TTU to host world-class AmaliTech IT training Centre

The Takoradi Technical University, TTU, has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with AmaliTech Ghana, an ICT incubation firm with roots from Germany to train over three hundred youth in IT and Digital space for both local and abroad employment.

The Vice-Chancellor of TTU, Professor John Frank Eshun, told Citi News at the signing of the MOU that it paves way for TTU to host AmaliTech’s first state-of-the-art ICT training centre in Ghana to run intensive IT training.

Takoradi Technical University, TTU, just like other technical universities and polytechnics has the mandate to provide about 70 percent of Technical, Science and Engineering programmes but currently doing around 55 percent of its technical education mandate due to resource challenges.

It is in the university’s bid to correct this that the Vice-Chancellor of TTU, Professor John Frank Eshun is taking advantage of collaborations with well-resourced industries like AmaliTech.

Under the MOU, TTU is to provide the building to host the centre and AmaliTech would resource it with ICT equipment and skilled trainers.

Speaking to Citi News after the signing and touring of the construction of the building to host the training centre, the Chief Executive and Founder of AmaliTech, Martin Hecker said Amalitech provides digital and IT solutions across Europe and the world over, hence seeking to set up to train more Ghanaian youth to offer services to global customers.

“What we bring is expertise and skill which basically allows people to go beyond projects they can conduct in small teams. The customers in Europe are looking for large and more complex projects. This requires additional skills in software architecture, in digital, project management, teaming, agile methodology etc., and AmaliTech is prepared to bring this kind of knowledge at the training centre to the people. We are starting here in Takoradi, the Western Region. We believe this is the best place to start and we have the strong intent to grow further into other parts of Ghana”, he said.

Martin Hecker, added that AmaliTech’s free-ICT training which is expected to start by the last quarter of this year would select applicants from across Ghana via online for a world-class ICT training with private sector sponsorship, and the trainees upon completion of the one year training would be hired to provide ICT solutions to global companies who are AmaliTech’s customers.

The Vice-Chancellor of TTU, Reverend Professor John Frank Eshun told Citi News that the collaboration with AmaliTech would propel TTU to achieve its mandate of training the right technical professionals for Ghana’s industrialization and job creation agenda.

“We at TTU are delighted to collaborate with AmaliTech Ghana, one of the leading IT firms in the world. This MOU opens a lot of new opportunities for joint pursuits, especially in the area of research and technology. In order to provide the best of training to the students to be recruited under this programme, AmaliTech would provide state-of-the-art infrastructural facilities (computers, servers and network equipment to enhance teaching and learning), ” he said.

“Takoradi Technical University as part of our vision is to provide excellence and incomparable hands-on-training to enable our students compete globally. We have therefore set for ourselves a target to give the best training and support system coupled with collaboration in research and provide experiential learning to students, hence this MOU with AmaliTech is timely,” Reverend Professor Eshun said.

It is expected that by the end of the three-year duration of the MOU with AmaliTech, the general state of ICT infrastructure of TTU would see a leap improvement and would have aided hundred to acquire employment after their training.

 

Source: citinewsroom