DTBI in
collaboration with NOKIA have decided
to embark on the programme after noting there are small and medium
entrepreneurs engaged in ICT projects. Around 115
graduating youths with creative innovations on ICT from different universities
in Tanzania have been provided chance to study developing mobile apps for free.
This was facilitated by support
from Dar Teknohama
Business Incubator (DTBI) in collaboration with Finland based mobile Company-NOKIA,
aimed at helping Tanzania have ICT professionals to create mobile applications.
This was revealed by George Mulanula, Chief
Executive Officer of the Dar Technohama Business Incubator (DTB1) during the
prime ministers’ visit to DTBI to see its core functions.
Out of the graduating youths, 40
were drawn from different universities especially those who learnt ICT and are
unemployed were trained on how to make a mobile applications system that can be
used in the agricultural sector, E-commerce, social networking, education
sector, health sector, finance department and other sectors.
Hint: DTBI is a business driven but a not-for profit entity and
is also an autonomous and private sector driven entity as assisting early stage
ICT companies.
The remaining 75 youths were
trained on how to write applications using Android phone created by a US based
company-Google.
The vision of DTBI and NOKIA firm
in ICT is to help create new mobile applications systems in Tanzania that could
be sold in different firms, create new job opportunities for youths engaged in
ICT profession, and generate revenue through expertise.
Others includes to facilitate the
growth of ICT entrepreneurship, generating new tax revenues for the country,
create higher wages jobs as well as assist ICT-start-ups dramatically improve
turn-over within the country,” he noted.
“Presently some of
the graduating youths trained on making mobile applications have made mobile
application systems that could be sold in different firms compared with their
needs,” he said.
Motorvehicle Registration and
Monitoring system, mobile afya system, Municipal Revenue Collection Manager
(MRECOM) are the new mobile applications systems that have already made by
graduating youths who have received training from DTBI.
He said Municipal
Revenue Collection Manager (MRECOM) is a new system designed for municipals to
collect revenue in a major area of revenue collection.
Currently Temeke Municipal Council
has started using it and revenue collection has increased from Sh2bn to Sh9bn
per year. The training was conducted for them for eight weeks using experts
from Google Company and DTBI.
On graduation the youth have
managed to create a Motorvehicle Registration and Monitoring system (MRMS) to
support traffic police to reduce road accidents.
“Presently discussion between Dar
es Salaam Traffic Police and DTBI is under way to see how traffic police would
start to use this system to reduce road accidents, improving road safety and
help them to bring in efficiency.
They also want to begin conducting
testing of Motorvehicle Registration and Monitoring system
before they hand-over to the traffic police subject to Tanzania Communications
Regulatory Authority (TCRA) approval.
“This is done by lowering the cost of business
and increasing the chances of business survival because of access to shared
resources and building infrastructure and other issues,” said the CEO.