Ugandan ICT talents who were recently flagged off by President Museveni to China conclude their technological training known as Huawei Seeds for the Future.
The two weeks training was held in Beijing, the capital city of China, and Shenzhen, where the headquarters of Huawei technologies located.
Mr. Henry Ludigo speaking at the closing ceremony of the Huawei Seeds for the Future
The 10 talents who concluded the training were selected by the Government of Uganda and officially flagged off by the President Yoweri Museveni at Statehouse Entebbe on 12 April 2015. These were trained in areas of telecom strategy, Cyber Security, Safe City, Smart City, ICT industry trends and newest technology and equipments.
This program was started globally in 2008 by Huawei to nurture professionals who are urgently needed to drive development of the ICT industry in countries where it operates.
Mr. Henry Ludigo, one of the 10 talents expressed his delight in the training and encouraged the government to increase more of these trainings for more Ugandans, open up more specialized ICT training centers and deploy some of these technologies to cut crime, easy storage through cloud computing and employment opportunities.
The Huawei closing ceremony in Shenzhen China
“We are delighted to have taken part in this training. We visited Beijing where we learnt Chinese language, way of life, calligraphy and writing and also learned the significance of various historical sites like Great Wall, Summer Palace, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven”, said Mr. Henry Ludigo one of the 10 ICT talents at the training closing ceremony in Shenzhen on Friday 29th April, 2015.
He added that, “We also had extensive training in latest technologies such as: Cyber security and Safe City where crime rate will be reduced if deployed in Kampala and I also learned the importance of cloud computing in relation to storing of large and sensitive data. We also toured around Song Shan Lake, Huawei’s core production plant where ICT solutions, components, equipment and mobile devices are manufactured.”
According to Stanley Chyn, the Managing Director of Huawei Uganda, Huawei Technologies is to take 10 talents for this training program every year and also offer more training courses through internship as per the recent MOU signed with the government of Uganda.
President Museveni flagged off Huawei seeds recently
Huawei Uganda has today been awarded for its customs compliance practices with an Authorized Economic Operator Certificate by Uganda Revenue Authority. This Status is to enable Huawei enjoy trade facilitation benefits of having its customs clearance done in eight hours prior to the previous four or five days and also enable Huawei provide better services to local business customers and product end-users.
Huawei Uganda is Awarded AEO Certificate
The Authorized Economic Operator Program which is also a world Customs Organization Standard was started by Uganda Revenue Authority in an effort to facilitate and perform its numerous functions in the collection of government Revenue, protection of Society and award of compliant organization to the custom laws, regulations and procedures. It not only enhances government efficiency, helps enterprises improve the internal management, enjoy the trade facilitation measures, but also create more value for the East African Community
“URA is happy to partner with the industry leading company like Huawei since it has global experience. Huawei is qualified as AEO in both China and Uganda, which makes business simplified and quality of services improved since there shall be importation with ease. We look at having customs clearance at a time below eight hours with AEO”, said Mr. Dicksons Kateshumbwa, the Acting Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority.
Huawei Uganda and URA officials pose after awarding AEO Certificate
“Huawei is honored to be an Authorized Economic Operator, as a model company and industry leader with an international value chain, using global best practices. This is a very important recognition to Huawei Uganda as a local corporate citizen because we are now among the only five Huawei subsidiaries to achieve this status, among the 170 Huawei serving countries and regions in the World”, said Mr. Stanley Chyn, the Managing Director of Huawei.
Mr. Stanley Chyn also noted that the AEO Certificate would benefit Huawei in reducing the cost of doing business such as delayed customs clearance days that have an average five days to be reduced to only eight hours, improve quality of service that places Huawei in a better position to offer better services to customers, being trustworthy and business compliant and improve internal control systems which means internal business risks are reduced hence business future guaranteed.
Huawei supports Global and National Trade and Customs Rules. Trade compliance is a top priority for Huawei. Our trade compliance committee involves all the functional departments. The trade compliance requirements have been integrated into E2E (End to End) process and IT platform; we also use the internal audit to ensure the operations. Base on the trade compliance, we seek more facilitation measures from WTO and FTAs to reduce our transaction cost and make the delivery more efficient. All these contribute to our international value chain and company strategy.
