Samsung’s Engineering Academy kicks off

Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer

In the mission to curb rising shortage of technical engineers in the country, Samsungs’ pioneer class at the new Samsung Engineering Academy has officially kicked off its academic programs with a class of 200 students.

The Samsung Engineering Academy established early this year in Westlands at a cost of more than US$ 1million is the second of such training facility in Africa. It has welcomed its full scholarship pioneer student intake as part of a wider goal to develop 10,000 electronic engineering apprentices across Africa by the year 2015.

“The pioneer class will be delivered as a modular training program covering digital electronics repair and service skills”, said Ms. Betty Radier, Samsung Electronics East Africa Marketing Business Leader during an induction and orientation session for the pioneer class.

The students will receive free training and exposure to modern electronics engineering practices, as part of the firms bid to deepen technical skills and facilitate job creation options.

The training programs at the Samsung Academy will help bridge the existing skills gap for qualified service technicians to repair new generation electronic equipment such as LED/LCD TV’s, Laptops, Refrigerators, Mobile Handsets and Tablets.

The initiative-anchored firmly on the company’s Built for Africa Strategy-also opened a Customer Service Plaza in the same building as the Engineering Academy.

The students will receive an intern opportunity on the company’s Customer Service Centres and thereafter work as independent service technicians or employees in their retail channel partner outlets across the region.

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