Conquering new heights. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak, now boasts high-speed internet at its summit thanks to Tanzania's ICT broadband backbone network project, deployed by TTCL and supported by
#Huawei
. More details here:
#ConnectNewHight
Three female Ghanaian undergrads won the Women in Tech Award at last year’s Huawei ICT Competition. The young ladies from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology detailed their experience & takeaways from the ICT competition:
Embark on a journey inside Ghana‘s hydro-solar hybrid power station, supported by Huawei’s connectivity and digital power solutions. The project has notably enhanced power generation efficiency, bringing change in local communities:
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Congratulations to Team Namibia for winning the 3rd Seeds for the Future Tech4Good Global Competition! Their innovative AI-powered teaching solution, YYeni AI, personalizes tutoring for each student, enhancing learning experiences:
#SFTF
#EduTech
Huawei joined forces with Botswana's diamond producer Debswana to announce the world’s first 5G orientated smart diamond mine at the Jwaneng mine. The collaboration aims to boost efficiency & the synergy between traditional mining and tech advancements: .
As a tech company, Huawei commits to innovation alongside customers and partners to address challenges, working towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for a better life worldwide.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
#GreenTechnology
Huawei partners with MTN and HIMA Cement to unveil the first 5G industrial application in Uganda, at a cement plant. With blazing-fast speed & real-time data transmission, 5G promises to revolutionize production efficiency:
#5GinAfrica
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The Phalandwa collaboration has seen Huawei & MTN provide an advanced 5G solution that ensures stable connectivity within the mine & plant area. Development has yielded proximity detection systems, vehicle detection & wireless surveillance.
Huawei embeds its technical capabilities and expertise in boosting Kenyan education, focusing on connecting schools, boosting digital literacy while providing teachers & students with digital devices.
#HuaweiDigiSchool
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Huawei contributes to local employment in cashew farming and skills development of females in rural areas following the success of the BUI hybrid power plant in Ghana. Discover more:
#Huawei4Africa
#DigitalInnovation
Congratulations to the four teams that will be taken to Shenzhen China to compete in the global final in May 2019! Well done Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya and Angola 😃
#ICTCompetition
#Huawei
Huawei ICT Competition is one of the largest ICT events in the world, aimed to develop ICT talent for industry growth. It gathers governments, training institutions & enterprises, to promote the growth & employment in the digital world.
“The Seeds for the Future program was a turning point in my life," shared by Emma Shivute, a former participant of Huawei’s Seeds program. "It was beyond tech knowledge, inspiring me to explore IT and excel in the future":
#Huawei4Africa
#SFTF
At MWC Barcelona 2023, Botswana's Debswana and Huawei jointly announced the world's first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project.
#HuaweiDigitisation
#DigitalInnovation
#5G
, the next generation of mobile network! Our 5G VR experience is all about immersion - feeling like you are in the virtual environment. Take a look for yourself.
#AfricaCom
Huawei launches an initiative to connect special needs schools in Kenya to the internet, aiming to enrich students‘ learning experiences. Part of the Digischool program, targets 16 primary & secondary schools. Read more:
#HuaweiTech
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Huawei has operated in Africa for 26 years & has worked with partners to help Africa achieve inclusive and reliable network connectivity. We aim to support the digital transformation agenda in various industries on the continent.
#DigitalInnovation
Huawei sent 19 teams from 8 countries in Sub Saharan Africa to the Global Final competition. Teams from South Africa, Kenya & Nigeria ranked at the top of various sections of the competition. This showing is a milestone for the ICT Academy program in the Sub-Saharan Africa region
The Huawei ICT Competition is an essential part of Huawei’s talent development efforts. In Nigeria, it has attracted 10,000+ students. Teams from Nigeria won 1st prize of both network track & cloud track at global finals for 2 consecutive years (2021-2022).
#HuaweiMeetsNigeria
Huawei's Green 5G White Paper fosters industry collaboration for network energy efficiency measurement systems and green network technologies, contributing to carbon peak and neutrality goals.
During the month of September, Huawei's focus is on showcasing innovative green solutions that harmonize with Africa's digital transformation.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
#GreenTechnology
Connectivity unlocks opportunities! Thomas, an Account Manager at Huawei South Africa, advocates for the impact of the FTTR solution in local communities to bridge the digital gap. Watch his inspiring journey here:
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#Huawei4Africa
Huawei's
#FTTR
solution makes its South African commercial debut, impacting local communities positively. Meet Huawei employee Thomas, a true champion of change! To find out more, click the link
#HuaweifortheCommunity
#DigitalTransformation
The President of Huawei SSA, Leo Chen, highlights achievements and the potential for further improvement in Africa. This can be best achieved, he introduces, through the One Network, One Cloud approach advocated by Huawei:
#Huawei4Africa
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Powering progress in Africa's largest city! Huawei Digital Power is transforming Lagos with reliable, green energy for 10 million civilians plus businesses in Nigeria. Embracing a cost-effective and efficient lifestyle:
#HuaweiTech
#GreenEnergy
Huawei Ghana & the Communications Ministry partnered up to kick off the 2nd phase of digital technologies training in Ghana. This initiative aimed to equip 10 000 girls with digital skills necessary in the 4IR era.
