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Matiang'i raises alarm on high-end ICT skills gap

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, left, and Dr Fred Matiangi Cabinet Secretary ICT unveil plague at the official launch of @iLabAfrica and @iBizAfrica at the Strathmore University Auditorium, Phase 2, Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday, June 19th 2014. Photo/Jonah Onyango.

Nairobi; Kenya: The Government has raised alarm at the lack of adequate specialised skills in the ICT sector at a time when the industry is undergoing aggressive expansion.

According to Information and Communication Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, multi-billion ICT projects in both the national and county governments are in jeopardy over inadequate personnel to execute them.

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