In June 2020, Devotra signed two contracts with the Ministry of Education and Sports for the Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of Training Equipment and Accessories for Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba (UPIK) under the Albertine...

Under the Canadian Institutes Canada (CICan), Kenya for Employement Project (KEFEP), for which Devotra has been engaged as the Procurement and Supply Chain Consultant. The 10 National Polytechics (NP) in Kenya will receive specialized industry...

During the second week of January 2020, the first container of the Kenya Education for Employment Project (KEFEP) was loaded. KEFEP is a five-year (2016-2021) program funded by Global Affairs Canada and executed by Colleges and Institutes Canada...

Morendat Institute of Oil & Gas (MIOG) an official subsidiary of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) officially opened their fully renovated training facility in Nairobi.The facility is established at KenPipe Plaza in front of the main building of...

Our colleagues Ralf and Romano (Procurement Manager and Warehouse Manager) have visited China recently to conduct the final inspection on the ordered equipment and machinery for our current project in Ghana for the Rural Enterprise Project....

At the end of April 2019 a delegation of the Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) and Morendat Institute of Oil and Gas (MIOG) came to Europe to pay a benchmarking visit to Scotland, England and the Netherlands. They had an interesting full programme...

On 4thMarch 2019 the official Bid Opening of the KEFEP Project in Kenya took place in the Bidwood Hotel in Nairobi. The bid opening committee consisted of delegates of MOE, CICan and consultants of Devotra and all made sure that everything went...

On 8th - 10th February 2019 the Hands on the Future Conference took place in Kenya.The edition of this year again included the so-called Kenya 2019 Skills Show. Devotra participated with their local partners Murishi Ltd. with a booth, where they...

Beginning of February 2019 representatives of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Kenya came to the Netherlands for a week to carry out the pre-inspection of the goods for the MOE/TVET project in Kenya in the warehouse at Devotra. The...

REP is a program under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Their goal is to improve the livelihoods and incomes of rural poor micro and small entrepreneurs (MSEs). The development objective is to increase the number of rural MSEs that generate...

On 28-30 November 2018 the Innovation Africa Summit was held in Harare, Zimbabwe. Devotra was one of the Silver Sponsor Partners, since we believe it is important to stimulate innovation and ICT in education in general and specifically in Africa....

In September 2018, Devotra signed a contract with Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) in Nairobi for Supply Chain Management and Procurement Services for the Kenya Education For Employment Program...

Recently Devotra has signed the contract for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and training on the use and maintenance of building and civil engineering training equipment for Jeremiah Nyagah Technical Training Institute. While...

Kenya and other countries in the region, such as Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan, lack requisite skills for the oil and gas sector while these countries are preparing to exploit newfound resources. Unfortunately due to the skills gap foreign...

Recently Devotra is contracted by UNIDO for the project PROFORME in Ivory Coast. This project is financed by the European Union that supports the vocational training of the youth in Ivory Coast. The overall objective of the project is the...

Minister of Education officially opens workshop “STEM and ICT integration at all levels of Education” On November 22nd, Devotra implemented a workshop covering the necessity of integrating ICT and STEM at all levels of Education. The workshop was...

Meeting with the Minister Mr. Damantang Albert Camara The visit of the official delegation from the Ministry of Technical Education, Professional Training, Employment and Labor (METFPET) from Guinee to the Netherlands in July 2017, had inspired...

Earlier this year Devotra had been awarded the contract for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning  and training on the use and maintenance of mechanical engineering training equipment for the Thika Technical Training Institute (Thika...

Mr. Yalamon Pé Thea (left) and Mr. Mamady Alkady Cherif (right) The Minister of Technical Education, Professional Training, Employment and Labor, Mr Damatang Albert Camara, requested Devotra to organize a study tour from 2 to 9 July 2017 in The...

On Monday 10 April 2017 Devotra organized a Smart Classroom workshop at Kabete Technical Training Institute in Nairobi for 10 delegates of Kenyan branch of CEMASTEA (Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa). CEMASTEA...

Starting from late 2016, Devotra has continued to strongly pursue and enhanced its capability of providing goods and services to different areas within special needs and disabilities, with a particular emphasis on TVET. Through careful selection,...

On April 3rd and April 4th, Mr. David Hovanesian, responsible for Devotra’s Business Development, attended the 14th annual seminar on UN Procurement in New York City, hosted by the European Procurement Forum (EUPF). The purpose of this seminar was...

Visit of 9 delegates from Rwanda, Guinee and Kenya to Smart Classroom On Friday 07 April 2017 PASET Forum delegates of; Rwanda, Guinee and Kenya visited the Smart Classroom of Nairobi TTI to get an impression on how the Smart Classroom will work in...

