July 2005

It all began towards the end of May and it has now in the Month end of July finished. However the experiences gained will live forever in us since it was a total learning curve of how the German’s do their business in their corporate world.

We were all distributed in companies across Germany in order to learn, contribute & acknowledge the skills shared.

I have to say that it was a real ride that was worth it, whereby some they were given tasks to be done through knowledge & skills that were acquired during our face-to-face training. Some they were introduced to team work & deliverance & some were working too much than they ever did in their lives.

We all benefited at the end of the day as those skills had immediate impact in our projects that we are about to finish soon. We strongly believe that the internship played a very important and effective role in our current life and still to make a huge difference in our future. The question may be posed that into which future is it meant? The answer will be, in the future of the African continent that is currently facing different problems & these skills will act as one of the solutions as to alleviate poverty, HIV/AIDS etc through the use of ICT’s.

I guess those stories we normally hear that German’s are workerholics, they are really true. This is a good lesson revealing that we don’t only need to work hard because that will not pay off at the end of the day but working hard & smart will lead us to victory.

I think it is really necessary for us & from the bottom of our hearts to say:

„Vielen Dank zu allen Organisationen, Firmen & Menschen von Deutschland, das nach Schaffen von mehr Hoffnung von großem und positivem Entwicklung in unserem Afrikanische Kontinent beigetragen hat.“

„Afrika + Europa = Zusammen wir werden erobern“

Thank you very much to all organisations, companies & people of Germany who contributed towards creating more hope of great and positive develoment in our Continent.

by Foibe Kalipi, Fausta Nguzo and Thulani Ndlovu