400 picked for presidential digital talent programme
Victor Kyalo, the ICT Principal Secretary. FILE PHOTO| JEFF ANGOTE
What you need to know:
- The graduate trainees are expected to later this month start a yearlong internship in various government institutions and private sector firms.
About 400 graduates of ICT-related courses have been picked under the second phase of the Presidential Digital-Talent Programme (PDTP) to boost their technology human capacity.
This is the second lot of ICT and engineering students to be recruited by the Digitalent programme that started last year.
The graduate trainees are expected to later this month start a yearlong internship in various government institutions and private sector firms.
Over the 12 months, they will undergo an initial one week induction, two months internship in private sector and nine months internship in the government (including counties).
The programme is a public–private sector partnership run by the ICT Authority and targets recent university IT graduates who have attained first or upper second class honours degree and have been out of campus for less than two years.
Trainees are expected to come up with innovations meant to enhance public ICT offerings and improve service delivery during the training.
Mr Victor Kyalo, Principal Secretary ICT and Innovation at Ministry of ICT yesterday said the programme will be key in addressing technology gaps in both public and private sectors.
