ICT Authority Announces Call For Applications For 400 Internship Slots For The Presidential Digital Talent Program Cohort Viii
The ICT Authority has today called for applications for the Presidential Digital Talent Programme (Digitalent) Cohort VIII for the year 2023/24.
The 12-month internship program seeks to equip and prepare fresh ICT and engineering graduates with hands-on ICT Skills to improve their employability and entrepreneurship opportunities.
During this Financial Year, the breakdown is as follows:
a) 150 slots in Network and Infrastructure
b) 100 slots in Software development & Artificial Intelligence
c) 50 slots in information security
d) 50 slots in Multimedia targeting Graphic Design and Digital Marketing.
e) 50 slots in Data Analysis.
Kenyans have until 3rd October 2023 to make the applications on digitalent.go.ke. So far, the program has trained over 2,000 interns who have been absorbed in different sectors of the economy.
Stanley Kamanguya, CEO of the ICT Authority, has encouraged as many Kenyans to apply in time, adding that:
“Through the Presidential Digital Talent Internship Program (PDTP), the Government of Kenya continues to produce high skilled ICT labour for the industry.”
Kenyan women, Persons living with Disabilities and persons from the ASAL region are encouraged to apply. One of the Pillars of the Kenya National Digital Master Plan ( 2022- 32) is that of Digital skills and this is a core ingredient required to run the Digital Economy as envisioned in the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda(BETA).
Digital Skills are a pre-requisite for benefitting from any technology, across all sectors of the economy and at all levels of the skills spectrum.
Digital skills will enable every Kenyan to access the Digital technology, have digital literacy and so access and participate in the digital economy.
The Digital Skills Pillar is focused on developing the requisite competencies and expertise required for the Digital Economy.
The Interns also acquire other non digital skill-sets such as critical thinking and entrepreneurial skills and those with innovations deepen their knowledge in ICT Innovation. This is because Digitalent is a mentorship programme.
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