Huawei has a six-prong set of customs compliance practices. Through standardizing internal business operations and building up trust and goodwill with local Customs authorities, we have already achieved the highest priority status from Customs authorities, such as US CTPAT, China AEO, Malaysia AEO, Kenya AEO, Turkey A Class and Indonesia Green Lane. We are currently applying to become an AEO in Mexico and Canada. Where possible, Huawei seeks to obtain the highest level customs approvals from relevant governments. Such kind of customs compliance management and AEO experience will offer practical and useful input on safe improvement.
As a responsible corporate citizen, besides AEO standard, Huawei also makes more efforts on our E2E Supply Chain Security Strategy and management. There is no 100% security. Traceability management is one of our effective measures to encounter threats. At Huawei business, hardware and software come from all over the world, and are delivered to more than 170 countries and regions. Global Supply Chain Traceability help us to ensure products and services integrity in global supply chain.
The digital and physical worlds are becoming deeply integrated. This will mean connections not just between people, but also between people and machines, and between machines and machines, and not just connections, but smart connections, which will enable smart applications, smart homes, smart cities, and even smart nations. A Better Connected World is therefore at hand.
Huawei Uganda Managing Director, Stanley Chyn
However, 4 billion people still lack internet access. Although mobile phones are nearly universal, only about 12% of the people in emerging economies have a broadband data connection. Most unconnected people live in countries with underdeveloped economies and poor digital infrastructure. Yet tremendous growth potential could be unlocked by improving connectivity. With the right ICT policies that support innovation and fair competition, countries can help connect the world’s unconnected populations and narrow the digital divide.
Connecting the unconnected is a problem with no single solution. As such, it requires governments, operators, equipment vendors, and app developers to work together. The top priority is to build digital infrastructure, which serves as the basis for nearly all innovation in the digital realm. To this end Huawei has been solidifying efforts over the years with our partners on all fronts because we believe that ICT technologies are reshaping Africa and other parts of the world, and leading the next wave of sustainable social development.
Students from Various Universities in Uganda were present to learn of the new technologies
ICT infrastructure is vital to enabling social transformation, bridging the digital divide, promoting innovation, and boosting national competitiveness. It is the foundation of the information society and without it our digital revolution will go nowhere. ICT infrastructure has become an engine driving the world economic recovery and sustainable growth. Most countries have added ICT investment to their national strategies. By doing so, developed countries can maintain their competitive vitality and developing countries can enjoy faster growth. ICT is changing our daily life. It changes the way we work, we buy, we sell, and we communicate. It changes every industry. It connects this world in a smarter way. That’s why we say we are global citizens living in the global village.
Huawei’s strategy is to focus on ICT infrastructure and become the enabler of the information society. Huawei’s strategy is, in fact, focused on ICT infrastructure, with an emphasis on three main areas: networks that transmit and distribute information; computing and storage devices that process and save it; and smart devices that generate and consume it.
Ian William Ellis, the Huawei Eastern and Southern Senior Marketing Officer taking the University Students through cloud communication
With our 18 years of experience within Africa’s ICT industry, coupled with our extensive industry global network, Huawei is well positioned to share the best practices and latest ICT solutions. Huawei has a presence in most of the 54 African countries where it works closely with telecom operators to modernize their respective networks and with governments to support ICT infrastructure deployment and digital transformation practice. Huawei entered the Ugandan ICT market 13 years ago when the mobile penetration rate was less than 5%. Mobile penetration in Uganda has now reached 60% and the citizens of Kampala can now enjoy a continuous high-speed 4G network which has greatly enriched and facilitated people’s lives. Huawei devices have been deployed nationwide and Huawei has to date trained many professional and technical personnel for Uganda.
Bello Mousa the Director Strategic Partnership and New Technologies demonstrating to the Guests inset is Huawei MD Stanley Chyn (L) Rajesh Agrawal, the CTO of Airtel Uganda (MD), and Tom Gutjhar the MD of Airtel
During the week of 5th to 8th of April, 2016, we held the Huawei Uganda Technology Festival to Kampala via our Demo Truck which highlighted with the aid of demos, presentations and workshops showing Huawei’s latest innovative solutions in the network, enterprise, devices and ICT spaces. During the four days, the Minister of ICT Hon. John Nasasira, the Ambassador of China to Uganda H.E Zhao Yali, officials from NITA, Ministry of Defence, Uganda Revenue Authority, major telecom partners and students from various universities visited the Huawei Mobile Broadband Demo Truck to witness the various technical solutions.
With the signing of an ICT partnership MOU between the Ministry of ICT of Uganda and Huawei, we officially became the ICT partner of the government of Uganda and will dedicated ourselves more to the development of the ICT industry of Uganda.
