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Training is one of SIL Africa ICT Services' core missions.The training program has two components: 1. IT Connect Conferences (face-to-face) and 2. IT Connect Online (online webinars). Finally, there are other ways to stay connected with the community.
- IT Connect Conferences
We strive to organize a combined IT Connect Conference for French and English speakers in Kenya every other year. This face-to-face training is for IT Support Workers (Help Desk Techs and Network Admins) involved in supporting Bible Translation in Africa.
The goal is to help sustain ongoing reliable IT initiatives for Bible translation partners by providing information, training, and encouragement to the ITs, who support their organizations
The main activities in each IT Connect Conference are:
- IT Technical and leadership training for IT support staff, focusing on regular information technology concerns
- Information sharing from the international organizations
- Sharing of personal experiences and raising of issues to explore
- Feedback to leadership
- Spiritual refreshment
Each IT Connect is expected to last 7 to 8 days. You can find here relevant information about past sessions. All the training material is available here. This website should be updated with announcements for the next conferences.
The training uses adult learning principles based on the learning that LASTS principles.
- IT Connect Online
Since the pandemic, we developed online training and more recently online discussions to foster the IT community in Africa. IT Connect Online has been launched for both English and French Africa IT Specialist audiences. These monthly one-hour training are usually recorded. We used to have a youtube channel where you can still find old recordings. You can watch the past sessions here and future plans in the online training schedule.
- How to stay connected with the community
Besides IT Connect and IT Connect Online, it is advised for all technicians to subscribe to the
Finally there are two WhatsApp groups IT Connect French and English, that every IT technician should be part of. If not, please contact ICt Services.