Charles Mutua, a student at Kenyatta University who emerged as the second best in Africa at Netriders, a computer challenge from the American company of computer accessories Cisco. He will travel to the United States on Saturday for a five-day study tour.
A Kenyatta University student who placed Kenya on the continental map in a global computer network challenge will fly the country's flag on a five-day study trip to the United States, which begins this Saturday.
Charles Mutua, 23, a finalist in Computer Science and Physics at Bsc, emerged as the first finalist among African participants in a networking competition from the American company of computer accessories Cisco.
An expert in Moroccan information technology, Hamza Jebbour, emerged as the best among 20 participants from African countries in the 2017 edition of the annual competition called Netriders.
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David Brunéi, the manager of Cisco in charge of the East African market, has confirmed that they will fly the two and the other ten finalists who are arriving from all over the world to the United States "to learn from the best technology companies in the world". "
"The two competed with more than 15,400 participants worldwide to win a study travel award at Cisco headquarters in San Jose, United States," Brunei said.
The finalists will also visit Stanford University, the headquarters of Google and Facebook.
Cisco has already made all travel and accommodation arrangements, confirmed Mr. Brunei.
During an exclusive interview with Nation at his home in Wote, Makueni County, on Monday, Mutua was optimistic about the weekend trip.
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"This is the first time I will travel outside the country and this partly explains the emotion," said the second born in a family of three people who was flanked by his mother, Florence Nzioka.
"We hope to meet and interact with high-level engineers from several technological giants who will share their daily experiences interacting with network devices, developing and implementing new network solutions," said Mr. Mutua.
The competition in three phases involved designing and configuring a computer network in a real situation and remotely present the work in a panel of players in the industry through teleconferences.
Mutua hopes that the exhibition will help him refine his professional career while preparing to enter the world of work.
