Mnangagwa launches TelOne, NUST degree venture

TelOne has launched a five-year degree programme, offered in partnership with the National University of Science and Technology which would be conducted at TelOne Centre for Learning (TCFL) in Harare.

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched TelOne's Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Telecommunications Engineering programme yesterday in Harare.

Mnangagwa said the partnership was in line with the 10-Point Plan enunciated by President Mugabe last year, which emphasised on infrastructural development and joint ventures.

He said TCFL, which is now recognised as a sadc certified centre of excellence, had asserted Zimbabwe's position in the region as a leader in skills development and training. "The expertise of this centre has thus seen the country being able to export skills throughout Africa and beyond," he said.

Mnangagwa said the degree programme would result in increased efficiency, productivity, value addition and employment creation, as envisaged in Zim-Asset. He said the programme, just like many STEM-based programmes, would also facilitate the implementation and acceleration of the country's industrialisation strategy.

VP Mnangagwa said the training of own engineers in telecommunications would allow Zimbabwe to develop related technologies such as software programmes at competitive prices. This, he said, reduced the import bill related to acquisition of such programmes and associated licensing and support service fees that go with it.