<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>@Kariuki,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>We shall start easy with LPIC-1. We just send our instructors for the Linux tests and they report that even the Level-1 is not a joke. That said, if we have participants needing higher levels, we can always engage Evans to unleash the expertise for training as we provide the venue for the training.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>walu<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> John Kariuki <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 24, 2012 7:18 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board
Partner on Skills Develeopment<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv501454348"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span>Walu,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 15.99px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span></span> </div><div>What level of LPI training will you be offering? E.g. LPIC-1 upto to LPIC-3?</div><div> </div><div>John Kariuki.<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0pt; font-size: 0px;" class="yiv501454348hr"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Walubengo J
<jwalu@yahoo.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 20 September 2012, 20:57<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment<br> </font> </div> <div id="yiv501454348"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>Areba,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color:
transparent;"><span>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.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>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. <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span> 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.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>walu.<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0pt; font-size: 0px;"
class="yiv501454348hr"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:32 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment<br> </font> </div>
<div id="yiv501454348">Areba<div><br></div><div>This project is about jobs. 100 Kenyans will develop skills that are imediately required by the market.</div><div>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. </div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Skinning this cat of ICT job creation requires many knives. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div>Paul KUKUBO<div>CEO Kenya ICT Board<span></span><div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div><div> On Thursday, September 20, 2012, Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ] wrote:<blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="yiv501454348gmail_quote">I wonder how this bodes with the recent discussion about the Government 's Intention to go Open Source..... <div>
<br></div><div><div class="yiv501454348gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Paul Kukubo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="" rel="nofollow">pkukubo@ict.go.ke</a>></span> wrote:
<blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="yiv501454348gmail_quote"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<img 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 style="width: 111px; min-height: 58px;"></div>
</div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">Kenyan Government and SAP to expand skill set of local graduates</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Training aims at improving youth employability in the country’s robust ICT sector </span><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">and</span><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> is</span><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">in</span><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">line with vision</span><span style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight:
bold;"> 2030</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Nairobi 20</span><span style="line-height: 8px; font-size: 7px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: super;">th</span><span style="line-height: 21px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> 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></div>
<div style="line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><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></div>
<div style="line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><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></div>
<div style="line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><br></span><span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><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 </span></div>
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