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Article

26 Aug 2014

Author:
Musa Ndow, Daily Observer (Gambia)

Gambian ICT company partners with Aptech to provide computer engineering training for local youth

"Rlg Gambia, Aptech India ink deal to train computer engineers", 22 Aug 2014: Rlg Communications Gambia and Aptech India...have signed a...franchise agreement to train the next generation of Gambian computer engineers...Papa Yusupha Njie [managing director of RLG Communications]...explained that as part of this programme...students who have been trained can also get an opportunity after the first two years of completing the...diploma, to do a third year physically or through online studies with universities such as Middlesex, Portsmouth, and Plymouth amongst others and graduate with a software engineering degree...Njie...is of the view that the acquisition and implementation of Information and Communication Technologies in developing countries especially to the benefit of young people and communities...is...a mission and vision for Rlg... “I am further encouraged to pursue and enhance this vision with  the belief that when young Gambian...or African youths...are given a window of opportunity to educate themselves or make a living with the help of ICTs, their lives will be positively transformed...[”] [also refers to Unique Solutions]