SPONSORED: HuaweiSAR is spotlighting young women who are building ICT careers; Rumaanah Khan was selected for Huawei’s skills development learnership programme for people with disabilities, and she has landed a position as an IT consultant at WITS.
As the world celebrated International Girls in ICT Day on 27 April, it’s important to put the spotlight on those young women who are building ICT careers for themselves even in the face of major challenges. One such young woman is Rumaanah Khan, 22, who spent her life striving for excellence and working to make her close-knit family proud. She is now reaping the rewards of her hard work and is making the most of the opportunities made available to her.
Wits University cyber security department. Twelve months later, Khan landed a fixed term contract position at Wits as an IT consultant. Huawei’s programme has been running successfully for six years. Khan was taken on to the 2022 programme in April 2022 and worked at Wits while studying simultaneously for her CompTIA 1101 qualification ; she is currently working on 1102. Thozama Matlhapa, Huawei’s Skills Development Facilitator, says: “This learnership programme identifies young, talented people with a passion for the technology sector.
Khan says the fourth industrial revolution is a massive growth opportunity for herself as well as for South Africa and the African continent. “The 4IR has kicked us into a higher gear and involves a number of disruptive technologies.”
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