Entrepreneurs in technology urged to acquire skills for global competitiveness
Mr Richard Brandt, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Codetrain Africa, a software engineering and design school, based in Accra, has urged entrepreneurs in the technology industry to acquire skills that will enable them to compete globally.
He noted that Ghanaian youth were technologically inclined and could develop their skills to work for international companies.
Mr Brandt, the CEO of the school based in Accra, explained that there was high demand for individuals with technological skills by international companies, and the youth could take up remote jobs when they sharpened their expertise.
He said these on the sideline of Codetrain Africa’s ‘Demo Day 24’, held in Accra on Saturday, for trainees to showcase various mobile and website applications they had developed for some international companies.
“Things have improved, especially after COVID-19, when remote work became normal. Now, there are companies that sit in the UK and all over the world and want to hire Ghanaian youth. With this, we are going to see a lot of young people from Ghana having global opportunities”, he said.
According to Mr Brandt, the two-year practical training in software development offered by Codetrain Africa, prepared students to “transition seamlessly into the tech industry, fostering a new generation of tech talent ready to thrive in the global market.”
“Codetrain Africa takes committed tertiary graduates from any field of study and transforms them into sought-after innovators through its holistic education-to-employment programme,” he stated.
This year, the company, through its partners, Mr Brandt said, got projects from companies in Germany, Ireland, Senegal, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Ghana to help develop solutions for different problems they faced.
Mr Brandt indicated that Codetrain Africa, in the last seven years, had trained at least 700 students, with over 89 per cent of students obtaining jobs within six to nine months.
Some of the mobile and web applications that were showcased at the event were the Leave Management System mobile application, showcasing the practical applications of their skills.
Others are the ‘Prescribe’mobile application which allowed people to book appointments with doctors, and the‘YourY Network’, a website for a company in Ireland to share their visions and goals.
Ms Grace Djobokou, the developer of the ‘YourY network’website, said girls had the capability to dominate in the technology industry; therefore, they should not shy away from participating in technology training programmes.
Mr Benjamin Shadrach Tetteh, the developer of the Prescribe mobile application for a company in Berlin, Germany, acknowledged the challenges in coming up with his project but was impressed with the outcome.
“As a young person, I would like to make things for the younger people and make it look a bit more complicated, but this is an app you are building for the elderly who are not tech inclined so you have to make it very easy for them,” he explained.
Mr Maxwell Benjamin Duah, the developer of the leave management system mobile application, said he aimed to develop a Fintech application for companies using the skills obtained at Codetrain Africa.
BY BENJAMIN ARCTON-TETTEY
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