By Leonard Kamugisha Akida,
KAMPALA:
City Businessman and Book Author, Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham has launched an online learning platform to help in addressing challenges in the education sector brought about by COVID-19 pandemic.
The platform named; “Hamz Camous” is a new learning website and can be accessed on www.hamzcampus.com
The outbreak of corona virus pandemic has paralyzed physical learning in many countries of the world and Uganda is no an exception. Its against this background that Ham has decided to establish an online portal to ensure that no time is lost.
According to Ham, the portal provides learners with plenty of practical knowledge and over 5,000 practical courses have so far been uploaded on the website.
“My intention is to equip the young people with soft skills, setting the pace of learning they deem best for themselves as well as choosing the course they personally want to study,” Ham said.
He added; “through the platform, individuals can take ownership and responsibility of their education, without any time constraints.”
Some of the courses on the website include marketing and sales, career development courses, administrative skills, personal development courses among others.
In addition, Ham says that the model of teaching will be based on real day to day affairs, that is to say; “Education based on reason and reality is a key to global prosperity.” He noted that the website is accessible to anyone with internet access across the world.
“There is no need to worry, tutors are handpicked from acrosss the world and will be available 24/7,” said a team behind the development of the platform.
The platform operates a number of subsidiaries through different web and mobile based platforms ranging from education, communication, online shopping, online payment, video hosting and entertainment sectors.
Hamz operated platforms include: Hamz Campus, for online learning, Hamz Wave a short video streaming app with fun and inspirational videos, Hamz Line for social media connection, Hamz Tube for free unlimited video and movie hosting, Hamz Chart a mobile based texting and calling app, Hamz Club, a motivational and personal development platform where you can get one on one with me, Hamz E Mall, for online shopping, Ham Pay for online payments and secure money transfer among others which are primarily accessible for download from his own android app store, Hamz App Store and also on other android and iOS stores.
