The Dutch ICT company Competa is working in Kenya under the name Fair Trade Software to train developers in Kenya. Dutch companies struggling to fill their sustainable agenda can bet the developers for IT jobs.
Under the name CodePamoja, Swahili for ‘encode together’, Competa in Kenya set up a training center . Kenyans learn technical skills in the training facility and project management techniques, making them along with European professionals can work on major international projects.
According Competa gives Fair Trade Software project the local economy a boost. The company states that Kenyan universities are good software developers learn to train, but that there are too few jobs. About a quarter of software developers is unemployed.
In addition, the Fair Trade mechanism Software interprets the “new” model of development. “The focus is shifting from relief and assistance to help people themselves to build their own economy,” says Technical Manager Jim Sang Wine at Compete.
The ICT company states that Dutch companies that are seeking sustainable initiatives Kenyan developers after completing the training can hire for IT jobs.
In addition to the initiative of Competa, the Fair Trade Software Foundation founded. The aim of the foundation is to the international Fair Trade model to apply in the IT industry worldwide and to issue an independent Software Fair Trade certification.
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