The training of the first batch of "softwarepreneurs" is set to start next month as Kenya aims to become a software hub, reports Business Daily.
In the last budget, ICT got Sh1.6 billion to "to facilitate SMEs' growth, expand business incubation to support over 100 additional enterprises and create 100 software development enterprises," according to then finance minister Amos Kimunya.
From October, the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute will take 25 candidates and groom them for software development. This group will form the first phase of the four-part series that will see 100 entrepreneurs created by the end of two years.
IT talent needs nurturing
A shortage of opportunities for advancing into senior IT positions is a key factor that's turning off many Canadians from pursuing a career in technology, says IT Business.
The resulting talent drought, they note, is significantly hurting most local companies.
Government and industry leaders who are slow to realise the value of nurturing IT talent only have themselves to blame for the severe tech labour crunch, panel speakers said on Monday at the opening of the Toronto Tech Week convention.
IT firms employ the visually-impaired
ICT companies in the Philippines are planning to employ persons with disabilities, helping fill up positions in an industry that is expected to produce a million jobs by 2010, states GMA News.
Organisations such as IBM Philippines, Resources for Blind (RBI), and Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired, and the Asia Pacific College are helping visually-impaired individuals to secure employment in the ICT industry.
On Monday, IBM and RBI opened their seventh training programme for the blind nicknamed "Computer Eyes".
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