Company Profile:
Company Name:
CAL Institute of Technology Ltd
Registered:
10th March 2011
Physical Address:
Biina, Nakawa Division, Kampala
District, Republic of Uganda.
Directors:
- Kukundakwe
Caleb
- Atwongeire
Pamella
Activities:
- ICT
Training Centre
- ICT
Consultancy
- ICT
systems sales
- ICT
systems maintenance and repair
Bankers
Centenary Bank
Contact Address
P.O Box 7239
Tel +256 312 514433
Mobile +256 772 996449
calinstituteoftechnology@mailc.net
Executive Summary:
Background
The
ICT industry has grown rapidly since 2003 and there is a need for computer
knowledge and applications in small and big enterprises, schools, churches,
NGOs, local and corporate businesses. The government has supported the ICT
industry by implementing the policies that have eased the importation of IT
equipments at affordable prices. There is however still a challenge of
acquiring the skills to empower our communities with the knowledge to make
technological advancements. However, access to affordable training centres at
favorable terms is a great challenge to this primarily because most of these
training institutions are inclined on a profit motive. This therefore cuts out
many and even for those interested are hard-pressed in complying with the
unfavorable terms. Notwithstanding the above, the need for CAL
Vision
To provide affordable line of products
and services that makes CAL institute of technology the centre of ICT training.
Promoting
personal development through providing enhanced trainings and access to
affordable training in ICT.
Objectives
- To establish a modern and well
managed training centre.
- To train the youths in ICT fields
that will improve the ICT systems use in Uganda.
- To improve the lives of the
community by equipping them with ICT skills that will enable them improve
their earnings.
- To put in place a demonstration
computer training management unit that will help the community to learn
how to effectively increase their awareness for economic stability.
- To empower the community
especially the young generation through providing training in ICT that
will enable them competing in the job market.
Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of this project will
be students who have completed school (O and A levels) and school drop outs who
have an interest in ICT fields like web designing, computer repair and
maintenance, secretarial studies, graphics designing and other ICT related
fields. We believe these courses will help our graduates start their own
businesses and make them self employed than relying on employment as the only
way to make a living.
Initial start-up capital and running costs
The initial
running cost for the year is estimated at UGX 107,330,000/- (One hundred seven
million, three hundred thirty thousand Uganda shillings only).
Market Analysis
CAL Institute of technology intends to
bring on board generally students who have completed school (O and A levels)
and school drop outs that have an interest in ICT field and other related
fields like printing and graphic design, secretarial services, web designing
and maintenance, computer repair and maintenance and other related ICT fields.
The Institute intends to start with an
intake of sixty students and enrollment is expected to grow through out-reach
programs that will be taken to churches, mosques, local councils, schools and
other associations. In reaching out to these groups and through providing the
best solutions to the training needs, we anticipate the institute to have fully
graduated one hundred eighty students and grown to an enrollment of one hundred
fifty students per intake at the end of the first year of this project.
Key to success
The key to success in CAL Institute of
Technology’s business bases on:
- Offering innovative products and
services. Courses like web designing and maintenance don’t need too much
working capital and big working premises will help our graduates break
into the market and start their businesses and/or sell their skills.
- Reliable and timely deliveries. We
intend to offer on-site training services to those groups of people who
can’t afford to train from our training centre through organizing training
workshops. However, this will be on need basis and will depend on the
arrangement that is made with the firm/individual(s) requiring this
service.
- Reliable administration that is
ready to serve clients, prepare accurate billing, follow-up on orders and
other documentation, and maintain a close watch on expenses and collection
of accounts receivable.
Income Generation
- Directors’
contributions
- Donor
funding
Growth and Sustainability
Growth of the institute will be achieved
through;
- Empowering
students with the best skills
- Recruiting
and retaining good and experienced instructors
- Training
in relevant courses that can be readily absorbed in the market and at
affordable prices.
- Putting
in place the best training facilities
- Outreach.
Sensitization campaign on the need to train with CAL institute of
technology will be taken to the community around the training centre and
the central region of Uganda later. We anticipate our admissions to have
spread to the whole of Kampala metropolitan city in 18 months and to have
covered the central region of Uganda in three years.
Sustainability will on the other hand be ensured by
maintaining a pool of resources and generating enough finances to help the day
to day operations of the project. This will be achieved through;
- Students’ contributions
in form of training fees. A minimum fee will be paid by students to help
the day to day running of the project.
- Products’ and services’ sales:
Students nearing completion of their courses and those who have just
completed but still attached to CAL Institute of Technology will offer services
to any organization that needs to procure those services. This will help
the students in terms of acquiring experience and the income generated
from this sale of services will be shared by the students and the
Institute.
- Retained profits.
Profits earned by the Institute will be retained for sustainability
purposes.
Advantages
The advantages CAL Institute of
Technology has over other training institutions are;
- Affordable training:
Unlike other institutions that are profit oriented, CAL institute of Technology
seeks to offer training that is affordable by most people. In Uganda, most
people undergo training and studies when they are still youth and have not
started earning any income, it is therefore against this background that
CAL institute of Technology started a training centre with no aim of
amassing profits but impacting on the lives and well being of the future
generation of Ugandans. Therefore, a minimal amount of training fees will
be paid by students to enable in the day to day running of the centre.
- CAL
Institute of technology trains in courses that help graduates become self
reliant, than relying on job seeking. Courses like web designing, graphics
designing, computer maintenance and repair help the student start his own
business after graduation and there is minimum capital involved for start
up.
- Best and experienced instructors:
CAL institute of technology employs the best and experienced instructors
who will give the best training to these students and thus will acquire
the skills needed in the job market.
- On-site training:
CAL institute of Technology intends to start an on-site training to those
who cannot afford to train from our training centre like company employees
etc. this will be done by organizing training workshops at their places of
work or any venue of their choice and at their convenient time thus making
training at CAL institute flexible.
Expected output
We intend to start with an admission of
sixty students, training in four different courses i.e Certificate in computer
applications, Graphics designing, computer maintenance and repair, and web
designing and maintenance. These are short courses that take a period of two to
six months. We are anticipating a growth rate of 30% in the first year which
makes the total number of graduates to one hundred and fifty at the end of the
first year. We expect the growth rate to be at 20% per year for the next three
years, which makes the number of graduates to increase to five hundred and
forty six in three years.
Management Structure
Personnel
The personnel at CAL Institute of
Technology are as follows;
Management Staff 03
Technical Staff 06
Support Staff 02
Summary
of personnel
|
DIRECTOR
|
01
|
|
Project Manager
|
01
|
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Finance Manager
|
01
|
|
Administrator
|
01
|
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Accountant
|
01
|
|
Instructors
|
04
|
|
Support Staff
|
02
|
|
Total Number of Staff
|
11
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Organizational Chart