From 05/04/2017 till 07/04/2017 Devotra was present at the 4th African PASET Forum. The Forum stands for Partnership in Skills for Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology. The initiative was launched in response to address the challenges...

Devotra at conference in Nairobi - Kenya Devotra has sponsored the “Hands on the Future National TVET Conference” and “Kenya Skills Show” held in Nairobi from 25 – 28 January. The conference is a forum for national and international stakeholders,...

Ever since the Paris Agreement, Ukraine has set itself in a position as a leader in terms of innovation in the sphere of energy efficiency and sustainability. On behalf of Devotra, Mr. David Hovanesian visited Kiev, Ukraine from December 6th to...

The 6th Graduation Ceremony at RVTTI was held on Friday 4th Nov 2016. The Key Guest of Honour, the Deputy President Mr. William Ruto and Dr. Dinah Mwinzi, the Principle Secretary, State Department of Vocational and Technical Training, Ministry of...

Earlier this year Devotra was requested by MONUSCO to prepare a quotation for a complete set-up of Gymnastic and Fitness Equipment. After carefully studying the requested specifications, it became clear that the client was looking for professional...

At the end of September 2016 all installation and commissioning works for the Smart Classroom project were finalized at the 10 different Technical Training Institutes. In the meantime the training of lecturers and teachers has been conducted per...

DEVOTRA’s sponsors Innovation Africa 2016 summit held in Nairobi from 20-22 September and will use this occasion to present Devotra’s unique turn-key approach for education and training projects and in particular for TVET and the use of ICT in...

Last June the 10x 40ft containers, each containing the complete Smart Classroom for one individual TTI, have been shipped. Once cleared from Mombasa Port the Devotra logistics team arranged for door to door delivery of the containers, including...

Devotra signs 3rd contract with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in Port-au-Prince Haiti for the supply of specialized training equipment for; Woodworking, Building & Construction and Textile & Garment. The equipment will...

The Devotra international and local installation team have finalized the installation and commissioning works for the 2 pending contracts with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. The equipment has been successfully delivered,...

After the successful launch of the project on 18 March 2016 at KTTC in Nairobi. The Devotra project implementation team made all arrangements for the procurement of all the hardware and software. And to build a complete mock-up of the Smart...

On 18 March 2016 the official launch of Phase-2 of the Kenya-Netherlands TVET project took place at the Kenya Technical Trainers College (KTTC) in Nairobi. This launch was combined with a workshop to give the participants a good understanding of...

December 2015 Devotra shipped specialized training equipment to Morocco for a newly established TVET training center in Settat. Part of this project was implemented under the supervision of UNIDO, one of Devotra’s regular customers. Last week a...

The annual EU-UN Procurement Forum http://eupf.org/eu/static/eupf-index.html took place from 29/02 till 01/03. Devotra attends this forum annually for the last 10 years. The big number of UN agencies and UN procurement staff that are present during...

October 2015 Devotra shipped complete practical training workshops to Haiti for 2 vocational training centres at Cap Hatien and Jeremie. The project is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and specialized training equipment has been...

Devotra shipped complete practical training workshops to Haiti for 5 vocational training centres at; Meyotte a Petion, Mirebalais, Miregoane, Milot and Cote de Fer . The project is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and equipment has...

Smart Classrooms for improving the TVET sector in Kenya Director TVET Mr. Bashir H. Mursal and Project Manager Mr. Francis Mungai of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MOEST) Kenya visited Devotra from 09/11/15 to 15/11/15. The...

Devotra shipped complete practical training workshops to Haiti for 2 vocational training centres at Cap Hatien and Jeremie. The project is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and equipment has been supplied for; Building, Construction,...

Devotra BV together with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MoHEST) in Kenya implemented a feasibility study at 36 TTIs under the Dutch PESP programme which resulted in the development of the ORET project “Rehabilitation and...

PROJECT BACKGROUND In the past three decades, Zimbabwe invested in improving access to and enhancing the quality of science education. In order to improve science education especially in disadvantaged schools, the Government of Zimbabwe launched...

In August 2015 Devotra shipped a number of containers to Lodwar County in Kenya for the Rehabilitation & Upgrading of the Lodwar Youth Polytechnics (LOYOPO). The project is funded and implemented by the Lundin Foundation in Kenya and will offer...

Devotra recently shipped a complete Water Testing Laboratory and Fluid Mechanics Training Laboratory for The Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre (IPRC) in Kigali Rwanda. The project is financed by the Kuwait Fund for Development. Both...

SmartLabs UK has appointed Devotra as their main distributor and stockholder for their Smart Science Cart. The SmartLabs Smart Science Cart has been developed by practitioners to facilitate the teaching and learning of science education. The...