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<\/p>\nIn the first press conference with media representatives on Wednesday May 2nd, 2021
\nat Rwanda polytechnic IPRC kicukiro, ICT chamber in partnership with BITMi initiated a
\nproject of a talent detection and tech up-skill competition. The project is aiming to create
\nawareness, build interest in young people, and identify promising tech talents and
\ninnovators across the country. Those who will join will have various opportunities
\nincluding connecting them with German and Rwandan companies.<\/p>\n
As a talent detection project, it is expected to select the 30 best projects. The best
\ninnovators with entrepreneurial projects will have the opportunity to join different
\nincubation programs by 250Startups and others in the ecosystem after completing the
\nprogram while the top tech talents will benefit from internship placement at local
\norganizations and as well as partner companies in Germany, and may have other
\nemployment opportunities through KLAB\u2019s Freelancer Program. Hardware innovations
\nwill also be supported by FABLAB Rwanda introducing both participants to the latest
\ntechnologies in CAD\/CAM with the potential to produce products for the market through
\nthe FABMAKER Program.<\/p>\n
The consortium led by 250 startups will tap into its existing partnership with Rwanda
\nPolytechnic (RP) which has a provision for detecting and supporting innovators among
\nstudents and join their efforts to raise awareness at the academic levels across TVETs
\nin Rwanda.<\/p>\n
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Chris DUSHIME \u2013 AIPI Project Manager\/ICT Chamber
\nHe said: \u201cIt is a project aimed at expanding the ICT ecosystem in Rwanda and helping
\ntechnology entrepreneurs create more jobs. So, in this program, we start working with Rwanda
\nPolytechnic (RP) to be able to find and to support talented students and fresh graduates with
\neither tech projects that could be built into profitable businesses or talented students who wish to
\nacquire more skills and become professional so that at the time of being released, they will be
\nready to compete on an international level.\u201d
\n\u201cWe want to create employment, and improve Rwandan ICT Ecosystem and we believe that this
\nproject will support young innovators who are still at ideation stage\u201d. He added.<\/p>\n
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Dr. James Gashumba \u2013 Vizekanzler\/Rwanda Polytechnic
\nDr. James Gashumba, the vice-chancellor of Rwanda Polytechnic said: \u201cIn the teaching we do,
\nwe detect different talents but we face a challenge of not being able to support their projects
\nbecause we, like university, don\u2019t have the budget for them. And due to that fact, the student\u2019s
\nproject gets delayed or stops while it was time to invest in it. The management of Rwanda
\nPolytechnic sees tech-up skill project as a lasting solution and very important for PR\u2019s young
\ninnovators generally, because we have many innovators in ICT who are very skilled and want to
\nimprove their discovered technologies. This will give them an opportunity to expand their
\nactivities with the partners, who will support for investment \u201c<\/p>\n
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Emmanuella Ndwano \u2013 Community Manager\/250 Startups In the first press conference with media representatives on Wednesday May 2nd, 2021 at Rwanda polytechnic IPRC kicukiro, ICT chamber in partnership with BITMi initiated a project of a talent […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1375,"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/1375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aipi.rw\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cNot only Rwanda Polytechnic students are eligible to compete for this opportunity as the
\ncompetition is open to anyone with an ICT-related project.\u201d
\nApplications are now being accepted until the 17th of June on the following link
\nhttps:\/\/techupskill.250.rw\/
\nPhoto Credits: Yves ISHIMWE<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"