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Johannesburg initiative to boost ICT sector

The city of Johannesburg, in partnership with the University of Witwatersrand, recently launched the Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE).

The aim of the initiative is to develop local software and to increase the growth of the ICT sector and improve the local sector's international competitiveness.

Several international and local IT companies, including Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, arivia.kom, Entelect and BMI-TechKnowledge, have joined the JCSE initiative.

"Together with the City of Johannesburg, the ICT industry, local and national government, IT users and academia, the JCSE will promote best practices in software development by blending international best practice, tools and methodologies," said centre director Prof Barry Dwolatzky.

Research and training initiatives shall be used to strengthen the local software development industry and professionals shall be brought in to bring real-world professional experience.

The JCSE shall also draw on established academic and research programmes with a focal point on a software development cluster.

Source: ITweb