Hi Paul,<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Best Regards<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Paul Kukubo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pkukubo@ict.go.ke" target="_blank">pkukubo@ict.go.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Times;line-height:normal"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><img src="" style="width:123px;min-height:78px"><span style="line-height:21px;padding-left:36px"></span><span style="line-height:21px;padding-left:36px"></span><img src="" style="width:111px;min-height:58px"></p>
</div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:16px;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px">Kenyan Government and SAP to expand skill set of local graduates</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Training aims at improving youth employability in the country’s robust ICT sector </span><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">and</span><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"> is</span><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"> </span><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">in</span><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"></span><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">line with vision</span><span style="line-height:14px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"> 2030</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Nairobi 20</span><span style="line-height:8px;font-size:7px;vertical-align:super;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">th</span><span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"> September, 2012…</span><span style="line-height:21px">The </span><span style="line-height:21px">government of Kenya through the Kenya ICT Board and SAP has</span><span style="line-height:21px"> today announced a partnership that will see 100 bright but underprivileged students</span><span style="line-height:21px">undergo training</span><span style="line-height:21px"> to become </span><span style="line-height:21px">certified SAP</span><span style="line-height:21px"> Software engineers.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"></span><span style="line-height:21px">Dubbed </span><span style="line-height:21px">“SAP</span><span style="line-height:21px"> </span><span style="line-height:21px">Skills for </span><span style="line-height:21px">Africa”, the </span><span style="line-height:21px">Programme</span><span style="line-height:21px"> commits to deliver professional training and certification to Kenyan university graduates.</span><span style="line-height:21px"> The programme</span><span style="line-height:21px"> will seek to</span><span style="line-height:21px"> substantially improve the employability of young, bright </span><span style="line-height:21px">university</span><span style="line-height:21px"> graduates</span><span style="line-height:21px">and equally deliver on the</span><span style="line-height:21px"> government’s mandate to promote digital inclusion, to forge Kenya as an ICT hub for Africa and drive ICT skills development. </span><span style="line-height:21px"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">“The</span><span style="line-height:21px"> SAP partnership is key in equipping our young professionals with high end ICT skills that are on demand in the Kenya and </span><span style="line-height:21px">the wider East African Market. This</span><span style="line-height:21px"> effort provides a</span><span style="line-height:21px">much needed skill</span><span style="line-height:21px">set for graduates who would otherwise not have had the privilege to be exposed </span><span style="line-height:21px">to this</span><span style="line-height:21px"> spe</span><span style="line-height:21px">cific set of world class skills",</span><span style="line-height:21px"> said Kenya ICT Board CEO, Paul Kukubo.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px"><br></span><span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">The Kenya ICT Board and SAP are </span><span style="line-height:21px">in </span><span style="line-height:21px">partners</span><span style="line-height:21px">hip</span><span style="line-height:21px"> to deliver the latest skills and knowledge to the students.</span><span style="line-height:21px"> The </span><span style="line-height:21px">Kenya</span><span style="line-height:21px"> ICT</span><span style="line-height:21px"></span><span style="line-height:21px">Board will provide</span><span style="line-height:21px"> classrooms with ne</span><span style="line-height:21px">cessary computer infrastructure and will be</span><span style="line-height:21px"> charge</span><span style="line-height:21px">d with the </span><span style="line-height:21px">overall management of the programme</span><span style="line-height:21px"> that will take place at the Multi Media</span><span style="line-height:21px">University</span><span style="line-height:21px">, whereas SAP</span><span style="line-height:21px"> will provide</span><span style="line-height:21px"> instructors, training m</span><span style="line-height:21px">aterial and educational systems.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">Delivery of this programme will include the provision of certified instructors, tra</span><span style="line-height:21px">ining material and case studies </span><span style="line-height:21px">with</span><span style="line-height:21px"></span><span style="line-height:21px">SAP‘s</span><span style="line-height:21px"> largest investment </span><span style="line-height:21px">being</span><span style="line-height:21px"> the </span><span style="line-height:21px">waive</span><span style="line-height:21px">r of any</span><span style="line-height:21px"> costs related to the pr</span><span style="line-height:21px">ogramme for the students;</span><span style="line-height:21px"> </span><span style="line-height:21px">a </span><span style="line-height:21px">significant</span><span style="line-height:21px"> financial investment.