Take ICT opportunities seriously for the benefit of our country- Tumwebaze
Frank Tumwebaze, Minister of ICT and National Guidance (M), Mr. Chu Maoming CDM Chinese Embassy to Uganda (L), Mr. Stanley Chyn(R) Huawei Managing Director and other guests launch the Huawei Seeds for the Future 2017
What you need to know:
The program that was flagged off by H.E. Yoweri Museveni began in Uganda in 2016 with 10 ICT talents visiting China in Beijing and Shenzhen. These were trained in the Chinese culture such as language, calligraphy, painting learning, historical tour in Beijing and cutting-edge ICTs lessons, enterprise management experience sharing, lab practices, Huawei exhibition hall visit and solutions demonstration in Shenzhen, where Huawei’s headquarter is located.
The Minister for ICT and National guidance, Frank TUmwebaze has cautioned youth to take ICT learning opportunities that come their way for the benefit of themselves and the country at large.
Speaking during the launch of the Huawei Seeds for the Future 2017 program at Makerere University on Monday, Mr Tumwebaze lauded the global ICT company for its contribution to the sector through this program that involves scouting Ugandan ICT talent and offering them further training in China.
“I thank Huawei for the great contribution to the ICT sector. Seeds for the Future program helps cultivate and pool together ICT professionals and students that are crucial to industry development, thus boosting ICT industry growth, driving the development of different sectors and contributing to lower unemployment rates over the long term. To the beneficiary students, please don’t take such opportunities lightly but rather maximize them to become better by gathering useful experiences’’, he said.
The program that was flagged off by H.E. Yoweri Museveni began in Uganda in 2016 with 10 ICT talents visiting China in Beijing and Shenzhen. These were trained in the Chinese culture such as language, calligraphy, painting learning, historical tour in Beijing and cutting-edge ICTs lessons, enterprise management experience sharing, lab practices, Huawei exhibition hall visit and solutions demonstration in Shenzhen, where Huawei’s headquarter is located.
“Our focus this year is to have the top 10 students out of the 35 students recommended by government universities of Uganda through competition. The judges will look through their proposals on “How to accelerate the development of Uganda through ICT” and select the best 10 for the program who shall travel to China on 2nd June for two weeks”, said Stanley Chyn Huawei’s Managing Director.
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