Sekouba Konate

Sekouba Konate is an IT engineer with seven years’ experience in the field of system administration, database administration, and IT project management. Sekouba Konate currently works with MTN Guinea-Conakry as an Online Charging System (OCS) Engineer, where he works on the Global System for Moblile Communication (GSM) prepaid promotional offer configuration in coordination with the marketing department. He also ensures GSM prepaid value added services availability.As a certified Oracle Database Administrator, Sekouba gives practical training sessions on Oracle Database administration to quite a number of ICT students from various universities. He engages himself to coach the youth in his community on personal development and to advise on career paths. He also aims for a better and higher education system in his community. Sekouba holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Computing and Information Systems from the University of Wales, United Kingdom. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Sekouba’s aspiration is to setup a complete IT educational center with trainings from basic IT modules to higher IT modules and concepts, building strong local IT competences, and more importantly, giving chances to every single person to have basic IT skills. Stayed in Africa.