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

Thu Sep 20 21:07:53 EAT 2012

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 at 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 at ict.go.ke>
>
> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at 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 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
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