This archive report was first published on 5 January 2022.
Published on January 5, 2022, Huawei Technologies has embarked on an ambitious project to train nearly 1 million new ICT professionals in partnership with universities across the African continent.
The initiative, which aims to increase academia collaboration with the ICT industry, is part of Huawei's efforts to advance the digital transformation of local industries.
Under the theme of 'Connection, Glory, Future', Huawei has invited bright university students from 70 countries to participate in an intense assessment, where they will design and build innovative solutions on Huawei technological platforms.
The assessment, which includes a Network and Cloud Track as well as an Innovation Track, will test the students' ICT knowledge, practical skills, and innovation acumen.
With a target of 700,000 skilled professionals trained by 2023, the program also serves as a platform for talent placement, with 350 students having succeeded in getting jobs over the last 5 years.
Kenyan students will be looking to maintain the winning streak set in 2020 by the Mazingira Team from Kenya, which presented a solution called 'Wildfire PrediTec' designed and built on Huawei IoT and AI platforms to detect, analyze, predict, and prevent wildfires.
