CIDA ICT Academy 2013 Graduation Ceremony

Friday, 21st June 2013 saw the CIDA ICT Academy graduate 149 students in an inspiring and emotional ceremony. 

75 students were awarded ICDL certificates, CompTIA A+ Hardware and Software and Network + qualifications by CompTIA Regional MD, Lorraine Vorster.

16 were certified as Microsoft Certified IT Professionals (MCITP) Systems Administrators

6 were awarded Microsoft's MCITP Enterprise Administration

11 were awarded the Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) certificate, all presented by Charlene Verzmoter of Microsoft

12 were awarded the CISCO Certified Network Engineer qualification and 2 the CCNA Security qualification, presented by Gert Schonbee, MD of T-Systems

25 achieved SAP Business 1, presented by Bernadine Jeffrey, SAP Africa

Khulu Ntuli, ICT Academy Manager congratulates another graduate

Graduates awaiting their moment of glory

Family and friends witness the ceremony

Charlton Piliso, Senior Manager at ETQA MICT SETA presents a certificate

Another happy graduate!

Promise on the way to being fulfilled...

From The Huffington Post...

Promise Nkosi 

South Africa: Tapping technology to help people all over the world

In the small town of Belfast in northeast South Africa, Promise Nkosi loved to study science, math, and technology. She was accepted to CIDA City Campus, a nonprofit institution of higher education in Johannesburg. Promise found her way to the Global Technology Acceleration (GTAP) program, an intensive five-month program that prepares people age 18 to 24 with an aptitude for technology to become network consulting engineers, project managers, customer support engineers, system engineers, and account managers.

Promise is the first born of five and the only girl. She is the first in her family to go to university and find a job. She encourages her siblings to stay in school and consider careers in technology. “I will take them around to see the places where technology is used and where technology comes from. If they understand that, they will feel that they can help other people. Because with technology you are not just helping yourself, you are also helping people all over the world.”

From 2008 to 2012, GTAP recruited 239 candidates who achieved a total of 653 Cisco Technical Certifications; 198 have Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) written certifications, on their way to full certification.