“ICT STAR

Tanzania has experienced a dramatic move in the ICT industry following a newly ICT program launched last week on education which will foster the industry development and talent among young people in the country, thanks for the Huawei Technologies Tanzania.

Speaking to the official launching of the “ICT STAR” program last week in Dar es Salaam, the Minister for Communication and Science and Technology Professor Makawe Mbarawa said that Tanzania has made a tremendous progress in the ICT industry for the past seven years and the government and in collaboration with the Chinese government has intended to invest more the ICT sector in the next five and ten years to come.

“The revolution of ICT and communication technologies has changed the life of the human being around the globe and create a competitive demand in every sector such employment and education,’ he said.

Professor Mbarawa added that the ICT industry has been a major contributor in the country GDP growth up to 20 percent growth in the national fiscal year.

He said that the program will foster ICT development and ICT talent training in Tanzania in partnership between the government of Tanzania and Chinese and it will work with students starting from primary to university level.

On his part The Huawei Tanzania Managing Director, Bruce Zhang said: The program will be known as “Huawei ICT Star program for Tanzania education”. It will support primary and secondary schools as well as universities, to develop ICT interests, which will contribute to the development of ICT industry in Tanzania

“For the primary and secondary schools, the program will contribute in improving the learning infrastructures that gives a better learning environment for the students in their earlier stage. And the program will raise ICT awareness among students as well,” Says Zhang.

He said that for universities, they are going to set up “Huawei ICT Star” scholarship. After that, they will provide specific free packages of ICT training to excellent students in Huawei Africa Training centers.

Zhang noted that the program will provide ICT knowledge transfer and ICT talent trainings; make ICT students practice the latest ICT technologies.

“By doing this, we expect to enriching the backbone of ICT talent in Tanzania ICT industry in long term basis,” he said.

 On his part the Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Lu Youqing said that the Tanzania Development Vision of 2025 envisages a nation filled with well educated and learning society as well as a strong and competitive economy capable of producing sustainable growth and shared benefits.

He said that the “Huawei ICT Star” program for Tanzania education expect to bring innovative technologies and approaches that will trigger ICT development in Tanzania.