TANZANIA WILL SOON BECOME AN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) HUB WITH ENOUGH EXPERTS

The firm intends to enable the country’s best ICT students further their studies to widen the base for future ICT expertise self-sufficiency.

Huawei (T) Managing Director, Bruce Zhang told Habari Tanzania that that the firm handed over Sh220m to help students in higher learning institutions to benefit from the programme in the current financial year.

The funds were received by the Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training,Prof. Joyce Ndalichako.

“Seeds for the future program in Tanzania aim to develop local ICT talents, enhance knowledge transfer and promote greater understanding of ICT and interest in the communication sector,” he elaborated.

Among other issues, the programme seeks to diminish the mismatch between talent supply and demand which hinders progress in the sector and creates social problems for talents lacking training.

As a long-term investor and responsible corporate citizen in the country, the company wishes to see a well-developed ICT infrastructure by sponsoring studies both locally and in China, he said.

Minister Prof. Ndalichako acknowledged the breadth of the Huawei initiative, saying the program would help to transfer ICT knowledge to more Tanzanian nationals.

Huawei, an international firm connects more than three billion people in over 170 countries, having more than 1500 reliable networks, the director added.