Digital Jewels

ITpreneurs is the leading content and instructor provider for IT best practices training and workshops. Through a global network of partners, they offer the most comprehensive portfolio of training courseware, exam materials, e-learning, and blended courses for ITIL®, ISO/IEC 20000, and COBIT®.

ITpreneurs develops highly innovative and advanced training and implementation solutions designed to help organizations successfully implement IT best-practice frameworks, such as ITIL and COBIT. The solutions also target areas such as social and cultural integration for target audiences, such as immigrants, the unemployed, and school dropouts. ITpreneurs relies on unique industry knowledge, innovation of delivery media, creative design, and enhanced user experience to develop breakthrough solutions.

Through a global network of certified delivery partners, the company offers the most comprehensive portfolio, available in 45 countries and 6 languages, of training courseware, exam material, e-learning, and blended courses. To date, the company has trained thousands of IT professionals from hundreds of corporations in adopting frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, and ISO/IEC 20000.

Digital Jewels partners with Switzerland-based Virak, a specialist international company offering to provide solid expertise, coaching and training in Project Management Skills. Specifically, Virak provides the Project Management Professional Fastrack leading to the PMP® Certification awarded by the US-based Project Management Institute.
The course is fast-paced, hands on, varied and interactive with maximum exercises, discussion and self awareness and minimum theory.

Facilitators Profile
The PMP Fastrack parades only Project Management Professional (PMP) certified teachers who have no less than 5 years experience in training, practising and coaching. Virak is a Registered Education Providers for PMI®.

Digital Jewels partners with Lausanne-based, STS, a specializesd provider of project management simulations to provide scenario-based simulation training and exam preparation to the African Region. Its programs are based on the newest education techniques and technologies, as a result of which training programs are more efficient and impactful.

In association with STS, we offer the following training tools:

E-learning 

A program that allows trainees to learn the technical aspects of Project Management individually and at their own pace.

SimulTrain

A project simulator that allows a group of 3-4 persons to experience the way a project is carried out "in fast motion". For a couple of hours at a time, SimulTrain confronts learners with the situations and problems that arise in each project. This way, learners immediately see the consequences of the decisions they make. Furthermore, they can track the evolution of the costs, the schedule, the quality as well as the human factors.
SimulTrain is an integral part of our Project Management Fundamentals Seminar.

X-Am

An exam simulator for simulating the PMI examinations - an excellent way of preparing for them. The exam simulator X-AM allows candidates to prepare for the examination easily, by getting accustomed to the kinds of questions asked during the examination.

By combining different training methods such as e-learning, classroom training and coaching, our company allows candidates to prepare for the exams in an optimal way.

Digital Jewels partners with MDE Enterprises to bring the globally renowned IT Leadership Institute to Africa.
 
MDE Enterprises began as a traditional consulting company but the vision of becoming an internationally recognized company that helps IT managers achieve more became a quick reality as the company migrated from a pure consulting company to more of an Internet content and training company in 2002.

MDE provides training and resources designed specifically for IT managers and CIO's (Chief information Officers). Its approach in helping IT managers is simple:

Provide practical insight on what to do,  Include guidance on how to go about it. Provide tools and examples to help you implement each concept quickly.

MDE's flagship education program is the 5-day IT Manager Institute, which has been modified in this Region to the IT Leadership Institute. The program is heralded as one of the most comprehensive, yet practical
IT management development programs in the industry and includes the opportunity of gaining MDE's IT Business Manager Certification (ITBMC).

This award is an exclusive certification to those who have made a commitment to IT leadership and  management by attending one of the Institutes to build a solid management foundation and have exhibited an
understanding of key management concepts discussed in the program by passing the 5-part ITBMC exam. The program is validated by Belmont University's MBA program.

In 2008, Digital Jewels will be bringing the IT leadership institute  to Dubai, Tanzania and Sao Tome. 

Knotion Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a South African-based consulting house with partnerships in Australia. They are an enterprise architecture and SOA Consulting and Training house whose primary goal is to help our clients build a foundation for business execution using the discipline of enterprise architecture. Knotion has the unique skills that are required to not only define, measure, analyze and improve the business at a consulting level, but also to implement the solution into the technology layer and provide, or setup, the ongoing support of that solution.

THE INTERNATIONAL PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (IPAPI)
IPAPI is a membership organization helping people, organizations and their customers improve their quality of life through process improvement. The Institute is dedicated to making people's lives simpler, easier and more successful. IPAPI is the world's first not-for-profit association focused on process improvement though the elimination of causes of work and customer alignment of process. IPAPI supports commercial, non-commercial, governmental, and academic interests on a global basis, helping them to understand and incorporate the advanced concepts of process management into their activities and programs.

Scoll understand that organisations need to ensure your project and programme managers receive top quality training and advice.
Internationally, Scoll Methods provides accredited training and consultancy in project management, programme management and business analysis. It is a company focused on implementing best practice, offering great value and providing exceptional service.

Scoll's training courses provide a forum for gaining skills, sharing experiences and learning from other organisations.
Scoll's consultancy division has extensive experience working successfully in public and private sectors. Public sector clients include many Local Authorities and Government Departments. Private sector clients include retail, telecommunications, defence, energy and finance sectors.

BSI Management Systems is a part of BSI group, a global independent business services organisation which deliver assurance to customers with standard based solutions.

BSI, the world's leading management systems, provides a range of registration and assessment services including BS25999 Standard.

The implementation and registration of this management system, helps and organisation achieve continous performance improvement and demostrates to the customers, competitors, suppliers, staff and investors that an organisation uses industry-respected practices.

Digital Jewels in partnership with BSI Management Systems, offers training on the BS25999 standard which give guidiance to companies to help them deal with unforseen disasters and circumstances which can bring these businesses to a stand still.

• ISO 27001 Lead Auditor & Implementor

McGhee Productivity Solutions (MPS) is a leader in helping individuals and teams accomplish their objectives, increase productivity, and improve work-life balance. This is done by integrating our proven productivity methods andmodels with technologies such as Microsoft Office® Outlook®, SharePoint®, and OneNote®. MPS is led by managing partnerand author Sally McGhee, who has 25 years of experience inthe productivity solutions field, along with a strong management team of seasoned consultants and managers.

MPS provides high-level consulting that allows our clients to develop a culture of productivity by integrating anaccountability framework into the management structure of their companies. The services provided are customizedaround corporate objectives, roles and technology. Clientsare able to implement what they learn immediately through experiential learning during one to one coaching, group seminars and consulting services.