{"id":52414,"date":"2024-12-26T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-huawei-forge-partnership-for-ict-skills-development\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:58:59","slug":"rwanda-huawei-forge-partnership-for-ict-skills-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-huawei-forge-partnership-for-ict-skills-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda, Huawei forge partnership for ICT skills development"},"content":{"rendered":"

The partnership focuses on capacity-building, innovation, and knowledge exchange, aligning with Rwanda’s ambition to become Africa\u2019s leading technology hub.<\/p>\n

The MoU was signed by Yves Iradukunda, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT and Innovation, and Jin Jinqing, the Managing Director of Huawei Technologies Rwanda. <\/p>\n

The agreement aims to nurture digital talent through initiatives in sectors like agriculture, healthcare, education, and public services, with a special focus on empowering youth.<\/p>\n

Iradukunda highlighted the Rwandan government’s dedication to fostering a technology-friendly environment for global companies such as Huawei, while simultaneously creating opportunities for young people. <\/p>\n

He also mentioned that Kigali is positioning itself as a regional hub for proof-of-concept projects, promoting innovation to tackle Africa’s challenges.<\/p>\n

Jinqing affirmed Huawei’s goal of nurturing thousands of ICT talents in the coming years by expanding collaborations with local partners, launching new training programs, and enhancing internship and recruitment initiatives.<\/p>\n

The company also plans to tap into Rwanda’s university talent pool to develop solutions in areas like artificial intelligence, smart cities, and clean energy. Huawei will provide top-tier ICT training through the Huawei ICT Academy, competitions, and the LEAP Digital Talent program.<\/p>\n

Huawei Technologies, founded in 1987 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, has over 200,000 employees across more than 170 countries. <\/p>\n

In 2023, it earned over $100 billion, with a 34.3% growth in the first half of 2024, reaching $60 billion.<\/p>\n

\"Rwanda<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of ICT and Innovation in Rwanda has joined forces with Huawei Technologies (Rwanda) Limited through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance digital skill development and open up employment avenues for young Rwandans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000079452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000079452,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dsc06501-9d12f.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dsc06501-9d12f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dsc06501-9d12f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dsc06501-9d12f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dsc06501-9d12f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/dsc06501-9d12f.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000079452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52414"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52414"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}