#Huaweitech
#DigitalTransformation
Meet Rumaanah Khan, a 22-year-old woman who has benefited from Huawei’s skills development learnership program for people with disabilities. Despite her condition, Rumaanah is paving her way of excellency in the ICT field and inspiring other as well.
After studying the complexities at play in the city of Ekurhuleni, Huawei assisted the city build Smart City strategies, covering the following pillars:
- Connected City
- Efficient City
- Smart City.
Read more here:
#HuaweiDigitisation
Africa can ride a new wave of “digital-physical convergence” to leapfrog in the digital economy era. Developing future-proof connectivity infrastructure must be its priority. Noted Chen, Huawei’s SSA President, in his AfricaCom2023 keynote:
#Huawei4Africa
What do
#WinWin
partnerships look like? Watch to find out and learn how
#Huawei
& Kathea Energy’s collaboration in the field of solar power solutions is illuminating the path towards a brighter future in South Africa! ☀️
#GoDigital
At the Ministerial Forum 2023, a communique was issued and signed to facilitate collaboration amongst participating countries to promote the development of digital infrastructure for Africa. Read more:
#Huawei4Africa
#Growwiththecontinent
In the month of April, we at Huawei aim to invite you into the Huawei community by letting you know who we are, and what we do.
#WhoIsHuawei
#TheHuaweiCommunity
Huawei Cloud, the world's fastest-growing cloud provider, supports banks with hybrid multi-cloud services. For the financial sector, its digital energy solutions ensure continual & green power, addressing power challenges for 'non-stop' banking:
Digitalization and decarbonization, emphasized by Huawei's Sub-Saharan President, Leo Chen, during his keynote at AfricaCom2023, are the two revolutionary forces driving humanity towards an intelligent world. Click the link for more:
#Huawei4Africa
In July 2020, Huawei partnered with local operator, rain & the Click Foundation to launch the DigiSchool project in SA. The objective is to ensure that children can read fluently via digital methods by the end of grade 3.
#HuaweiConnectingSchools
Huawei joined forces with MTN in an agreement to drive digital inclusion, transformation, skills and sustainable development in African communities, including those in remote areas. To find out more click the link
#DigitalInclusion
#HuaweifortheCommunity
Ghana achieves a milestone with the Bui Hydro-Solar PV Hybrid system which uses Huawei’s connectivity and energy storage solutions at the Bui Generating Station. A leap forward in Africa's clean energy journey:
#CleanEnergy
#Huawei4Africa
In recognition of the importance of ICT skills transfer and talent development, Huawei has launched the LEAP digital skills development program, aims to help advance the ICT skills of more than 100,000 people across Sub-Saharan Africa within 3 years.
Huawei and Nigeria’s public sector join hands to launch the Seeds for the Future scholarship program. Aimed at boosting ICT talent, it offers students a chance to enhance their skills & innovate:
#SFTF
#Huawei4Africa
Marked herself as an African futurist, the award-winning sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor shares insights on using AI's potential to tackle challenges that are beyond human capability in a conversation with Gavin Allen from Huawei:
#InnovativeTech
#AI
Huawei helps carriers to transform digital technologies & platform capabilities as an enabler of larger digital transformation journeys. It combines cloud-native & intelligent capabilities to support customers achieve business agility.
#Huaweitech
Did you know that Phalandwa Colliery became Africa's 1st 5G - enabled coal mine? This collaborative groundbreaking technology by Huawei & MTN, enhanced safety & efficiency in the mining industry.
#HuaweiDigitisation
Huawei empowers 2500+ financial clients in 60+ countries, including 50 top global banks. Our tech plays a vital role in Africa's banking digitalization journey, supporting ICT infrastructure and rural connectivity. Read more:
#HuaweiTech
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Huawei Innovation Centre, launched in South Africa, aims to foster digital transformation and leapfrog the wider African market into the 4IR. Click on the link to learn more
#HuaweifortheCommunity
#ICT
#4IR
#Innovation
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: Huawei's RuralStar project is deploying 2 016 base stations in remote regions across Ghana. We aim at providing network coverage for 3.4 million people.
#HuaweiConnectivityForAll
At the top of Africa's tallest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, high-speed internet now thrives! All thanks to Tanzania's broadband project by TTCL, supported by Huawei. Explore more connectivity by clicking on the link:
#InnovativeTech
#Huawei4Africa
In June 2021, Huawei launched its global Cyber Security & Privacy Transparency Center in Dongguan, China, fostering global stakeholder communication & collaboration.
