Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications board (RWSTQB) was admitted as the 69th member board at the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), officials have said.<\/p>\nThe development was announced at a General Assembly recently in Tokyo, Japan, making Rwanda an independent member, after being under South Africa for decades.<\/p>\n
The admission comes at a time when Rwanda\u2019s field of software quality assurance boosts investor appeal on the local market, largely thanks to the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, according to Robert Ford, RWSTQB President.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is to enhance its appeal, demonstrate its efficacy and relevance to companies, introduce global trends to the local market for aspiring young professionals, and provide educational support, among other initiatives,\u201d Ford told The New Times, following the body\u2019s admission.<\/p>\n
Software testing capability and expertise will be important in the future, Ford added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt provides an exclusive service to the IT industry and supports software testing professionals. Going forward, we also want to provide international certification to software testing professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the onset, Rwanda has trained 200 Software testers and 40 testers have been qualified so far.<\/p>\n
The idea, Ford maintained, is to get institutions to have their software officers obtain international standard software testers at their organizations.<\/p>\n
According to him, Rwanda has a predominantly young population, and the service industry is the primary sector of its economy, with an increasing emphasis on information and communication technology (ICT).<\/p>\n
“Today’s Information Age demands trusted and quality software. The RWSTQB is committed to leading the way for software testing in Rwanda. We have accredited training providers already offering training and we have access to certification exams – our next step will be engagement with the community and organizations who can leverage the value of ISTQB to accelerate skills and career opportunities.”<\/p>\n
The ISTQB General Assembly meeting in Tokyo, Japan, voted to admit the Rwanda Software Testing Qualifications Board (RWSTQB) as the 69th ISTQB Member Board.<\/p>\n
On his part, ISTQB President Klaudia Dussa-Zieger hailed Rwanda\u2019s admission, saying; \u201c I wish the team every success and know that this will help Rwanda emerge as a center of excellence for testing”.<\/p>\n
Industry players weigh in<\/p>\n
As Rwanda pursues its dream of becoming a technology powerhouse in Africa, its presence in the global software testing community is a win for industry players.<\/p>\n
Nostalgie Patrice, a software developer based in Kigali told The New Times that on the local market, the majority of professionals are lone testers, who until now belonged to no community.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor many testers who are the sole testers at their firm, a meet-up provides a space for them to not only discuss what they’re currently working on but also to identify what technologies other companies are working with.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy embracing software testing standards through its membership in the ISTQB, Rwanda sets to position itself as a leader in the African continent in delivering high-quality software testing solutions that meet international standards, thus creating job opportunities, attracting global investors, and further fueling the growth of its IT sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
The development, he pointed out, is a plus for Rwanda in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means that we are also providing solutions for neighboring countries as far as software development is concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur local board now has the authority and the competency to say that a certain software is bad for public consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricie, who also doubles as the Chief Executive at HView Tech Group, dealing with software training and consultancy in the region, asserted that; \u201cWe are having software being born every day. The likes of generative AI, and ChatGPT among others. And when you are a member of the ISTQB you have access to some of these big softwares.\u201d<\/p>\n
For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edwin Ashimwe Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications board (RWSTQB) was admitted as the 69th member board at the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), officials have said. The development was announced at a General Assembly recently in Tokyo, Japan, making Rwanda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-56545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\n
Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications bo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications bo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-30T16:30:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-30T17:21:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-30T16:30:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-30T17:21:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers\"},\"wordCount\":646,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers\",\"name\":\"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-30T16:30:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-30T17:21:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications bo ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":750,\"caption\":\"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers - Rwanda","description":"Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications bo ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers","og_description":"Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications bo ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2023-10-30T16:30:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-30T17:21:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers","datePublished":"2023-10-30T16:30:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-30T17:21:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers"},"wordCount":646,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Rwanda","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers","name":"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-30T16:30:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-30T17:21:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Rwanda could soon be home to global professional software testers after the country\u2019s software testing qualifications bo ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1698673860.362435.jpg","width":1000,"height":750,"caption":"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-keen-to-become-hub-for-professional-global-software-testers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rwanda keen to become hub for professional global software testers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}