Students
from Nigeria and Tanzania were the overall joint winners of this year’s
Sub Saharan regional finals of Huawei's global ICT Competition.
Together
with second prize winners, Angola and Kenya, the four teams will travel
to China for the finals which will see 40 teams from around the world
compete for the championship title.
The competition
covered latest ICT technologies such as cloud computing, artificial
intelligence, mobile networks and big data. Almost 30 thousand students
from over 100 universities in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,
Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana and Mauritius
participated
At the finals, held this weekend in
Johannesburg, it came down to 42 students in14 teams. They sat for
theory and practical examinations at the finals at Huawei’s regional
headquarters in Woodmead, Johannesburg.
Speaking at
the final award giving presentation,Mr.Xue Man, Vice President of
Huawei, said“Huawei understands the value of a good talent ecosystem
which is the foundation for a smart future. This ICT Competition is part
of ourinnovative initiatives to support that and promote ICT skills. We
believe that this event will inspire more students’ interest in ICT
learning in Africa; it provides them with a world-class stage to
showcase themselves and consolidate the vital ICT needed for Africa's
development”
Mr. Alfred Cheruiyot, Principal
Secretary,State Department for Post Training and Skills Development from
Kenya Ministry of Education praised Huawei’s actions to raise skills
and partner with national governments and local tertiary institutions to
strengthen the skills pool in ICT.
“We are fully
aware how important this is for our students to get good jobs and to
become successful entrepreneurs. We are fully aware that this will drive
our economy forward for many years to come if we can get it right,” Mr.
Cheruiyot told the gathering.
Tanzania ICT student
Emanuel Chaula was overjoyed that his team emerged as one of the two
winning countries. He said, “We worked hard as a team because we wanted
to seize the opportunity to get to travel to China to compete in the
global finals. We really want to show Africa and the world that Tanzania
is an up and coming ICT player and we want to be a part of that growth
in our country. We will study and practice for the finals in China as we
are going there to win. “
The Huawei ICT Competition
is a global ICT talent competition exchange event, which is aimed at the
Huawei Authorized Information and Network Technology College (Huawei
ICT Academy) and related universities. Since the first Huawei ICT
Contest held in 2015, the number of participants in the competition has
grown exponentially and has become one of the largest ICT events in the
world. The 2018/19 event has attracted more than 1,000 universities in
more than 50 countries around the world under the slogan “Connection,
Glory and Future”. The total number of students participating global was
80,000 students, including 28 000 students from Southern Africa.
During
the competition, through the road show, training, lectures and other
special activities, the students will be able to pass on the latest
technology, information and trends of the industry to the students and
practitioners, and bring them closer to the theoretical study and
practical experiencelevel of students joining the job marketand increase
their competitiveness.
According to the
schedule, the winners of sub-Saharan Africa will go to China in May to
participate in the global finals in Shenzhen, China. By then, they will
compete with the 40teams from other parts of the world for the global
finals.
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