Dar es Salaam. Mobile phone handset maker, Nokia, has launched a
training programme to equip developers with necessary skills for
creating software applications to foster entrepreneurship and
innovation in information and communication technologies.
It is also part of efforts of the world’s second mobile phone manufacturer to promote ICTs for socio-economic development in the country. About 30 trainees most of whom are graduates of computer science and other related courses are developing ideas on real problems facing the country and then go ahead to develop mobile softwares at the end of the six week training. The applications will be linked to Nokia.
The training has been co-organised by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) and Dar Teknohama Business Incubator.
“There is a rapid increase of mobile phone use for various purposes in the country. Our aim is to equip developers with technical knowledge regarding advanced Java development,” said Mr Jussi Hinkkanem, Nokia’s vice president for Corporate Relations and Business Environment for Middle East and Africa.
There is a gap between the formal academic knowledge provided by most universities and the real problems the society faces.
Software development is expected to create jobs for trainees, increase revenue and solve real problems in the society.
One trainee for example demonstrated a design of an application for the Tanzania Commission for Aids (Tacaids) that shows AIDS meaning, symptoms, treatment, when and how one can test the infection.
It is also part of efforts of the world’s second mobile phone manufacturer to promote ICTs for socio-economic development in the country. About 30 trainees most of whom are graduates of computer science and other related courses are developing ideas on real problems facing the country and then go ahead to develop mobile softwares at the end of the six week training. The applications will be linked to Nokia.
The training has been co-organised by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) and Dar Teknohama Business Incubator.
“There is a rapid increase of mobile phone use for various purposes in the country. Our aim is to equip developers with technical knowledge regarding advanced Java development,” said Mr Jussi Hinkkanem, Nokia’s vice president for Corporate Relations and Business Environment for Middle East and Africa.
There is a gap between the formal academic knowledge provided by most universities and the real problems the society faces.
Software development is expected to create jobs for trainees, increase revenue and solve real problems in the society.
One trainee for example demonstrated a design of an application for the Tanzania Commission for Aids (Tacaids) that shows AIDS meaning, symptoms, treatment, when and how one can test the infection.
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