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HIT Hosts Zimbabwe Universities’ ICT Directors Workshop

A workshop for Zimbabwe Universities' Information Communications Technologies Services’ Directors was held at the Harare institute of Technology to look into issues of customer needs and strategise on programmes which leverage on internal skills and partnerships.

The three day workshop ran from 26 - 28 February 2018 and was organized by the Zimbabwe Research and Education Network (ZIMREN).

Key presenters at the workshop included Chris Rohrer from Ubuntu Alliance network, Val Theron from the Association of South African Universities' Directors of Information Communications Technologies Services and Robert Shoniwa, Chairperson of the HIT Information Security and Assurance Department.

HIT Director of Information and Communications Technologies Services, Mrs M. Chahuruva said the workshop discussed key issues facing universities such as capacity building, bandwidth provision by service providers, infrastructure and financing, applications, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, education technology needs, financing and payments.

In his address at the workshop, HIT Vice Chancellor Eng. Q.C Kanhukakamwe highlighted that information communication technologies are an integral component of research and development, playing a major role in binding all activities in in all the facets of universities. "Our ICT Directors play a very important role in our institutions and without their interventions we cannot achieve our goals as universities," he said.

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