#HuaweiSecurityCenter
In the 2019 edition of the Sub-Saharan ICT competition, students from Nigeria & Tanzania were overall winners of the competition. The ICT competition covered the latest ICT technologies such as cloud computing, AI & mobile networks.
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In the future, our commitment lies in elevating end-to-end energy efficiency by 100x through green design & AI optimization. This ensures top-notch performance & experience while keeping energy consumption of ICT infrastructure & devices on par with 5G.
Huawei connects 90 million people in remote areas across 80 countries after pledging to ITU's Partner2Connect Digital Coalition. This was detailed in the first progress report since joining the Coalition last year. Learn more:
#HuaweiConnectivity
To unlock Africa's 5G potential, Huawei focuses on 3 tailored key pillars: inclusive ecosystem, inclusive service, and inclusive networks, which requires broad collaborations to build a strong digital foundation:
#5GinAfrica
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Huawei aims to connect over 100 primary schools in South Africa to broadband internet with local partners through the Digischool project. Read more about what the President of Huawei Southern Africa Region believes can be done to bridge the digital gap:
Huawei drives better connectivity among communities by unleashing the fastest download speeds of all vendors on two of the three mobile 5G networks in South Africa.
Find out more:
#HuaweifortheCommunity
#DigitalTransformation
Huawei's LUNA2000-200KWh ESS solution ensures an uninterrupted power supply for your business with 100% coverage during outages and a remarkable 2.9-year payback period. Experience stability, cost reductions, and innovation:
#InnovativeTech
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Did you know? Huawei Mobile Services is reshaping South Africa's digital banking scene! Teaming up with top banking apps, HMS enhances user journeys for Huawei device holders, providing a range of benefits in financial services:
#Huawei4Africa
Cameras, GPS, 4G, and cloud technology are deployed to monitor species mobility and factors affecting reproductive success at the coral reef restoration site.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
#GreenTechnology
Digital infrastructure—connectivity & computing power are key to socio-economic growth. Computing boosts productivity: swift infrastructure rollout fast-tracks digital transformation to global economic stability & sustainable growth:
#HuaweiConnectivity
Huawei's Smart City solution has served more than 160 cities, in over 40 countries.
Read more about how this extensive experience has been leveraged in Rustenburg, South Africa:
#HuaweiDigitisation
#DigitalInnovation
“Collaborating is an important aspect if we want to achieve our goals”, said Tanzania's Minister of Information, Communication and Information Technology Nape Nnauye about the high-speed internet launched on Kilimanjaro by TTCL with Huawei:
#Huawei4Africa
Did you know that the Huawei Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa, is covered with solar panels, supporting a solar system that provides 1500KWh of electricity a day?
#AGreenerTommorrow
#HuaweiInnovations
Huawei and IUCN launched Tech4Nature in 2020, partnering locally for global pilot projects in protected areas. The program's goal: develop solutions for 300 such areas and measure their efficacy against the IUCN Green List.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
At the OTF Africa 2023 held by Huawei during AfricaCom 2023, there were discussions on how to leverage innovative digital services, advanced infrastructure and convergence to drive carriers’ growth in consumer and home markets:
#Huawei4Africa
Huawei Mauritius, IUCN, and EcoMode Society announced a new phase of the Tech4Nature Mauritius project to study reef species' reproductive success in a restored area on June 25th.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
#GreenTechnology
Cheers to 15 years of Huawei's Seeds For The Future program nurturing tech leaders! From STEM courses to scholarships, it's been empowering young talent worldwide. Watch the journey in this inspiring video released during COP28:
#SFTF
#TechLeaders
The Huawei Innovation Centre aims to grow a strong digital ecosystem, combat unemployment and encourage joint innovation with Huawei’s partners, developers and SMEs in the ICT space. Click on the link to take a virtual tour of the Centre:
#Innovation
#ICT
Huawei's liquid-cooled super-chargers boost electric vehicles at an incredible speed: 1KM extra autonomy per second! A full charge in just 8 minutes means convenience, time efficiency, & fewer emissions with 5x the power of air-cooled stations:
Over the past 30 years, Huawei has continued to provide customers with innovative products and solutions to ensure that their networks operate securely and stably, regardless of earthquakes, tsunamis, or even global conflicts.
Huawei Digital Power launched a talent development program in Sub-Saharan Africa, targeting 1,000 practitioners and students to enhance their digital power technical skills.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
#GreenTechnology
The future of mining in the digital world is one full of innovative solutions. Huawei hopes to build an AI-centric mining industrial internet that will fully unlock productivity in the intelligent world.
