[kictanet] IBM Service Corps team in Nairobi

[Paul Kukubo]

Listers

 

FYI

 

International IBM Team Arrives in Kenya to Support Achievement of Vision
2030

 

IBM Corporate Service Corps to facilitate efficient delivery of financial
services in Nyeri

 

Nairobi 21th, February 2011: An international team of consultants from the
IBM's Corporate Service Corps programme has arrived in Nairobi for a
one-month project in Nyeri. They will work alongside the Kenya ICT Board,
the Kenya e-Government initiative, the Ministry of Information and
Communication and the Postal Corporation of Kenya on a number of initiatives
to help meet key ICT objectives in the Vision 2030 plan.

 

"IBM is committed to fostering the utilization of information technology by
government agencies and educational institutions to spur rapid economic
development," said Anthony Mwai, Country General Manager for IBM East
Africa. "In return, IBM staff and communities can reap the mutual benefits
of global while developing its next generation of leaders."

 

Arriving in Kenya this week, the team of 12 IBM employees from 9 different
countries will work on the ground in Nyeri for one month. They will work
with a number of local organisations including:

 

      The Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK)

      The IBM team will help PCK to review the changing economic landscape

      in Kenya and develop a plan to deliver financial services to the poor

      across Kenya.

 

      Department of E-Government

      The IBM team will work to increase the efficiency of public processes

      and encourage citizen participation in governmnt.

 

      Kenya ICT Board

      The IBM team will work the Kenya ICT board to help address the IT

      skills gap in the country and support the development of the business

      process outsourcing sector in the country.

 

The current engagement in Kenya comes on the heels of a number of previous
Corporate Service Corps visits to Africa - a focus continent for the
program. Since July 2008, IBM's Corporate Service Corps has deployed 327
IBMers on 29 teams to South Africa, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya,
Morocco, and Egypt.  Through these projects IBM has worked with local
organisations and businesses across Africa to support community-driven
economic development.

 

The Corporate Service Corps (CSC) is a global IBM initiative designed to
provide small businesses, educational institutions and non-profit
organizations in growth markets with sophisticated business consulting and
skills development to help improve local conditions and foster job creation.
IBM deploys teams of top employees from around the world representing IT,
research, marketing, finance and business development to growth markets for
a period of one month. The employees work pro bono with local organizations
and businesses on projects that intersect business, technology and society.

 

As a global programme, over the past three years the IBM Corporate Service
Corps has deployed close to 1000 IBM employees on 100 teams to 20 countries
around the world. Projects vary from assisting networks of entrepreneurs and
small businesses trying to grow and reach export markets to the adoption of
new and smart technological ideas by private and public sectors.

 

 

Paul Kukubo

CEO Kenya ICT Board 

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