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Huawei 2020 Seeds for the Future Online Study Kicks off

Kampala; Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has today kicked off the one week intense seeds for the future training through online and live broadcast sessions from 7th to 11th September 2020.

Huawei is to train 37 top ICT students recommended from the various universities of Uganda in areas of Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, Big Data, Cloud, Artificial intelligence and 5G related courses.

According to the Huawei Public RelationsDirector Mr. Gao, The training that will last one week shall be an online training where students are required to stay at home but study.

“During this one week’s program from 7th to 11th September, the students shall be trained and nurtured in the latest technological trends such as 5g and cloud computing among so many others. We hope that the students utilize this chance to learn for free so that they can translate from seeds to tress and forests that shall be of great importance to Uganda and its ICT Sector. We shall provide them with all the necessary logistics such as data, airtime to keep online,” he said.

The seeds for the future program is Huawei’s Corporate Social Responsibility flag ship program that began in 2008. This program takes 10 students every year to China for hands- on technological training in the latest industry trends. Approximately 30,000 students have taken part since inception. But because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Huawei Managing director added that the company globally introduced this online study to promote continuity of the program without any boundaries and limitations.

Uganda’s deputy head of missions to China Mr. Henry Mayiga, the chief guest at the program opening ceremony on zoom noted that Seeds for the Future is an initiative China is using as a vehicle for technological transfer to the world, Africa and Uganda in particular.

“The Seeds for the future project is comes in handy to facilitate the technological transfer by way of boosting ICT Usage and capabilities in Uganda, Africa and the world atlarge. I can only say that Huawei is helping to further cement the superb and robust Sino-Uganda relations whose strong foundations,” he said.

September 7, 2020
Huawei boosts Uganda’s Covid-19 Fight Digitally

State House has received video conferencing equipment from Huawei to enhance communication in the management of the current Covid-19 outbreak.

The equipment including 2 sets of video conferencing systems was donated by the international telecommunications giant to facilitate the effectiveness and efficiency of communication and data sharing which is critical in the pandemic containment.

Receiving the donation, Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda said the digital facility enable the meetings between State House and government arms to take place at a time when social distancing is exercised to control the spread of Covid-19.

“I am happy that we are given this powerful instrument to fight against Covid-19 and at the same time to efficiently and conveniently do our business,” the Prime Minister said.

Dr. Rugunda said the equipment will be sent to State House, Entebe and State House, Nakasero as he applauded Huawei for interconnecting many parts of Uganda with first class communication capabilities to ease and improve communication.

“Huawei remaining consistent, actually promoting the well-known policy of government E-government, doing business electronically,” Dr. Rugunda added.

This is the second time for Huawei to assist government’s efforts in combatting Covid-19 with digital instrument. The ICT firm recently donated telemedicine equipment to the ministry of health to enable smooth communication between the Ministry of Health headquarters and frontline health workers in hospitals.

In his tweet, president Yoweri Museveni said, these facilities will allow the medical staff to conduct “real-time& interactive communication, including on their phones and computers, without much risk of physical contact.”

April 23, 2020
Huawei gives UGX 250m shillings to Maternal Health Care in Uganda

Kampala: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider has today boosted the 2019 edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon with 250,000,000 shillings towards maternal health care in Uganda. The confirmation and official Cheque handover ceremony took place at Huawei Uganda Offices at the Cube Building, Kisementi in Kampala.

The 2019 edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon will be held on Sunday 24th November starting at the Kololo independence grounds with runners participating in either of 4 categories including; the full marathon (42Km), half marathon (21Km), 10Km race and 5Km wheelchair race/fun run.

Huawei confirmed that it will take participate fully in this year’s Marathon at Kololo and the regional runs of; Soroti, Arua and Masaka respectively.

“This year we shall run for maternal health once again, and as we all know, one out of every 49 women die of a maternal complication related to pregnancy in Uganda and it’s the highest in the world. We at Huawei believe that this issue can be solved once and for all and make Uganda a better place for pregnant mothers. This then explains why we have come out to continue to sponsor this marathon with 250 million Uganda shillings. We are sure that with this contribution, Uganda can only be a better place,” says Mr. Liujiawei, The Managing Director of Huawei Uganda.

“Just like last year, the MTN Marathon will have regional runs in Soroti, Arua and Masaka. I confirm that we look forward to participate as a company through branding, we shall give away some goodies to the participants and also have our representative in the regional runs,” He added.

MTN Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Sen Somdevhailed Huawei for its partnership and continued support for the MTN Marathon over the years.

“MTN Uganda lauds Huawei for its enthusiasm to respond to the call to ensure that the Marathon continues to be a resounding success and a channel to support communities in need. With Huawei’s involvement in the MTN Kampala Marathon, we have positively impacted communities from the proceeds raised from the MTN Kampala Marathon. In the same way, our longstanding work relationship with Huawei has brought forth innovative digital solutions which have transformed the digital landscape for Uganda; and has certainly contributed to our vision of delivering a bold new digital world to our customers,”Mr. Somdev said.

