USIU-Africa & Techno Brain Group partner to train students

Abstract

Techno Brain Group, a leading Global ICT organization & United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) have partnered to equip professionals & young Kenyans with high-end ICT, entrepreneurship & leadership skills leading to creation of Micro-organization & Global workforce development.

The primary goal of this unique capacity building platform is to build the 21st Century knowledge economy leading to the development of next generation of globally competitive ICT leadership and technology talents that will transform Kenya & beyond through world-class service, both to the benefit of the private and the public sectors. The focus here is to overcome the challenges of skill not restricted to ICT skills but needed functional skills, language barriers which are all overcome by drawing the strengths & experiences of both the parties.

Broad objectives and intent of this collaboration is to: 1. Make available for training Modern ERP systems professional certification training to both USIU-Africa students and faculty 2. Provide High end ICT Professional training in the areas of Banking, Insurance, Finance, Marketing & HR specializations to both USIU-Africa students and faculty 3. Conduct Joint collaborative research and development with industry based on identified needs 4. Develop a micro-organization within campus simulating a real organization with diverse functional units, in which the students will have the opportunity to be mentored by both an industry expert and faculty member 5. Provide opportunities for USIU-Africa students to engage in real life IT projects to boost their mastery and experience in such related projects 6. Give internship and placement opportunities to USIU-Africa students 7. Provide Mentorship opportunities for both faculty and students by industry experts.

Key strategic benefits to the University: 1. Production of IST /APT and MIST students will state of the art and well sought ICT skills including Training and certifications in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) 2. Access for training by our students and faculty to many industry systems like SAP ERP without incurring expensive software access licenses 3. Other USIU-Arica students can graduate with additional state of the art and well sought ICT skills including Training & certifications in Industry and market adopted systems such as: a. Banking, b. Insurance, c. Finance, d. Marketing & e. HR specializations 4. Increased USIU-Africa Research and Development (R&D) output through collaboration with industry. 5. Addition of Techno Brain entrepreneurship & employment placement opportunities to our students, and Improved marketability of our graduates by equipping them with well sort industry skills and attitudes