open Source (Linux+) and Proprietary Solutions (M$, SAP, Oracle) etc. Even though I openly prefer Open Source platforms (writing from my Linux Laptop, run OpenSource Internet Infrastructure at the University, etc) I dont believe that Proprietary Solutions MUST DIE in order for Open Source Solutions to THRIVE or vice-versa. And as a University College, MMU is prepared to train for the whole industry, Open Source, Proprietary and Emerging. Just to prove it, Evans Ikua was at MMU the other Month and we should be declared an LPI training center soon. So you see, we should embrace all technologies and apply them in different contexts as and when circumstances dictate. walu. From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment 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:
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.
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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:
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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12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
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Dear Paul, As much as this initiative is fine for now, there are issues. One is what are we doing (KICTB and others) to promote locally produced software? Promoting local software is likely to have more impact (jobs, contribution to GDP, etc.) and be more sustainable in the longer term. On a related matter, we saw the Minister of Finance removing duty on software the other day. This came at a time when Kenya had become recognized as an upcoming global source of innovative software, especially mobile applications software. Given that software development industry has been identified as one of the priority areas for developing globally competitive technology-based products in the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (ST&I Policy, 2012), which was recently approved by Cabinet, the Government needs to create a raft of incentives for local software development. Of course there are issues of other ERPs, including local versions. My 2 cents Tim Waema On 20 September 2012 20:32, 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:
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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-- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*
-- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
personal contacts _______________
Cell: + 254 717 180001
skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo
____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub
Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment
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++1 Prof On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Mwololo Tim <timwololo@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Paul,
As much as this initiative is fine for now, there are issues. One is what are we doing (KICTB and others) to promote locally produced software? Promoting local software is likely to have more impact (jobs, contribution to GDP, etc.) and be more sustainable in the longer term.
On a related matter, we saw the Minister of Finance removing duty on software the other day. This came at a time when Kenya had become recognized as an upcoming global source of innovative software, especially mobile applications software. Given that software development industry has been identified as one of the priority areas for developing globally competitive technology-based products in the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (ST&I Policy, 2012), which was recently approved by Cabinet, the Government needs to create a raft of incentives for local software development.
Of course there are issues of other ERPs, including local versions.
My 2 cents
Tim Waema
On 20 September 2012 20:32, 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:
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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-- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
personal contacts _______________
Cell: + 254 717 180001
skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo
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In reality (the market not academia), most SME's would rather pirate QuickBooks than use FOSS. If Quickbooks were FOSS and still maintained its quality (updates and support) it would still be in use - not because it is FOSS but because it serves its purpose well. Whether software is free to modify or not is not the issue here. All software can be modified (that is what viruses do anyway). http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-opens-source-code-to-russian-secret-service-3... FOSS is strongest at the Infrastructure (software foundation - OS, Web Server, Database) levels. This is because many big firms (IBM, Oracle, Google etc) do not want to rely on or promote their competitors infrastructure software. The kind of SME pursuing a SAP solution has already figured out FOSS is not the most reliable way for them to go. Anyone who brings FOSS into a discussion like this (about Business Software Applications) is too "Kernel" :) On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Mwololo Tim <timwololo@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Paul,
As much as this initiative is fine for now, there are issues. One is what are we doing (KICTB and others) to promote locally produced software? Promoting local software is likely to have more impact (jobs, contribution to GDP, etc.) and be more sustainable in the longer term.
On a related matter, we saw the Minister of Finance removing duty on software the other day. This came at a time when Kenya had become recognized as an upcoming global source of innovative software, especially mobile applications software. Given that software development industry has been identified as one of the priority areas for developing globally competitive technology-based products in the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (ST&I Policy, 2012), which was recently approved by Cabinet, the Government needs to create a raft of incentives for local software development.
Of course there are issues of other ERPs, including local versions.
My 2 cents
Tim Waema
On 20 September 2012 20:32, 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:
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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-- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*
-- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
personal contacts _______________
Cell: + 254 717 180001
skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo
____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub
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Muraya, Its unfortunate the FOSS angle came into this debate, the real issue i tried to bring out was well addressed by Prof Waema and i think we should consider his thoughts where are our strategic priorities as a country and what are the relevant government arms doing about it? remember perception matters and whatever direction government takes becomes the standard for a country, if SAP decides to shift to Middle East where does it leave us as a country? this is the big picture i talked about its not about custom made and off the shelf there are business men around who have been doing that so its not a news pase (no pun intended) the real issue is the agenda being driven by government. Best Regards On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:09 PM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com>wrote:
In reality (the market not academia), most SME's would rather pirate QuickBooks than use FOSS.
If Quickbooks were FOSS and still maintained its quality (updates and support) it would still be in use - not because it is FOSS but because it serves its purpose well.
Whether software is free to modify or not is not the issue here. All software can be modified (that is what viruses do anyway).
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-opens-source-code-to-russian-secret-service-3...
FOSS is strongest at the Infrastructure (software foundation - OS, Web Server, Database) levels.
This is because many big firms (IBM, Oracle, Google etc) do not want to rely on or promote their competitors infrastructure software.
The kind of SME pursuing a SAP solution has already figured out FOSS is not the most reliable way for them to go.
Anyone who brings FOSS into a discussion like this (about Business Software Applications) is too "Kernel"
:)
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Mwololo Tim <timwololo@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Paul,
As much as this initiative is fine for now, there are issues. One is what are we doing (KICTB and others) to promote locally produced software? Promoting local software is likely to have more impact (jobs, contribution to GDP, etc.) and be more sustainable in the longer term.
On a related matter, we saw the Minister of Finance removing duty on software the other day. This came at a time when Kenya had become recognized as an upcoming global source of innovative software, especially mobile applications software. Given that software development industry has been identified as one of the priority areas for developing globally competitive technology-based products in the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (ST&I Policy, 2012), which was recently approved by Cabinet, the Government needs to create a raft of incentives for local software development.
Of course there are issues of other ERPs, including local versions.
My 2 cents
Tim Waema
On 20 September 2012 20:32, 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:
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.
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