The Cape IT Initiative (CITI) is a non-profit organisation established in 1998 to develop and support the information and communications technology (ICT) cluster in the Western Cape. In 2010, we expanded our focus to include the IT related needs of ICT-e enabled industries in the Western Cape (including insurance, asset management, retail, etc). We are a stand for the possibility that "new and existing businesses create an additional 5 000 jobs or employ 5 000 more people in the Western Cape in the next five years, as a result of CITi's ICT-e skills and market growth programmes, direct support of existing businesses and direct facilitation of the establishment of new businesses (via our Bandwidth Barn subsidiary company.)"

CITi's CapaCITi 1000 programme is a series of industry-demand driven initiatives over a five year period, designed to ensure that Western Cape based software and IT services companies, as well as other ICT-dependant industry verticals, have the right ICT skills, of the right quality, at the right time and at a competitive price, in order to grow revenue, be competitive and meet market demand.

CITi News Update: 16 August 2011

CapaCITi 1000 Update: Interview Opportunity for Application Support Analysts

Unemployed people with IT diplomas, degrees or certifications and/or IT experience, are invited to apply via our CapaCITi 1000 online registration process, for a 12 month contract as an Application Support Analyst with a large financial services institution based in Cape Town.  You must be available for an interview on Thursday 19 August or Friday 20 August and be able to start immediately. Call Centre experience and own transport is a recommendation. Terms & Conditions Apply.

Apply here (BSG is our technology partner on the CapaCITi 1000 programme)

CapaCITi 1000 Applications

Recent IT graduates and any other unemployed person who has IT training or experience, and who is interested in Work Experience, Internship, Training and/or Work Placement opportunities also welcome to register their CV and testimonial details with us as we have upcoming 2012 programmes in BA SA and in software programming. We get regular requests from companies looking for interns and staff. We will advise you if and when relevant opportunies arise.

Note that we have three specific programme focus areas at the moment, namely:

• Business Analysis or Systems Analysis
• Software Programming (especially Java, .net, PHP, and SAP-related, but no restriction on language type)
• Application Support & Infrastructure

Apply here (BSG is our technology partner on the CapaCITi 1000 programme)

Note that we are particularly focused on assisting entry-level IT talent as well as the unemployed and individuals who would like to work in the IT industry but are currently working outside of IT (This is because one of our goals is to grow the pool of IT talent. This is why some of our programmes, like the Business Analysis and Systems Analysis programme with UCT, train non-IT graduates in IT skills.) Note that we are not a placement or recruitment agency for experienced, currently employed, IT talent.

IT Heroes Update

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