Professor Konaté Adama, Managing Director of the Ecole Supérieure Africaine des TIC (ESATIC), has sealed a strategic partnership with private Ivorian universities, as part of a drive to improve student training.

The institutions involved in this partnership include the Université Polytechnique de Bingerville (UPB), the Institut de Technologies et Spécialités (ITES), the Université Internationale des Sciences et Techniques (UIST), and the Université Internationale des Sciences et Techniques Appliquées Management (UISTAM).

The General Manager of’ESATIC emphasized that this ceremony was fully in line with the institution's missions, which are training, research and the development of strategic partnerships. He emphasized the creation of gateways to enable students who have validated previous BTS in these partner universities to pursue a 3rd year Bachelor's degree at the’ESATIC.

L’ESATIC, with its six state-approved Master's degree specializations, the CAMES and the France, is recognized as a center of excellence by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for cybersecurity. It is also the only school in sub-Saharan Africa to offer international certification in fiber optic network deployment and technology. FTTH.

These numerous assets, as well as the success of’ESATIC on a national and international scale since its inception in 2012, won over the representatives of the partner universities. Karamoko Abdoulaye, Chairman of the Board of the’UPB, expressed his pride that the’ESATIC combines its image with that of private universities, assuring that the partnership will be taken seriously to ensure maximum benefits for students.

Dr Diaby Moustapha Ben, General Manager of’UISTAM, also welcomed the initiative, describing the’ESATIC of “sought-after label”. Adejare Clément, Academic Director of the’UIST, and Djember Barthélémy, research director at ITES, also expressed their enthusiasm for the collaboration. The ceremony ended with a tour of the specialized infrastructures of the’ESATIC.