The private sector must throw its support behind regional skills development programmes, says Ian Smith, senior VP of Oracle UK and SA.
Novell and SmartSource Corporate Training say they are preparing themselves for a busy year in the Novell certification market.
The Duxbury Networking Training Academy will offer product-independent training covering a range of networking technologies.
Cisco aims to help ensure 600 000 e-schools are established in Africa over the next 20 years.
Ryan Falkenberg, MD of Hi-Performance Learning (HPL), has been selected for the Endeavor Entrepreneurs programme.
Sun Microsystems says the ICT Academy it developed with several IT companies in Johannesburg is benefiting learners.
Two groups of disabled entrepreneurs are using IT to launch their own businesses.
Two Aptronics engineers have qualified as the first two IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professionals for Tivoli enterprise management solutions in SA.
Computer Associates (CA) has certified more than 800 services consultants in ITIL service management.
The Microsoft graduate academy has enrolled 13 more students and has promised to employ over 90% of its current students.
Oracle University, in association with ISETT SETA, has completed the first internship to allow unemployed BSc and BCom graduates to `top-up` their qualifications.
iSolve Learning Solutions received the Microsoft Learning Solutions certification late last year.
Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe has partnered with the Hillingdon Education Business Partnership to help mentor school children via the Internet.