On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) InWEnt gGmbH carried out the project “Information Technology in African Business (it@ab)” in the Southern Africa Development Corporation (SADC) Region.
In this framework, InWEnt gGmbH offered an extensive one-year advanced training programme on "busines related IT consultancy" for members of the it@ab network. Within the past four years 60 IT specialists from seven Southern African countries (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia) have taken the course in Germany. Typical participants were African IT specialists in junior managerial positions, who were trained in issues such as IT project management, e-business applications, IT security, e-learning and e-law. The programme also included German language courses, internships in host companies, individual e-projects and international management training.
German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
The BMZ develops the guidelines and the fundamental concepts on which German development policy is based. It lays down the long-term strategies for cooperation with the various actors involved, and defines the rules by which these are translated into practice. Official development assistance (ODA) embraces all technical and financial cooperation projects which are agreed on in contracts entered into with the governments of partner countries. The BMZ commissions „implementing organisations“ (such as GTZ, KfW Development Bank and InWEnt) to realise these projects.
The BMZ provided core funds to the it@ab operations.
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