NEWS
EkkoSense
supports
Infrastructure
Masons’ 2019
Scholarship Fund
programme
kkoSense, a leading M&E
Capacity Planning, Monitoring
and Simulation specialist for
critical live environments, has announced
that it has become a supporter of the
Infrastructure Masons (iM) Scholarship
Fund, set up to help bridge the talent gap
in the digital infrastructure sector.
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The iM Scholorship Fund supports
educational programmes, funds
scholarships and seeks to help to define
the digital infrastructure job ladder to
support the evolving needs of industry
sector businesses.
Simon Allen, Executive Director of The
Infrastructure Masons said: “One of the
biggest challenges facing the fast-growing
digital infrastructure sector is the shortage
of talent entering our industry. IM’s mission
is to ‘Unite the Builders of the Digital Age’
by creating the platform for our members
to connect, grow and give back.
“One of our key current initiatives
is ‘Bridging the Talent Gap’, where
Infrastructure Masons is focused on
funding scholarships for approved
degrees and certificates. We’re delighted
that EkkoSense is supporting IM and –
specifically – our Education Challenge
fund, with projects including the creation
and support of a community of digital
infrastructure educators, alignment of
mentoring and internship programmes, as
well as the funding of scholarships.”
MainOne urges RENs to
adopt technology to solve
real problems
ainOne, a leading
connectivity and data
centre solutions provider,
has advised Africa’s Research and
Education Networks (RENs) not to
relent in its effort to improve the
region’s research and educational
capability through collaborations
with MainOne and other innovative
technology solutions providers.
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The company’s Business Executive
for Francophone West Africa and
Ghana, Kazeem Oladepo made
the call at the recently concluded
annual conference for the West
and Central African Research and
Education Network (WACREN), held
in Accra, Ghana.
Oladepo stressed the importance
of technology, not only for
technology’s sake but as a tool, a
means to an end; for strengthening
alliance among the academic
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community and optimising operational
efficiency that will enhance digital
inclusion in the region.
Highlighting some of the challenges
associated with research and education
in Africa, Oladepo urged the RENs to go
beyond networks and infrastructure,
but to seek partnerships that will
ensure that additional applications and
services integrated into the networks
through cost effective shared data
centre and value-added solutions
offered by MainOne.
According to him, by harmonising
infrastructure, services and bandwidth
solutions, RENs can introduce massive
improvements in education, leveraging
Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) to support availability
of open educational resources,
introduce correspondence courses
and foster MOOC tradition and
democratising the learning experience.
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