THIS year’s edition of the African Development Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) governing council meeting has kicked off in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s newly-appointed Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Nelson Chamisa, officially opened the event in the resort town of Victoria Falls.
He urged AFRALTI to widen its courses and deepen its spectrum in line with economic and technological changes.
It is the 37th edition of ALFRATI.
“AFRALTI occupies a very strategic position with respect to Human Resources Capacity building in our various ICT companies, regulatory bodies and Ministries responsible for ICTs. We urge AFRALTI to continue widening the spectrum of its training courses taking into account the ever changing information and communication
technologies. AFRALTI should also deepen its courses in an effort to develop the competences of our ICT professionals in order to equip them to develop home-grown technological solutions suitable for our unique ICTs needs, instead of producing professionals who are only good at carrying out maintenance work on existing Networks,” he said.
Chamisa added, “In addition, ICT regulation is still a new phenomenon for most of us in developing countries. AFRALTI should explore the possibility of widening its training courses in this area so as to enhance the human resources capacities of ICT regulatory staff. It is only through appropriate Human Capital Development that regulatory bodies can create an enabling environment for ICT businesses to thrive.”
AFRALTI was established as an Intergovernmental Institute to provide advanced level training opportunities to middle and senior level management staff in both technical and managerial positions in the telecommunications sector in Eastern and Southern Africa.
