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Influencing Academia to Produce

Quality ICT Talent

Safaricom/Academia Partnership

Safaricom/Academia Partnership

Who is Safaricom

Why Partner

Who do we partner with

Partnerships initiatives

Benefits to Industry/Academia

Challenges faced

Who is Safaricom? A Leading integrated communications company in Africa

Vision: Transforming lives

Kenya’s most admired brand, BES 86%

Leading in financial inclusion; Mpesa. 86,000 agents

Over 4000 staff

67% market share in Kenya

23.3 million subscribers

2014/2015 Net Income $320M

Over 600,000 shareholders

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SAFARICOM

Concern

Consult

Convince

Collect/

Correct

Commit

SAFARICOM

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Why Partner?

Goal

Establish Industry/Academia linkages with

Universities

Development of a local source of ready-to-

deploy graduates

Why? Strengthen our Talent Suppliers (University)

Cost on Re-training University graduates

Need for a talent pipeline for READY NOW staff!

Leverage on academia strengths e.g. Research,

Innovation

Supplied Graduates often don’t meet industry requirement

http://africanculturedirect.blogspot.com/2013/03/whos-to-blame-for-half-baked-graduates.html

Who do we partner with?

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Partnership Areas

Influencing of University Curriculums

Donation of Equipment and facilities

Safaricom Staff as Visiting Lecturers

Innovation hubs & Research

Mobile Applications Development

Mentorship Programmes

Career Fairs, Workshops and Conferences

Attachments

Graduate Discover Program

BSc. IT and Telecommunication

MSc. Telecommunication Innovation and

Development.

BSc. Telecommunications Engineering

Influencing of University Curriculums and Sponsorships

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Equipment Donation

GSM Network lab to prepare students

with practical skills for application in

ICT Industry worth $1M

Computers to Universities and other

institutions

Mobile devices

Ilab Africa in Strathmore University for

development of develop local mobile

applications.

Testbed to enable developers test

their solutions.

TechAvenue @ TU-K Worth over $2M.

Incubation Cetres

Idea hub

Innovation Hubs (Research Labs)

Attachment Program and Educational Visits

Over 200 students attached annually

University staff attachment

International and local Educational

visits

Career fairs and guidance

Workshops and conferences

Safaricom staff as visiting lecturers

Excellence Awards

Safaricom Mentorship Programmes

Employees mentor students in the universities

Mentees are selected based on the guidelines agreed upon

between the institution and Safaricom.

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Safaricom Women in Technology Program

A network for Women in Technology space

Advocating for more Girls to choose careers in ICT/Technology

Initiatives

• Kids go tech: “ Creativity in innovation”

• 47/47 Girls High School Outreach and Mentorship

• Campus Outreach –Supporting Female ICT/Engineering students

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A Pipeline for future succession pool for Safaricom

Involves global view - attachment to other telecoms for best

practice – e.g. Vodacom -SA, Huawei Center - China, Vodafone -

Fiji , Nokia Siemens - Belgium .

Graduates Discover Program

Focusing on 5-16 years of age - Nurturing creativity and innovation in ICT

Safaricom Kidz-Go-Tech Program

Children making metal detectors. Used a resistor to confirm the presence of metal and programmed the lights to turn from green to red and the sound box to sound an alarm

“Ready now” ICT Engineers

Industry focused curriculums delivered

Research with Results - practical and real problems facing industry

Formalized sharing of knowledge and resources between Industry and

Academia

Joint Commercialization and marketing of products and services

Visibility of demand Vs supply of talents

Business continuity and succession

Cost Savings and Risk Sharings

Motivation for Industry/Academia Partnerships

Divergent Missions, Goals, Priorities

Conflicts of Interest e.g Intellectual Property Restrictions (IP)

Bureaucracies that hinders speed

Institutional Culture

Lack of Framework for Partnerships

Challenges

Employee Experience at Safaricom

The 33-year-old Graduate who brought Mpesa Home

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