#Huaweitech
#DigitalTransformation
By the end of the 1st phase of the DigiSchool Kenya project, 13 rural schools were connected. This successful phase benefited over 6,000 children.
#HuaweiConnectingSchools
#DigiSchools
Meet Pamela Aboagyewaa Mantey, a Huawei ICT Academy Ambassador for Huawei Ghana, and a Computer Hardware Engineer. One of the key things Pamela has learnt is to be a source of motivation to other women both within and outside the tech field.
#WomenInTech
#HuaweiHerStory
Did you know that for the past two years Huawei’s umbrella program, Seeds for the Future in Ghana has seen a 100 percent female participation and continues to grow nationally each day.
#SeedsForTheFuture
#DigitalInnovation
Digitalization and decarbonization will usher in a green development era. Huawei collaborates with customers and partners, leveraging green ICT to empower sustainability, striving for a greener, smarter world.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
#GreenTechnology
Kenyan financial product Spark Money, built by wealth management startup Dvara, won the 1st prize at the Huawei Developers Competition, one of the company’s flagship events that encourages developers to explore their innovative side.
Intelligent cities are envisioned to be the future. Huawei's approach to it involves a strong digital foundation for connectivity, platforms, and intelligence, partnered with leading industry applications:
#Huawei4Africa
#ICT
#Innovation
Partnered with mobile network operator MTN, Huawei successfully connected Tobolo community in Nigeria through the RuralStar solution. This solution was designed to provide data connection to remote communities in need.
At 2023 Africa Fibre Forum held by Huawei, industry leaders and experts agreed that digitalization has made the fibre infrastructure industry more vital than before. Strong policies and ecosystems are key in aiding its deployment in Africa:
#ADigitalAfrica
For 8 years in a row, Huawei has been ranked No.1 on the Brand Finance Telecoms Infrastructure Top 10, as the most valuable & strongest telecoms infrastructure brand. This is a testament to the resilience of Huawei’s infrastructure.
As the world's fastest-growing major cloud service provider, Huawei Cloud supports the hybrid multi-cloud service required by banks. Huawei's digital solutions can also assist in providing uninterrupted & green power supply for the banking sector.
Huawei has joined hands with more than 35,000 partners across eight categories. By working alongside these partners, Huawei is helping industries go digital faster and driving the development of the digital economy.
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Huawei and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) join forces to introduce a broadband development initiative that aims to lay the foundation for SA’s digital economy. Find out more about the initiative:
#DigitalTransformation
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Huawei pledges collaboration with global partners for mutual success & continuous innovation, aiming to create a diverse computing industry & advance sustainability, ultimately achieving a fully connected, intelligent world.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
We would like to thank our suppliers for their significant contributions and support to the communications industry in Africa for 20 years with Huawei. The Huawei Supplier Convention was attended by nearly 277 representatives from 23 SSA countries.
Huawei commits to sustainability through ICT innovations: green infrastructure, renewable energy support, energy-efficient industries, and low-carbon industries, fostering a sustainable world.
#HuaweiGreenSolutions
#GreenTechnology
Together with the City of Ekurhuleni, we have deployed city-wide wired and wireless networks, powerful cloud data centers and government applications. Building the city to its full potential and creating opportunities for all. Read more:
#SmartCity
Huawei is committed to empower tertiary education institutions on their digital transformation journey by helping them explore new opportunities and provide cost-effective solutions. To find out more click the link
#HuaweifortheCommunity
Huawei believes that Africa can further drive its digital transformation through the “One Network, One Cloud” approach. To build one network, it’s suggested that countries must prioritize building national broadband backbone networks:
#Huawei4Africa
Huawei's commitment to industry standards: Engaging in 360+ organizations, holding 300+ key roles, and contributing actively to shape standards.
#HuaweiSecurityCenter
Respecting and protecting intellectual property (IP) is the foundation of innovation. Click here to view Huawei White Paper on Innovation and Intellectual Property.
#HuaweiInnovation
#HuaweiSecurityCenter
Huawei has facilitated various talent cultivation programmes & competitions in colleges & universities. Over the past 3 years, these programs have inspired over 600,000 students & 6,000 teachers from 370 universities.
#HuaweiYouthEmpowerment
At Africa Com 2022, Huawei unveiled game-changing tech like the very important Antenna Array (ELAA) and Ultra-Wideband RRU solutions. These innovations tackle spectrum challenges & fiber-optic reach, making connectivity accessible and cost-effective.
Huawei-Sub Saharan Africa has achieved Continental HQ Certification for 2022 after being certified as
#TopEmployer
in 9 countries, namely South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Uganda, Angola and Mauritius.
Powered by Huawei's 3D Earth Specific Transformer, the world's first AI weather prediction model, Pangu-Weather, outperforms mathematical forecasts. Trained on 40 years of meteorological data, it can predict weather events in seconds:
#HuaweiTech