HUAWEI AND AFRICAN TELECOMS UNION PEN A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION DEAL
By Dumisani Sigogo – Chinese telecoms equipment firm Huawei has penned a deal with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) on Thursday to drive digital transformations in the continent.
With the deal, the tech giant assists African countries and organizations build capacity for ICT transformation. Under the agreement, Huawei will provide training on skills development, including reskilling and upskilling for ATU members.
According to the Memorandum of Understanding, the partners will also start offering cutting-edge training to ATU members, access to global experts to discuss the latest technologies and trends, and collaboration on research to help progress the continent’s digitization.
Further, the agreement states that the two organizations will collaborate to support local innovation, share information on the latest trends, challenges, and solutions in Africa and globally, expand the digital economy as well as rural connectivity in the continent, through furthering research.
“Huawei has transformed connectivity and made a major contribution to the continent through its investments in digital infrastructure, ICT skills, environmentally-friendly connectivity solutions, and cutting-edge technologies for rural areas,” says John OMO, Secretary-General of the ATU, in Nairobi-Kenya at the ATU headquarters.
“The organization is a trusted development partner of Africa. The document we are signing today aims at strengthening this partnership. Africa has a tremendous opportunity to fully grasp the potential from new technologies”.
Similarly, Samuel Chen, Vice President at Huawei Southern Africa region thanked the ATU for leadership and promotion of ICTs in Africa.
“The ATU is playing a critical role in the region supporting member countries with their policies and strategies, sharing best practices, building capacity and driving innovation and we are delighted to be able to support them”. He noted: “We have connected hundreds of millions of Africans to secure, high-speed broadband and cloud solutions in the last two decades and earned the trust and support of our customers and regulators; we look forward to doing even more.”
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