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">Modules of study for this period will be focused on best busin</span><span style="line-height:21px">ess practices and SAP skills in</span><span style="line-height:21px"> financial and managerial accounting, sales and distribution, procurement, human capital management, database and technology, system administration and also around business reporting.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">“</span><span style="line-height:21px">The SAP Ski</span><span style="line-height:21px">lls for Africa programme aims at ensuring</span><span style="line-height:21px"> 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 </span><span style="line-height:21px">ecosystem”, </span><span style="line-height:21px;color:rgb(255,0,0)">said Pfungwa Serima,CEO Africa, SAP</span><span style="line-height:21px;color:rgb(255,0,0)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">By working proacti</span><span style="line-height:21px">vely with the government bodies</span><span style="line-height:21px"> and with its customers, SAP has </span><span style="line-height:21px">taken</span><span style="line-height:21px"> the lead to deliver the </span><span style="line-height:21px">opportunity for students to receive additional practical skills, business and system knowledge </span><span style="line-height:21px">that will better e</span><span style="line-height:21px">quip them</span><span style="line-height:21px"> for today’s job</span><span style="line-height:21px">market, thereby</span><span style="line-height:21px"> increasing their possibilities of employment.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">The programme builds upon the knowledge students gained </span><span style="line-height:21px">in their undergraduate studies</span><span style="line-height:21px"> and provides them with hands-on experience in working with the world’s leading business software applications </span><span style="line-height:21px">company. </span><span style="line-height:21px">SAP training</span><span style="line-height:21px"> will deliver</span><span style="line-height:21px">valuable skills on </span><span style="line-height:21px">software</span><span style="line-height:21px"> </span><span style="line-height:21px">use, best</span><span style="line-height:21px"> business prac</span><span style="line-height:21px">tices and processes that</span><span style="line-height:21px"> will greatly benefit</span><span style="line-height:21px"> the</span><span style="line-height:21px"> trainees </span><span style="line-height:21px">and </span><span style="line-height:21px">the</span><span style="line-height:21px">organizations</span><span style="line-height:21px"> where the</span><span style="line-height:21px">y work</span><span style="line-height:21px"> </span><span style="line-height:21px">in</span><span style="line-height:21px"> future. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">“</span><span style="line-height:21px">This initiative perfectly fits into the MMU agenda </span><span style="line-height:21px">of</span><span style="line-height:21px"> producing graduates who are immediately ready to be productive in the industry upon </span><span style="line-height:21px">graduation</span><span style="line-height:21px">, over the years inadequate skilling of our graduates has been </span><span style="line-height:21px">a chief</span><span style="line-height:21px"> cause of high employment </span><span style="line-height:21px">costs, causing</span><span style="line-height:21px"> our graduates to hop from one job to the </span><span style="line-height:21px">other. If</span><span style="line-height:21px"> we can churn 100 all rounded graduates</span><span style="line-height:21px"> annually,</span><span style="line-height:21px"> </span><span style="line-height:21px">we shall have arrested this by providing a</span><span style="line-height:21px"> bigger talent pool for employers to choose from</span><span style="line-height:21px">, said</span><span style="line-height:21px"> Prof. Walter Oyawa, </span><span style="line-height:21px">Principal Multimedia University</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">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 so</span><span style="line-height:21px">lidify their acquired knowledge.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:14px;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12px">Editor’s Notes:</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px">
<span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold">About SAP</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">The world’s</span><span style="line-height:21px"> 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 </span><span style="line-height:21px;color:rgb(36,64,97);text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sap.com" target="_blank">www.sap.com</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold">About Kenya ICT Board</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px">
<span style="line-height:21px">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.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold">About the Multi</span><span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold"> M</span><span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold">edia University </span><span style="line-height:21px;padding-left:36px"></span><span style="line-height:21px;font-weight:bold"></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">Founded</span><span style="line-height:21px"> in 1948 as Kenya Co</span><span style="line-height:21px">llege Communication Technology, MMU </span><span style="line-height:21px">became</span><span style="line-height:21px"> a constituent </span><span style="line-height:21px">College</span><span style="line-height:21px"> of JKUAT in 2008.With a student population of about 3,000,MMU </span><span style="line-height:21px">is a Public University College mandated to provide training in Engineering, Information Technology, Media and Business related courses.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="line-height:21px">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.</span></p>
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