More than 250 Huawei staff have also confirmed participation in the MTN Kampala Marathon 2019.

October 29, 2019
Huawei Uganda names Liujiawei as new Managing Director

Huawei, a leading information and communications technology (ICT), has appointed Mr. Liu Jiawei as its new managing director for their Uganda Operations.

Mr. Liujiawei who replaces Mr. Stanley Chyn comes with a working experience of approximately eight years in senior management positions in countries such as South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, Malawi and Mauritius.

Huawei New Managing Director Mr. Liujiawei at the Seeds for the Future

“He has been working as a director for the Mauritius representative office before joining Huawei Uganda,” revealed Ms. Lina Cao, the public relations manager in the statement.

On why the office tenure of Mr. Stanley Chyn, who has been Managing Director of Huawei Uganda since 2015, had been cut short in less than two years, Ms. Lina Cao, said:

“This is a normal and regular transfer in Huawei and for Mr. Stanley Chyn. He has been working as an excellent MD of Huawei Uganda for two years, and our Uganda representative office achieved very good performance with his hard work and effective management, our vision and goal of enabling Uganda to embrace a digital society is still growing stronger and we are still also fostering ICT talent development in Uganda .”

Ms. Lina Cao praised Mr. Liu as a veteran engineer with a lot of expertise to add to the ICT industry in Uganda.

“During his seven and half year’s tenure in Africa, he has managed to expand our business in Mauritius and other African countries to a great extent. With his rich engineering experience, we have no doubt that Huawei Uganda office will have a better performance and service delivery in the future” Ms. Lina Cao said of the new Managing Director Mr. Liujiawei.

June 26, 2018
Huawei Partners with MTN to Give Laptops and School Bags to Kireka Barracks School

Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider has today partnered with MTN Uganda to give laptops and schoolbags to pupils of Kireka Barracks School located in Kireka a suburb of Kampala.

This partnership is in relation to the ongoing 11th edition of MTN’s 21 Days of Yello Care initiative; a staff volunteerism project that aims to continue driving access to education, particularly through the digitalization of teaching and learning in the countries in which MTN operates. This year the project is running under the theme “Investing in Education for All”

The Huawei team joined MTN staff to take part in the various community activities that were being carried out at the school such as cleaning, painting, renovation and eating lunch with the students.

Mr. Hao Wen, the Huawei MTN Account Group Director noted that:”In this regard, Huawei and MTN have jointly given to Kireka Barracks School laptops and School bags worth 10,000,000UGX to the teachers and pupils to aid in administrative work, computer skills transfer and welfare of the children.”

In response to this, Mr. Wim Vanhelleputte, the MTN CEO thanked Huawei in particular for its contribution that is going to make a difference in the lives of the children of the school.

“Thank you so much our partners for the giving to this cause, which shows the spirit of giving back to the community as corporates who want to bring a change in the lives of Ugandans. Today I pledge that the 21 days of Yello Care is not the end, but a beginning of a continuous commitment from MTN and its partners to really contribute and invest in the education of this country,” he added.

The Assistant Inspector General of Police Mr. Asan Kasingye, who was also the Chief Guest commended MTN and its partners for investing in Education because it was a way of making the future of the children brighter than the days he went to school.

The School also received a donation of a renovated classroom blocks, text books, food stuffs, plates and cups, cleaning equipment and 40 three seater desks from MTN Uganda.

June 21, 2017
Huawei Interviews ICT Students to Select the Top 10 for Seeds for the Future Program

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, holds interviews to select the top 10 ICT students in Uganda to take part in its Seeds for the Future program of 2017.

The interviews that took place on Friday 12th May at Huawei offices at Rwenzori towers consisted of 20 who were shortlisted from 35 students who applied to take part in this program from the various public universities of Uganda such as: Makerere, Muni, Lira, Gulu, Busitema, Kyambogo, and Mbarara among others.

The Seeds for the Future program is an initiative started globally by Huawei in 2008 and in Uganda in 2015 during the President’s Official visit to China. This program aims at developing young ICT talents all over the world through technological training and hands-on skills transfer at Huawei Headquarters in Shenzhen China.

The students submitted proposals on how ICT usage can enhance Uganda’s development in thematic areas of commerce, education, agriculture, transport and health among others.

“These were interviewed by a panel of five judges from Ministry of Education & Sports, NITA and Huawei, on the basis of how their proposed ICT solutions would solve various economic challenges and how usable, how feasible, how sustainable are these to Uganda,” says Mr. Patrick Muinda, the Assistant Commissioner Information and Communication of the Ministry of Education and Sports who was also part of the five panelists who interviewed students.

