Job
Opportunity at University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre June 2018
For over
two decades, UCC has been providing world class ICT Solutions to one of
Africa’s most distinguished higher learning institutions, the University of Dar
Es Salaam and the general public. With years of experience under our belt, our
ICT Products and Services come second to none. Throughout the years in the
industry, UCC has grown to become a competitive and dependable ICT partner and
Service Provider for central and local government authorities in Tanzania and
beyond, academic institutions, the business community as well as civil
organisations.
For any
inquiry regarding ICT Training, Software Development and Implementation, as
well as ICT Consultancy, kindly get in touch with our Customer Support Office
through telephone, mobile or email contacts provided in here.
UCC’s
Partners
The
University of Dar es Salaam Computing Center(UCC) is involved in a number of
initiatives at both national and international level to promote the use of ICT
for development and develop applications in that line. In some of these
initiatives UCC participates as an independent entity but the company sometimes
serves as a shareholder with the University of Dar-Es-Salaam in many projects.
Who have
we rubbed shoulders with?
Sida/SAREC:UCC
and Sida/SAREC engaged in a partnership that was very beneficial to the
company. Initial collaborations afforded academic capacity building for all UCC
members of staff. Other relations with Sida/SAREC lead to Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure development at UCC. The
partnership between UCC and Sida/SAREC was also very instrumental in pioneering
E-learning development at UCC.
DELFT
University: UCC has also enjoyed close friendship ties with other institutions
such as DELFT University which have resulted in ICT professional development
for staff members and UCC infrastructure development through MHO project.
Carnegie
Foundation of New York:As a result of UCC’s partnership with the renowned
Carnegie Foundation of New York the company has received great support that has
resulted in University of Dar-Es_Salaam Network Security enhancement. The
Carnegie Foundation of New York also greatly supported institutionalization of
academic registration information system (ARIS) at the University of
Dar-Es-Salaam.
AVOIR:
UCC has taken giant strides by forming partnership with the African Virtual
Open Initiative and Resources’ (AVOIR) team which specializes in developing
open source software and or Learning Management Systems (LMS). This project is
about harnessing the enormous potential that exists within Africa and the
African diaspora to create a core of developers of free software who are able,
through software development activities, to create educational and business
opportunities that contribute to development on the continent.
IICD
Capacity Development Programme in Tanzania: IICD is implementing Country
Programme in some developing countries to enhance the institutional capacity of
the local partners to identify and develop ICT sector policy plans, implement pilot
projects, and to further develop their own capacities. The main goal for IICD
together with his partners in Tanzania is to make the programmes in the
Education, Good Governance, Livelihoods and Health sectors sustainable. The
NTPs of IICD in Tanzania have been very instrumental in providing institutional
management and technical skills training, tailored to the needs of the
Tanzanian project partners. One of the NTPs in Tanzania is University of Dar es
Salaam Computing Centre (UCC).
Tanzania
Free and Open Source Software Association (TAFOSSA): The mandate of TAFOSSA
dates back on 4th February, 2004 when the participants of the Seminar on Free
and Open Source organized jointly by the University of Dar es Salaam Computing
Centre (UCC),The International Institute for Communication and Development
(IICD) and COSTECH unanimously adopted a resolution to establish a national
umbrella organization with general objective of harnessing the potentials of
free and open source software for supporting national developmental goals as
spelled in Tanzania’s National Vision 2025 and reiterated in Tanzania’s
National Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy of 2003.
Information
Technology in African Business (it@ab) network: UCC is a member of it@ab
network. it@ab (Information Technology in African Business), is the Southern
African Knowledge Network on “Information Technology in African Business”. It
was founded 2001 in order to support the participation of Small and Medium
Sized Companies, Institutions and Governmental Bodies in the global
knowledge-based economy through e-commerce, e-business developments and ICT
consulting and training. it@ab was established with financial and technical
support from InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany). The network has
more than 30 distinguished multiplier institutions in seven SADC member states.
it@ab consists of Universities, Consulting companies, IT-Training Institutions,
Internet Providers, Applications Service Providers and Trade Promotion
Organizations in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania
and Zambia. The number of members is still growing.
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