Huawei Uganda has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of ICT for technological collaboration at the Huawei Technology Festival at the Kampala Serena Hotel.
The Huawei Uganda Technology Festival is an event that shall begin on 5th to 8th April and shall involve various activities such as ICT partnership cooperation, Seeds for the Future launch and the Mobile Broadband Road Truck Show. This festival expects to host government officials, academia and telecom companies. It is anticipated to be a powerful engine in promotion of ICT literacy and awareness in Uganda.
Huawie Uganda and ICT Ministry signing a Memorandum of Understanding
“Today marks a continued and more beneficial partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. This MOU is beneficial to Ugandans, government and the general ICT industry in Uganda. Some of the Key components include: both parties to promote of ICT literacy and awareness to the government, academic institutions and the general public through workshops to expose public to particular and general technologies. Huawei being an ICT leader with heavy investment in Research and Development, we expect to benefit as the Ministry from this partnership.”, said Hon. John Nasasira, the Minister of ICT of Uganda.
The Managing Director of Huawei Uganda Mr. Stanley Chyn noted that Huawei intends to work together with the ministry as its partner in regard to technology.
“Huawei intends to provide expertise and knowledge transfer to government, academia and the general public through workshops through this MOU. Huawei shall also support the ministry in joint events, work with the ministry to bridge the digital divide under the program Seeds for the Future and work together as a partner in regard to technology”, he noted. This Memorandum of Understanding is expected to take effect on 5th April 2016.
Ten (10) Ugandan ICT talents to take part in the Huawei Seeds for the Future training in China from 16th to 30th April, 2016, at Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen China.
The 10 talents that were selected by the Government of Uganda were officially unveiled at the opening ceremony of the Huawei Technology Festival at the Kampala Serena Hotel. These are expected to be trained in areas of telecom strategy, ICT industry trends and newest technology and equipment. The Huawei Technology Festival is to exhibit Huawei’s latest technological solutions and industrial trends from 5th to 8th April.
Ten Ugandan IT talent to head to China this month pose ICT minister and Huawei chief in Uganda and Chinese Ambassador
The program that started globally in 2008 was launched to nurture professionals who are urgently needed to drive development of the ICT industry in countries where Huawei operates.
“Information and communications technologies have become crucial growth engines for many different industries. As an ICT leader, Huawei is committed to promoting ICT industry development in the countries it operates and aims to drive long term-economic, social, and environmental sustainability”, said Mr. Stanley Chyn, The Managing Director of Huawei Technologies Uganda at the launch ceremony.
He added that every year Huawei invites 1000 talents: 10 per country of different races and language to study at the Huawei headquarters show them how they can harness new opportunities to unleash their potential and contribute to global progress.
“We thank Huawei being a responsible corporate citizen to Uganda. we also thank them for their donation to His Excellency the President of Uganda to train 10 Ugandan youth talents in future technologies. We definitely believe that its (Huawei) ICT expertise and experience shared shall help to fuel the development of the local ICT industry”, said Hon. John Nasasira, The Minister of ICT of Uganda.
This program was announced in 2015 during the President of Uganda’s official State visit to China.
Huawei to officially launch the “Seeds for the Future” Program in Uganda at the week-long Technology Festival scheduled to start on 5th April, 2016 at the Kampala Serena Hotel.
The program that was announced in 2015 during the President of Uganda’s official visit to Beijing, aims at developing young Ugandan ICT talents through technological training at Huawei Headquarters in Shenzhen, China.
Huawei to officially Launch “Seeds for the Future” Program in Uganda at the Technology Festival
Globally, Huawei works with local governments and universities to send students overseas to provide work experience with the world’s best ICT equipment. To date, over 10,000 talents worldwide have been benefited from the “Seeds for the Future” program. Over the next 5 years, more than 1,000 students from Africa will join this ICT talent cultivation program.
“Huawei is dedicated to cultivating ICT talents for Uganda. Through the Seeds for the Future Program, Huawei seeks to collaborate with local governments, higher education institutes, and other organizations to select top university students and young government officials working in ICT-related departments; offer them valuable opportunities to study and gain work experience at Huawei’s headquarters in China; and help them to learn more about Chinese culture and gain cross-cultural work experience in a global business environment”, says Mr. Stanley Chyn, The Managing Director of Huawei Uganda.
He adds that Huawei seeks to arrange for Ugandan talents cutting-edge technologies such as 5G, LTE and Cloud computing, and offer them opportunities for hands-on practice in Huawei’s most advanced labs.
