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    Huawei at AfricaCom 2022: nonstop innovation to fuel Africa’s digital future

    Promoted | Huawei had a big presence at this year's AfricaCom, sharing insight on cutting-edge trends in the industry.
    By Huawei South Africa9 November 2022
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    After two years of virtual gatherings, the prestigious annual AfricaCom event – Africa’s largest technology conference – made its in-person return this year. Taking place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from 7-11 November, the event brought together African operators, industry elites and opinion leaders.

    Under the theme “Lighting up the future,” Huawei shared insight on cutting-edge trends in the telecommunications industry, including 4G/5G co-development, FMC intelligent connectivity, digital operations transformation and green development leading the future of digital networks in Africa.

    During the conference’s opening session, Leo Chen, president of Huawei’s sub-Saharan Africa region, delivered a presentation entitled “Lighting up the future with nonstop innovation”. In it, he outlined Huawei’s latest ICT development concepts and successful digital transformation solutions.

    We still need to improve the last-mile broadband infrastructure and bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas

    “The high resilience and rapid growth of the continent’s digital economy, technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud are evolving rapidly, and the adoption of ICT in a wide range of industries is growing,” said Chen. “They are supporting Africa in advancing the technical revolution, boosting productivity and increasing jobs.”

    He pointed out that over the last two decades, Africa has made significant progress in digitalisation. It has established first-mile infrastructure, connecting countries on the continent to the global Internet. Additionally, it has tripled its middle-mile Internet infrastructure that expands the connection within and between countries. However, there are still challenges to be overcome.

    “Today, we still need to improve the last-mile broadband infrastructure and bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas,” Chen said.

    While there is appetite for a greater uptake of digital technologies, constraints, including a skills deficit and lack of viable technology solutions, are impeding the advance of ICT adoption. Chen pointed out there are three major ways to break through these bottlenecks.

    Deepen connectivity

    “We need to further deepen connectivity to connect more people, enterprises and scenarios; unleash digital productivity and enable digital transformation in multiple industries; increase the ICT industry’s energy efficiency and leverage ICT technologies to reduce emissions across all industries,” he added.

    Of particular relevance in the African context were case studies around the digital transformation of the ports and mining sectors in China, which have attracted wide attention from its African counterparts. These case studies provide a good example and reference for the potential of the development of the digital economy in Africa, as 90% of Africa’s imports and exports travel by sea, and mining is an important source of wealth creation for many African countries.

    As Africa’s digital ship sails into the future, it requires a strong tailwind to propel it forward. Chen called for more favourable industrial policies and more cooperation between public and private sectors. To this end, Huawei has set up four innovation centres in Africa, launched several plans to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and will train 100 000 digital champions in Africa over the next three years.

    At AfricaCom, Huawei also showcased a range of innovative technologies and solutions, including the Very Large Scale Antenna Array (ELAA), and solutions such as Ultra-Wideband RRU, that effectively and cost effectively address some of the obstacles such as inconsistent spectrum resources and insufficient fibre-optic network reach that are holding Africa back.

    About Huawei
    Huawei is a leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecoms networks, IT, smart devices and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world.

    Huawei’s end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions and services are both competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, we create lasting value for our customers, working to empower people, enrich home life, and inspire innovation in organisations of all shapes and sizes.

    At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward. We have more than 180 000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.

    For more information, please visit Huawei online at www.huawei.com or find us on www.huawei.com/za, or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

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