Mr. Patrick Muinda also noted in the previous launch ceremony of the 2017 Seeds for the Future program at Makerere on 24th April 2017 that, “The Ministry of Education and Sports is a partner of the Seeds for the future program 2017. This program was introduced to the Minister Hon. Janet Museveni earlier this year, which she welcomed and approved all the said activities and timelines to take place. On this note I thank Huawei for allowing us to be a part and parcel of an initiative that can only add to Uganda’s education sector through knowledge transfer, enhancement of teaching and scientific research capabilities and provision of high quality courses and opportunities for hands-on practice”.

“The 10 students shall be announced at the end of May and flagged off to China for the two weeks training in Beijing and our headquarters at Shenzhen”, says Patrick Tong, Huawei’s Public Relations Director.

May 16, 2017
Huawei Awards Top Ugandan Woman in ICT

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, awarded the most excellent woman in ICT in Uganda at the 5th Annual MTN Woman in Business Awards, on Friday 17th March at the Kampala Serena Hotel.

Huawei MTN Sales Manager Howard handing over the Excellence in ICT Award and Huawei Mate 9 among others to Eugenie Nsubuga

The awards with the theme “Survival of the Fittest: Partnering for Success”, were launched in February this year to help equip business communities in Uganda with the relevant ICT tools and expertise to not only start up new business ventures but also to grow and enhance their current business to ensure optimum output, increased efficiency and improved profitability. This program has over the last four years extended to Women in Business (WiB) in particular, in an effort to accelerate the role of women in driving enterprise development and job creation.

Eugenie Nsubuga Windt of Carlson Wagonlit Travel who emerged winner in Excellence in ICT Award category was awarded with a Huawei Mate 9 Phone, a weekend for two at Kampala Serena Hotel, Gold Motor Comprehensive Insurance policy cover of up to UGX 50,000,000, Fuel of the year of up to UGX 500,000 and learning trip to South Africa to meet successful SMEs among others. Eugenie lived abroad for a while and came back to Uganda in 1990 where she was employed and later opened up her own business.

The Winners of the MTN Women in Business awards 2017

“I was in employment for three years and when my contract expired I started Swanair Travel and Safaris (U) LTD, a travel management company that offers air ticketing, hotel reservations, holiday bookings and team building services. I believe that to succeed, you must love what you do, do it with passion, believe in yourself and be persistent”, said Eugenie Nsubuga Windt of Wagonlit travel in one of her interviews with MTN.

Huawei awarded a total of five Mate 9 phones to other winners of the day and financial support to the event organised by MTN Uganda.

March 21, 2017
Huawei rewards customers in its ongoing Christmas Promotion

Huawei Consumer Business Group (Uganda) this festive season is rewarding all its customers that buy Huawei smartphones over a 24 Day period with a chance of winning fantastic goodies including 43’ LED FHD Hisense TV screens, Huawei smartphones – Y6II and P7, sports bags, laptop bags, t-shirts among others. This promotion which started on 28th November will end on 25^th December 2016.

Jean Baguma, Marketing Manager Huawei Devices Uganda said ‘This year, Huawei is celebrating the festive season with its customers through a raffle draw promotion. Huawei dealers countrywide are participating in the 24 day promotion, meaning that buyers of Huawei phones can actually win the prizes regardless of where they are in the country.’

This Christmas raffle draw promotion mechanics are as follows:

Buy any of these five Huawei smartphones to include the Huawei Y3II, Y5II, Y6II, Y6Pro and P9Lite.

You will automatically enter a draw to win amazing Huawei goodies

The raffle draws will be held on a weekly basis to announce winners, who will be contacted by the dealer shop where they bought the Huawei smartphone from.

Baguma further noted that besides the prices, Huawei together with MTN Uganda will also give whoever buys Huawei smartphones with free data for 2 months depending on the type of phone purchased in the range of 1.2GB and 3GB. The subscriber only needs to dial *160*8# to activate the free data.

While awarding the first winners at Simba Telecom, Zoey Dong Retail manager, Huawei Uganda urged the public to buy any of the Huawei Smartphones in the promotion category so that they can also stand a chance to win big.

Miss Pheonah Nsasirwe who won herself a Huawei P7 smartphone after buying a Huawei Y5II said “Am very excited with my gift from Huawei. When I walked into the shop to buy myself a smartphone and was told I would stand a chance to win other prices, I did not believe it but this is real. Now I have to smartphones. Thank you Huawei.”

In 2012, Huawei became the world’s third-largest smartphone manufacturer and was the first Chinese company to sell more than 100 million mobile phones in one year 2015, with products and services available in more than 170 countries. Huawei continues to develop innovations based on customer needs with an aim of enhancing their experiences and creating maximum value for every single device purchase they make. Huawei is therefore very keen on availing to its customers devices that suit their specific customer preferences.

