Tweya preaches ICT inclusivity
Information minister Tjekero Tweya has urged players in the IT sector to make more opportunities available to young people.
He feels the youth is excluded from participating.
“Young people continue to be at the epicentre of unemployment which is over-arching, not only affecting the youth, but other sectors as well. We must, therefore, be insanely excited as IT people and work beyond the call of duty as owners and leaders of IT to pave the way for the youth to rapidly and smoothly penetrate the IT sector,” Tweya said.
Tweya made the comments at the opening of the Information Communication Technology Summit in Windhoek.
According to Tweya, criticism levelled against the IT sector was not without reason, saying it was a joint responsibility of not only government, but the private sector too.
“IT people must take all critique levelled against them to heart and start looking at the IT sector from the eyes of those who are left out of the IT house. So, let us kindly shepherd our people excluded from IT out of the darkness and dangers of IT exclusion; and let us create light at the end of the IT tunnel to facilitate IT inclusion for all Namibians,” Tweya said.
It was also necessary to broaden the ownership of businesses involved in the sector Tweya felt. This he said would help further promote inclusivity.
“Corporate Namibia and big IT companies must start opening up their business models for broader shareholding giving young people access to IT, and rest assured, you will see an industrial revolution in IT once young people are elevated to strategic roles in ICT companies,” Tweya said.
Tweya also took issue with the theme of the summit, saying that it should live up to its promise of promoting inclusivity.
“This cannot just be another theme. Come next year October at the fifth National ICT Summit, I will hold you all accountable and question you how far you got in unlocking these economic opportunities to include the broader community and the youth,” Tweya said.
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He feels the youth is excluded from participating.
“Young people continue to be at the epicentre of unemployment which is over-arching, not only affecting the youth, but other sectors as well. We must, therefore, be insanely excited as IT people and work beyond the call of duty as owners and leaders of IT to pave the way for the youth to rapidly and smoothly penetrate the IT sector,” Tweya said.
Tweya made the comments at the opening of the Information Communication Technology Summit in Windhoek.
According to Tweya, criticism levelled against the IT sector was not without reason, saying it was a joint responsibility of not only government, but the private sector too.
“IT people must take all critique levelled against them to heart and start looking at the IT sector from the eyes of those who are left out of the IT house. So, let us kindly shepherd our people excluded from IT out of the darkness and dangers of IT exclusion; and let us create light at the end of the IT tunnel to facilitate IT inclusion for all Namibians,” Tweya said.
It was also necessary to broaden the ownership of businesses involved in the sector Tweya felt. This he said would help further promote inclusivity.
“Corporate Namibia and big IT companies must start opening up their business models for broader shareholding giving young people access to IT, and rest assured, you will see an industrial revolution in IT once young people are elevated to strategic roles in ICT companies,” Tweya said.
Tweya also took issue with the theme of the summit, saying that it should live up to its promise of promoting inclusivity.
“This cannot just be another theme. Come next year October at the fifth National ICT Summit, I will hold you all accountable and question you how far you got in unlocking these economic opportunities to include the broader community and the youth,” Tweya said.
OGONE TLHAGE
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