[Kictanet] GSM Academy opens in Germany

[Dorcas Muthoni]

       GSM Academy opens in Germany
       Training opportunities for African technicians

     Website: www.topbusinessag.com/e/training/wireless/gsmacademy.php
     <http://www.topbusinessag.com/e/training/wireless/gsmacademy.php

       By Femi Awoniyi


       Mobile telecommunications is currently enjoying a boom all over
     Africa.
       However, because technicians are in short supply, millions of
     dollars are paid every year to foreign specialists who work in the 
sector.

       A German training and consulting company, TOP Business AG, has
     introduced a human resource development programme, the GSM Academy,
     specifically to train skilled manpower for the African mobile 
telecommunications sector.

       The GSM Academy consists of an intensive three-month training at 
TOP Business AG's training centre and a 6 month-practical attachment
     with a network operator in Europe. The company, which has 15 years 
of experience in global mobile infrastructure education, trains workers 
for reputable companies such as Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel and Orange.

       The GSM Academy, which is based on efficient knowledge transfer, 
will train students to become BSS Operation & Maintenance Specialists, 
who will be equipped with the knowledge and practical experience, "with 
all the competence you need to start off work immediately", with a GSM
     Network Operator in Africa.

       Those who successfully undergo the training can be sure of
     finding a good job after graduation because their skills are in 
short supply in most African countries. What's more, technicians in 
mobile telecommunications are enjoying far higher wages than workers in 
most other industries.
       "There are so many positions available that people have a
     choice," says an assistant manager with a recruiting company in Lagos.

       Graduates of the Academy will also be able to become 
self-employed by setting up handset repair shops, for example.

       The GSM course, which normally costs 30,000 euros per trainee, is
     being offered to Africans for only 4,500 euros, as it is subsidized 
by international organisations in line with the new philosophy of
     development assistance, which puts priority on the training of 
skilled manpower for Africa. This will help the continent conserve 
foreign exchange it otherwise spends on foreign experts who are said to 
take billions of dollars out of the continent every year.

       According to Bernhard Kuhn, Vice President - Telecommunication
     Networks Training & Consulting, at TOP Business AG, "well trained
     professionals have better chances to get a job or improve their 
career. And as we can see these people as a knowledge kernel can 
multiply the specific know-how with their daily work".

       The GSM Academy is appropriate for candidates, who must have had
     education and/or training in electronics. Accommodation, health 
insurance and feeding of the participants will be provided for the 
duration of the school course.
       However trainees will be expected to meet their transport and
     other living expenses.

       Only 32 participants will be admitted for the first course and it
     will be on first-come, first-served basis. TOP Business AG will 
organise visa and other travel formalities for participants.

       All participants are required to return to their home countries
     after the successful completion of the course, which will commence 
on 2 October 2006.

       More information about the GSM Academy may be obtained from

       TOP Business AG
       Mr Bernhard Kuhn
       Klingenhofstrasse 58
       D-90411 Nuremberg
       Germany
       Phone: 0049 - 911 95117-300
       Mobile: 0049 - 177 3313805
       Fax: 0049 - 911 95117-309
       E-mail: bernhard.kuhn at topbusinessag.com
     <mailto:bernhard.kuhn at topbusinessag.com

     Website: www.topbusinessag.com/e/training/wireless/gsmacademy.php
     <http://www.topbusinessag.com/e/training/wireless/gsmacademy.php



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