[kictanet] [Skunkworks] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment

Thu Sep 20 17:10:04 EAT 2012

Hi Paul,

Whereas i laud this initiative how does it tie in with our overall
development goals as a country? how does the Kenyan industry stand to
develop other than brain drain? i think we have a mismatch in strategy
somewhere in the government ranks, sorry i am thinking in Swahili so i am
not able to bring out properly whats on my mind.

Best Regards

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at 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 necessary computer infrastructure and will be charged with the overall
> management of the programme that will take place at the Multi Media
> University, whereas SAP will provide instructors, training material and
> educational systems.
>
> Delivery of this programme will include the provision of certified
> instructors, training material and case studies withSAP‘s largest
> investment being the waiver of any costs related to the programme for the
> students; a significant financial investment.
>
> Modules of study for this period will be focused on best business
> practices and SAP skills in financial and managerial accounting, sales
> and distribution, procurement, human capital management, database and
> technology, system administration and also around business reporting.
>
> “The SAP Skills for Africa programme aims at ensuring that each and every
> university graduate is equipped with the skills necessary to enter the job
> market and not only gain economic stability and prosperity but also to be
> able to plough back into the ecosystem”, said Pfungwa Serima,CEO Africa,
> SAP
>
> By working proactively with the government bodies and with its customers,
> SAP has taken the lead to deliver the opportunity for students to receive
> additional practical skills, business and system knowledge that will
> better equip them for today’s jobmarket, thereby increasing their
> possibilities of employment.
>
> The programme builds upon the knowledge students gained in their
> undergraduate studies and provides them with hands-on experience in
> working with the world’s leading business software applications company. SAP
> training will delivervaluable skills on software use, best business practices
> and processes that will greatly benefit the trainees and theorganizations where
> they work in future.
>
> “This initiative perfectly fits into the MMU agenda of producing
> graduates who are immediately ready to be productive in the industry upon
> graduation, over the years inadequate skilling of our graduates has been a
> chief cause of high employment costs, causing our graduates to hop from
> one job to the other. If we can churn 100 all rounded graduates annually, we
> shall have arrested this by providing a bigger talent pool for employers
> to choose from, said Prof. Walter Oyawa, Principal Multimedia University
>
> SAP is committed to ensure that upon the graduation from this programme,
> students also receive a chance to put the acquired knowledge into practical
> use in the real work environment. For this purpose SAP has started to work
> with its customers and partners to ensure the maximum number of internships
> for the graduates, which will further solidify their acquired knowledge.
>
> Editor’s Notes:
>
> About SAP
>
> The world’s market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE:
> SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back
> office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device –
> SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and
> use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP
> applications and services enable more than 195,000 customers (includes
> customers from the acquisition of SuccessFactors) to operate profitably,
> adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit
> www.sap.com
>
> About Kenya ICT Board
>
> The Kenya ICT Board’s mandate and objectives are based on advising the
> Kenyan government on all relevant matters pertaining to the development and
> promotion of ICT industries in the country. In addition, the Kenya ICT
> Board provides government and other stakeholders with skills, capacity and
> funding for ICT projects in order to rapidly and innovatively transform
> Kenya through promotion of ICT for socio-economic development.
>
> About the Multi Media University
>
> Founded in 1948 as Kenya College Communication Technology, MMU became a
> constituent College of JKUAT in 2008.With a student population of about
> 3,000,MMU is a Public University College mandated to provide training in
> Engineering, Information Technology, Media and Business related courses.
>
> Due to its rich history as a Technology College under Telkom Kenya,
> Multimedia University has the benefit and experience of working with the
> ICT industry in order to expose its students beyond the classroom theory
> and principles of technology.
>
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