Baguma called upon customers to embrace this 24 day Christmas promotion and win big, since offer is valid while stock lasts. She concluded by noting that this promotional offer can be enjoyed by customers from any of these dealer shops namely, Nile Communications, Ssimba Telecom, Go Phones, Nile Communication, Fone Express, Praise Communication and www.kilimall.ug

December 14, 2016
Huawei launches 24-Days of Winning Big in its Christmas Promotion

Huawei Consumer Business Group (Uganda) this festive season is rewarding all its customers that buy Huawei smartphones over a 24 Day period with a chance of winning fantastic goodies including 43’ LED FHD Hisense TV screens, Huawei smartphones – Y6II and P7, sports bags, laptop bags, t-shirts among others. This promotion which started on 28th November will end on 25th December 2016.

Jean Baguma, Marketing Manager Huawei Devices Uganda said ‘This year, Huawei is celebrating the festive season with its customers through a raffle draw promotion. Huawei dealers countrywide are participating in the 24 day promotion, meaning that buyers of Huawei phones can actually win the prizes regardless of where they are in the country.’

This Christmas raffle draw promotion mechanics are as follows:

Buy any of these five Huawei smartphones to include the Huawei Y3II, Y5II, Y6II, Y6Pro and P9Lite.

You will automatically enter a draw to win amazing Huawei goodies

The raffle draws will be held on a weekly basis to announce winners, who will be contacted by the dealer shop where they bought the Huawei smartphone from.

Baguma further noted that besides the prices, Huawei together with MTN Uganda will also give whoever buys Huawei smartphones with free data for 2 months depending on the type of phone purchased in the range of 1.2GB and 3GB. The subscriber only needs to dial *160*8# to activate the free data.

In 2012, Huawei became the world’s third-largest smartphone manufacturer and was the first Chinese company to sell more than 100 million mobile phones in one year 2015, with products and services available in more than 170 countries. Huawei continues to develop innovations based on customer needs with an aim of enhancing their experiences and creating maximum value for every single device purchase they make. Huawei is therefore very keen on availing to its customers devices that suit their specific customer preferences.

Baguma called upon customers to embrace this 24 day Christmas promotion and win big, since offer is valid while stock lasts. She concluded by noting that this promotional offer can be enjoyed by customers from any of these dealer shops namely, Nile Communications, Ssimba Telecom, Go Phones, Nile Communication, Fone Express, Praise Communication and www.kilimall.ug

December 2, 2016
Huawei won 2 awards at AfricaCom 2016

At AfricaCom 2016 awards dinner held at The Waterfront Lookout Granger Bay Cape Town on 16th November 2016, Huawei picked up two of the prestigious awards, namely, The Most Significant LTE Development, and Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience.

David Chen,Director of Marketing & Sales Solutions of Huawei Southern Africa Region, receiving the Award of the Most Significant LTE Development

The Most Significant LTE development award was awarded jointly to Huawei and MTC, the leading telecom operator in Namibia, for the introduction of LTE and 4.5G in Namibia.

As a LTE pioneer in Africa, MTC launched its LTE network in 2012, partnering with Huawei. In April this year, witnessed by the President of Namibia, MTC and Huawei conducted the first 4.5G trial in Namibia, with peak speed at 1Gbps.

4.5G will have a significant positive contribution to the digital society, bringing cutting-edge communication to citizens, businesses and governments, opening innovations that in the end will create new jobs and the new technology will not only benefit Namibian society, but also open a new gateway for the whole of the African continent.

This award recognizes Huawei’s contribution to the industry in Africa and Huawei will continue to work with ICT operators, standardization organizations, industry organizations and a wide range of co-operations to promote the ICT industry in Namibia and also across the African continent.

The Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience award was won by Huawei’s Customer Experience Management (CEM) solution which is business driven and targets high-end telcos that aim to improve their business & operation performance and deliver a great customer experience to their end user.

Austin You,Vice President of Huawei Southern Africa Region,receiving the Award of The Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience

Huawei Rural Mobile Coverage Solution at AfricaCom2016

The solution offers a user-centric solution which shifts the aspect from network-centric to user-centric, establishing user experience indicators of voice, Web, Streaming, Email and OTT services etc. to managing and improving the whole customer experience life-cycle and creating value.

In South Africa, Huawei leverages its CEM solution to analyze MTN South Africa’s user experience and looks for improvement. In terms of transforming to user service-centric operation, MTN South Africa has established the Service Operation Center for proactive and enhanced reactive care enablement, and lead effective network planning & optimization. Within half year, in Durban, MTN increased the LTE download speed by 58%, reduced call setup time delay by 2.8s, and enhanced the ration of YouTube HD video by 36%.

Huawei CEM solution has been serving 69 projects in 34 countries.

November 17, 2016