Telecom giant, Airtel Uganda has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the International Association of Students in Economic and
Commercial Sciences (AIESEC) to carry out a Digital Youth Empowerment Programme
and training in ten universities in Uganda.
AIESEC, an international platform for young people to
explore and develop their leadership potential, is the world’s largest
student-run organization that focuses on developing students on a global scale
into responsible and entrepreneurial leaders. It was started in Uganda in 1996
at Makerere University and currently has close to 300 members in seven universities.
Mr. Tom Gutjahr, the Managing Director Airtel Uganda
expressed his excitement towards this partnership, adding that he believes
AIESEC is for focused individuals who are open to working in other cultures,
getting exposure and using it to develop their own countries.
“Airtel Uganda has and will always welcome ideas that focus
on empowerment of the youth, not only by providing them with better
telecommunications solutions, but also by giving them opportunities to better
their loves through the kind of exposure that AIESEC provides,” he added.
“In the core of our leadership development that we provide
to young people, we are collaborating with Airtel to bring about this
perspective of Digital Youth Empowerment which is such a needed thing for young
leaders today,” commented Ms. Marie Kvendset, the President of AIESEC in Uganda
during the signing ceremony, adding that last year alone, AIESEC brought
approximately 300 people to Uganda under their exchange program.
As part of the MoU, Airtel Uganda will be offering 3G
capable devices - Wingles (Wifi Dongles) and Smart Watchestosome students at
the various universities during the programme. These unique products will
demonstrate Airtel Uganda’s leadership and innovation in the mobile data space as
it tailors telecommunications solutions to the students.
Below is a schedule of the confirmed dates and venues for
the activations;
9th Sept: Ndejje University - Kampala Campus
10th Sept: UMU – Cardinal Wamala Auditorium
11th Sept: MUST - Main conference hall
14th Sept: MUBS – Walusansa Hall
15th Sept: KYU – Dining Hall West End
16th Sept: UCU – Library
17th Sept: Cavendish & IUEA – Basement Room 1
18th Sept: MUK – CEDAT Conference Hall
About Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications
company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered
in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service
providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product
offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line
services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including
national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of
the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services and mobile commerce.
Bharti Airtel had over 328 million customers across its operations at the end
of May 2015. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com
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