Columbus State Community College/Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology
Country:
Tanzania
Award Date:
1999
Award Amount:
$49,389.00
Cost Share:
$26,175.00
Other Partners:
Vicatel; Victoria Computers and Telecoms LTD; Tanzania Ministry of Finance
This partnership established an Information Technology Institute to train Tanzanian leaders in the public and private sectors. As a result, the institute has the capacity to train 200 leaders a year in information technology. A team of Tanzanian trainers-in-training traveled to Columbus State for a four-week training session on practices, issues, and trends in the information technology field, as well as hands-on technical training. Afterwards, the partners identified three modules for the planned courses in the new institute, including computer literacy, basics of computer networking, and Internet technologies.
Vicatel, a Tanzanian information services business, hired an additional staff person to assist with training. The company also arranged for a wireless connection to deliver online training courses in Tanzania.