Nigerian and Indian firm plan IT Academy
Jonah Iboma
Quickplus Commu-nications Limited, an indigenous software company, and Busy Infotech Limited, developer of Busy brand of software solutions, plan to build a software academy where Nigerian information technology professionals will be certified.
The academy, according to both firms, will represent an expansion of the current partnership between them.
When established, the academy will train software professionals in the area of accounting, taxation and auditing using the latest trends in information technology. The graduates of the academy will be given international certification in Busy software solutions.
Busy is one of the fastest growing accounting packages in the world. The product, which entered the Nigerian market last year, is already being used by over 30 companies, including accounting firms and Capital Airlines. It has over 100 clients in India and is widely used in Pakistan.
The Managing Director, Quickplus Communications Company Limited, Mr. David Ayomidotun, revealing this during an interaction with Busy clients on Saturday, bemoaned the local IT skills shortage in Nigeria.
He said, "We are establishing the academy because we found out that what most of the accounting graduates lack is information technology skills." He added that the training would see the merging of accounting and information technology.
He explained that the goal of the academy was to ensure that every company registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission used Busy software.
"Part of the scheme we are looking out for is to reach out to professiona bodies and incorporate them into the Busy family," he said.
Ayomidotun stated that the company found out through research, that there was a gap between the IT world and the financial world. "We discovered that those solutions in the financial system did not meet the need of tropical regions. The solutions we are marketing answer tropical financial problems."
The Managing Director, Busy Infotech Limited, Mr. Dinesh Kumar Gupta, said new features were being built into the software.
Quickplus Commu-nications Limited, an indigenous software company, and Busy Infotech Limited, developer of Busy brand of software solutions, plan to build a software academy where Nigerian information technology professionals will be certified.
The academy, according to both firms, will represent an expansion of the current partnership between them.
When established, the academy will train software professionals in the area of accounting, taxation and auditing using the latest trends in information technology. The graduates of the academy will be given international certification in Busy software solutions.
Busy is one of the fastest growing accounting packages in the world. The product, which entered the Nigerian market last year, is already being used by over 30 companies, including accounting firms and Capital Airlines. It has over 100 clients in India and is widely used in Pakistan.
The Managing Director, Quickplus Communications Company Limited, Mr. David Ayomidotun, revealing this during an interaction with Busy clients on Saturday, bemoaned the local IT skills shortage in Nigeria.
He said, "We are establishing the academy because we found out that what most of the accounting graduates lack is information technology skills." He added that the training would see the merging of accounting and information technology.
He explained that the goal of the academy was to ensure that every company registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission used Busy software.
"Part of the scheme we are looking out for is to reach out to professiona bodies and incorporate them into the Busy family," he said.
Ayomidotun stated that the company found out through research, that there was a gap between the IT world and the financial world. "We discovered that those solutions in the financial system did not meet the need of tropical regions. The solutions we are marketing answer tropical financial problems."
The Managing Director, Busy Infotech Limited, Mr. Dinesh Kumar Gupta, said new features were being built into the software.
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