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Kenyan IT gurus to get training from top notch firm

Delivery of the programme will include the provision of certified instructors, training material and case studies with SAP’s largest investment being the waiver of the Sh200,000 cost for the two month training.

Serima added that 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.

“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,” he explained.

He emphasised that SAP is committed to ensure that upon graduating from the training, students will also receive a chance to put the acquired knowledge into practical use in a real work environment.

“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,” he said.

Kenya ICT Board CEO Paul Kukubo revealed that the board has proposed the framework to launch a National ICT Academy and he said they plan to replicate the model across the other multinationals by leveraging their partnerships in the public and private sectors to finance the initiative.

“We’ve leveraged our connections and our influence in both the private and public sectors,” he said.

“In the public sector we’ve talked to Multimedia University and other institutions to be able to provide room and board for students when they’re being trained and we’re trying to target disadvantaged students who wouldn’t ordinarily be able to afford the training,” he noted.

Kukubo added that in the private sector, they’ve leveraged their partnerships with SAP and other partners to say “Look, this is the state of the country and this is what we need to do”.

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In addition to the National ICT Academy, the Kenya ICT Board will be offering a new Software Developer Certification course dubbed “Chipuka” in April 2013 developed by Carnegie Mellon University.

Chipuka is a Swahili word meaning ‘to emerge or to spring forth’ and Kukubo said that the course will help employers identify software developers with the skills necessary to step into jobs immediately.

He noted that the final exam for the course will be tested on 30 volunteers drawn from KENET (Kenya Education Network) and feedback will aid the course developers in producing a more focused and productive exam.

The University of Nairobi and Inoorero University have been identified as likely institutions to host the pre-pilot exam, with plans to include other facilities in the future

The course will be open to software developers, software engineering and computer science students in any institution of higher learning as long as they have a working knowledge of one of the common programming languages.

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