People in the photo from left to right: Maria dos Santos, Talent training manager at Coca Cola Sabco, Ana Fernandes, Human Resources Manager at Coca Cola Sabco, Alexandra Oppermann , the coordinator of the @E4D, Onorio Manuel, General Manager at MozParks, Oswaldo Peterburgo, the Secretary of State for Youth and Employment, Laila Sheikh, the Head of the Agency for Development and Cooperation of the Swiss Embassy in Mozambique (SDC), Niamh Casey, the Second Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland in Mozambique, Sheila Come, Social Economic Development Leader at Total Emergies and Adrian Frey, Chairman of the Board of the Directors at MozParks
A transition from learning to earning is a challenge.
The Mimi Niko Kazi (MNK), a youth employability programme administered by MozParks, helps to smooth this transition, and find a path to a fast-growing career University graduates and young qualified talents are matched with companies that can offer hands-on internships.
Another 102 young professionals, 55 of which are women, celebrated the end of their 6-month professional trainings and the start of their careers yesterday.
Oswaldo Peterburgo, the Secretary of State for Youth and Employment congratulated the MNK graduates and thanked MozParks for this project.
Alexandra Oppermann , the coordinator of the E4D, Education For Development –Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH programme in Mozambique, a partner of the MNK, thanked the companies that offered training opportunities to young people recognising this programme as an opportunity to identify and recruit a talent.
Laila Sheikh, the Head of the Agency for Development and Cooperation of the Swiss Embassy in Mozambique (SDC) stressed the importance of the MNK in improving living conditions for Mozambicans. SDC is a partner of Mozparks in this project.
Niamh Casey, the Second Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland in Mozambique noted that the Mozparks model seems successful, and the embassy is willing to support the third faze of the youth employability project, #MozYouth, which was announced at the ceremony.
Onorio Manuel, the MozParks General Manager, thanked TotalEnergies, the Embassy of Ireland in Mozambqiue, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH for their continuous cooperation as partners in the MozParks youth employability project.
Onorio Manuel, the MozParks General Manager, outlined the unique opportunities for overcoming a skilled workforce shortage in remote areas. He invited enterprises to partner with MozParks in the youth employability programme in the Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Montepuez provinces where MozParks is building a network of #AgroIndustrialParks.
Robert Mullins, CEO of Raxio Group, laid the first stone for the construction of the Tier III Data Center in Mozambique-RAXIO
Raxio Data Centres laid the first stone of a new Tier III data centre at the MozParks Beluluane Industrial Park in the Maputo province. Raxio Mozambique will be a facility of up to 1.5 MW of the IT capacity and will play a crucial part in the country’s digital connectivity.
“It’s a new era for MozParks. The Tier III DataCenter is an essential investment and a step forward to the development of our country,” said Onorio Manuel, MozParks General Manager. “MozParks Beluluane Industrial Park is honoured to host the Raxio Data Centres and is committed to fully support this project in achieving success in Mozambique,” he added.
Raxio Mozambique’s facility in the Maputo Province will be the fourth data centre in the Raxio Group portfolio, which includes Raxio Uganda, Raxio Ethiopia, and Raxio Kinshasa in the DRC.
“Setting up Raxio Mozambique comes at an interesting time for the country. The time when the country’s digital development is accelerating and we are here to contribute our grain of sand”, said Robert Mullins, CEO of Raxio Group. “This centre will be a hub of connectivity with the local, regional and international content. We will offer public and private companies a new era of data storage” he added.
The Governor of the Maputo Province, Júlio Parruque, officiated the ceremony and declared the beginning of the construction of the new data centre. He welcomed the transformation of the digital landscape and internet experience in Mozambique.
