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

Fri Sep 21 12:18:13 EAT 2012

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 at 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-3040089481/
>
> 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 at 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 at 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 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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