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TECHNOLOGY
“Our goal is for this centre to be a reminder that we have the capacity to solve our own problems and even contribute to solving global problems,” he tells us.
“Young people can join us straight from university and other tertiary institutions, work on ready-to-ship impactful products and grow their technical skills alongside jumpstarting their careers.”
Since its inception, Adrian has partnered with Moringa School in Nairobi engaging their graduates in a 12-month programme. The company has also developed agricultural enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is used by farmers in Murang’a for day-to-day dairy farming management, a health and safety app used as a tool by Adrian engineers and technicians to ensure compliance and have digitised its fibre rollout operations through ticketing and managed services software.
“Currently, we’re working on partnerships with the National Youth Service and the Dairy Training Institute to engage their graduates for graduate trainee programmes,” Njoroge informs us.
At present, Adrian Kenya is exe- cuting a strategic plan to move into the sphere of ownership of digital infrastructure in telecommunications, renewable energy and IT. The company is investing in the ownership of tower assets, data centers, fibre networks, and energy efficient technologies. In light of this, Adrian is prioritising digital initiatives, digitalising its core opera- tions, and establishing its data-driven capabilities across the board.
“We’ve also invested in Atlas Towers to enable Build to Suit (BTS) opportunities for mobile network operators,” Njoroge tells us.
“We’re looking to set up a fibre networks factory in Kenya which will be the largest in East Africa, and we’re also close to completing a new modern six floor building for the Adrian HQ which will be launched later in the year.”
Tower Infrastructure Team looking at construction designs
PEOPLE-CENTRIC INDUSTRY
Of course, Adrian Kenya’s high level of quality provision and professionalism rests on the shoulders of the many hard-working people involved
with the company’s operations. “In this industry, no one can
succeed without good supply chain operations starting with financiers,” Njoroge assures us.
“We work closely with infrastructure and project financiers such as CITIBANK who have been instrumental in ensuring the timely
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