24 CIVIL SERVANTS AND ENGINEERS RECEIVE 5G CERTIFICATES

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication Dr Zainab Chaula (centre) handing a 5G Training Certificate to the Director General of the ICT Commission Dr Samson Mwela (right) during a brief ceremony to issue certificates to trainees of 5G technology by Huawei held in Dodoma yesterday. Looking on is the Deputy CEO of Huawei Tanzania Mr Damon Zhang (left).

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication Dr Zainab Chaula (centre) handing a 5G training Certificate to TCRA Representative Mr. Anania Mashenene (right) during a brief ceremony to issue certificates to trainees of 5G technology by Huawei held in Dodoma yesterday.  Looking on is the Deputy CEO of Huawei Tanzania Mr Damon Zhang (left).

Dodoma, September 14, 2020 - 24 civil servants and engineers from the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication (MWTC), Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL Corp.) and ICT Commission, received certificates of completion of a 9-day 5G technology and application training. This is another solid step taken by Tanzania towards strengthening its capacityto move to digital.

This digital upskilling program was provided by Huawei Tanzania. The first batch of Tanzanian professionals, took courses including 5G radio key technologies and network deployment, 5G spectrum requirements and planning, 5G business models and 5G governance.

The program was honored by Dr. Zainab Chaula, the Permanent Secretary of MWTC, while addressing the certificate awarding ceremony.

“As government, we need to enhance our digital capacity building. We need to keep ourselves updated with the latest knowledge and skills that meet the requirements of this digital era and be sensitive to the latest trends that could transform or disrupt our businesses and lives. More importantly, we need to sharpen our essential ICT skills through upskilling and reskilling in order to catch up with the fast-moving train, to cope with challenges and to better serve our people in an innovative and efficient way,” Dr. Chaula said.

Dr. Chaula pointed out this training provided by Huawei as a good example of how successful it can be in working with trustworthy private partners in strengthening its capacity.

“It is a timely empowerment of the digital literacy for the civil servants as initiatives is also in-line with the National ICT Policy (2016) whose one of the objective is to develop and enhance human capital that is capable of championing ICT in the creation of Tanzanian’s knowledge based society. It is important for us to foster an open and healthy ecosystem where every stakeholder can participate, contribute, and benefit from, and which will drive the sustainable growth of the sector and social-economic development of the country. So we welcome partners like Huawei to further participate in the discussions, capacity building and policy consultation on how to better tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities along the road to a middle-income country, and make your unique contribution to the prosperity of Tanzania,” the P.S. added.

Speaking at the certificate awarding ceremony, Damon Zhang, Deputy CEO of Huawei Tanzania said as Tanzania has greatly improved its ICT infrastructure and extended the coverage to almost every corner of the country, bridging digital skills gap is where the country can make a real difference in making the most out of the existing connectivity.

“Since we started operations in Tanzania in 2007, Huawei Tanzania has committed to transferring ICT knowledge and skills to Tanzanians, by both upskilling and reskilling professionals with our global expertise and encouraging youth to start the journey of ICT-related studies. We envision that in Tanzania, practitioners will be more capable of innovating with deeper ICT knowledge, ordinary citizens will be able to explore opportunities with basic ICT skills, and young people who are interested in ICT studies and will build their country digitally,” Zhang said.