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IT-IQ Botswana celebrates

2 decades in ICT

n his announcement to the media at
the home of IT-IQ Botswana Mr Vish
ISethi who is the Managing Director
said ,“In the last 20 years, every ICT
professional has at some point walked
through the doors of IT-IQ as a customer
or a student. As the oldest and most
substantial ICT training and testing
institution in Botswana we have played a
pivotal role in defining ICT professionals
and their careers in the country.”

The company is a wholly citizen owned
company and has impacted professionals
in the industry and has maintained
customer centricity in service delivery IT-IQ Botswana Team
of IT solutions to businesses in other
industries. At the time of establishing collectively the entire journey is
the organization there were no traces of memorable!” IT-IQ is a Microsoft Silver engineers (to international standards)
broadband solutions, managed services, Learning Partner, a CompTIA Silver are made available to our customers
specialized professional training and Training Partner and a BQA accredited is entrenched in our vision and core
testing centers for IT specialist and ETP, and have been instrumental in the values.”
advanced WIFI solutions in the country, development of ICT professionals in
as they are today. Botswana for the last 20 years. Sethi is
no stranger to entrepreneurship as he
Over the years, IT-IQ Botswana has ventured it at the age fifteen to test his
maintained a team of qualified and entrepreneurship abilities.
skilled engineers and specialists to
ensure high-end service delivery. From He concluded by saying, “The growth of
a humble beginning of less than 10 our business is insignificant without the
employees in Gaborone, today the growth of our people and communities.
company also has offices in Francistown, Job creation and skills development are
Kasane, Maun and is scheduled to one of our nation’s biggest challenges.
open another branch in Letlhakane To this end we have grown our staff
soon. When asked about the highlights from 6 in 2009 to 58 today and
of the 20-years journey, Sethi said “I expanded our footprint from Gaborone
remember hiring our 10th employee, I to Francistown, Kasane, Maun and are
also remember hiring our 20th. I recall scheduled to open another branch
our very first contract with Government in Letlhakane soon. We offer free
and many that followed; from professional certification training and
Barloworld, Bofinet, Mascom, SADC, testing to all employees as part of our
and many major industry stakeholders. internal development and individual
Bot50 stands also out a time we played growth plan. Developing our staff and Mr Vish Sethi
an impactful role with our IT solutions, ensuring that the highest levels of skilled Managing Director

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