{{The Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana has commended Africa Digital Media Academy for teaching Rwandan Youth on using ICT to produce better videos and create more jobs.}}
The minister noted at an event where the Workforce Development (WDA) was receiving a WSIS Project Prizes 2013 given by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) where the Africa Digital Media Academy was voted as the best project in media category.
The award was given to Rwanda last week in Geneva during the WSIS Forum focusing on post-2015 development agenda.
Nsengimana said that Africa Media Academy is helping Young People in Rwanda to get skills to produce better contents using mainly ICT.
He noted, “You are lucky to have access to this cutting-edge technology. You should not wait for government to give you jobs; you should instead create jobs for others because this industry still has many untapped opportunities and the skills you are getting here will help you compete even at international level.”
He said, “You can create a job by establishing a company to produce content then people outside can buy what you produced. When someone wants to sell a digital good is easier because it can be sold online.”
Africa Digital media Academy (ADMA) is a vocational training program initiated in March 2012 by Workforce Development Authority (WDA) together with Pixel Corps Ltd. It provides students with skills necessary to work in all areas of the digital media industry.
The State Minister in charge of TVET, Albert Nsengiyumva urged students at Africa Digital Media Academy to aim higher by working hard to be able to create more jobs after completing their studies.
Jean Pierre Birutakwinginga, a student at ADMA noted, “This is a great opportunity for us to explore our talents in this new innovative discipline of film making,” stressed Birutakwinginga.
The WSIS Project Prizes is an annual contest which recognizes excellence in the implementation of projects and initiatives which further the WSIS goals of improving connectivity to information and communication technologies (ICTs).
This center prepares its students for production work needed in digital media. Through live, hands-on learning in the computer lab and production studio, with distance learning from television experts in the U.S, students are given instructions to proceed at their own pace with support from the instructors.
The emphasis is on student collaboration with the community as the foundation for effective learning.
The Africa Digital Media Academy is remarkable opportunity for Rwanda.
With it Rwanda has effectively embraced information technology and its entire related infrastructure.
It enables the country to embark on the phase of tremendously increasing innovation through content and application development.
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