A team of students from United Arab Emirates is celebrating first prize in the Network track at the global Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023.
This competition is Huawei’s seventh ICT competition, and the first-time competitors have been able to travel to China and compete in face to face since the epidemic. 147 teams from 36 countries and regions participated in this year’s global finals in Shenzhen after winning their respective national and regional competitions.
Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 showcased how ICT talent skills in the Middle East and Central Asia are developing at a global level after teams from universities in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE were all prize winners in categories covering three tracks including Network; Cloud and Innovation.
This year, the practical session consists of three paths, network, cloud and computing which examine the students’ theoretical knowledge, practical ICT skills and tests their ability to work as a team. The innovation competition requires students to start with the real needs encountered in their lives to propose solutions with tangible social benefits and commercial value. They are required to employ artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data, cloud and mobile Internet technologies to design and complete models with full functionality.
“I would like to thank the university for allowing us to participate and for Huawei for creating this competition. As we participated in the innovation competition it helped me with creating AI models and helped me to think outside the box, creating a solution to a problem currently in the market using AI and Huawei Cloud technology”
Rakan Nader H. Armoush, Princess Sumaya University for Technology / King Hussein School of Computing Sciences
Third Prize – Innovation: Innovation Track – Jordan Innovation Track Team 1 RSWA
“I have learned a lot from the competition. I have learned how to integrate IT technologies together to form an innovative, cohesive solution to a problem.”
Walid Amro
3rd Prize Innovation: Innovation Track Jordan Innovation Track Team 1 – RSWA – Princess Sumaya University for Technology / King Hussein School of Computing Sciences
“This isn’t the first time we have participated in this competition. The main target of the competition is to build a bridge between industry and education institution and at the same time teach the students how to problem solve different issues. This project was part of the vision created between our Princess Sumaya University and Huawei.”
Instructor – Ammar
Princess Sumaya University for Technology / King Hussein School of Computing Sciences
Awards included first prizes in the following categories:
Practice -Network 2: Network Track – UAE Network Track Team 1 – Higher Colleges of Technology, University of Sharjah and Higher Colleges of Technology
Practice – Network 1: Network Track – Kazakhstan Network Track Team 1 – International Information Technology University, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeev
Second prizes were awarded as follows:
Practice – Network 1: Network Track – Pakistan Network Track Team 1 – Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro and Lahore College for Women University
Practice – Network 1: Network Track – Iraq Network Track Team 1 – Salahaddin University, University of Ninevah, and Univeristy of Anbar
Practice – Network 2: Network Track – Jordan Network Track Team 1 – Princess Sumaya University for Technology and Yarmouk University
Practice – Network 2: Network Track – Bahrain Network Track Team 1 – Bahrain Polytechnic
Third prizes were awarded as follows:
Practice – Network 1: Network Track – Pakistan Network Track Team 2 – Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, FAST-NU Islamabad and University of Engineering and Technology Lahore
Practice – Network 3: Network Track – Saudi Arabia Network Track Team 1 – King Faisal University, TVTC Colleges – Others
Practice – Cloud: Cloud Track – Kazakhstan Cloud Track Team 1 – Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeev
Innovation: Innovation Track – Pakistan Innovation Track Team 2 – Quran Ustads, FAST – National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad.
Innovation: Innovation Track – Pakistan Innovation Track Team 1 – Team Glam, National University of Science and Technology
Innovation: Innovation Track – Jordan Innovation Track Team 1 – RSWA, Princess Sumaya University for Technology / King Hussein School of Computing Sciences
Closing Ceremony and Award Ceremony of Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Finals
Commenting on the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Final Closing & Awarding Ceremony, Shunli Wang, VP of Huawei Middle East & Central Asia said, “I would like to congratulate all the winning teams from Middle East. Digital talents and skills will be the foundation for the digital economy development- a key part of Middle East countries future plans and visions- and Huawei will continue to be committed to build the ICT ecosystem with a focus on local talents nurturing and bringing ICT education resources to more academies and universities in the region.”
UNESCO Assistant Director-General Stephania Giannini added her support and emphasized the need to develop digital skills. She explained “UNESCO strongly supports Huawei’s work in the education industry and hopes to improve global connectivity and digital skills.”Qin Changwei, Secretary-General of the National Commission for Education and UNESCO, said“The Huawei ICT Competition has now achieved global recognition and is a powerful measure to promote equity in education and mutual learning of science and technology civilizations. The Women’s Honorary Award and Digital Inclusion Award specially set up in the competition have made a good example of promoting gender equality and digital inclusion.
Zhan Tao, Director of UNESCO’s Institute of Educational Information Technology, praised Huawei’s contribution to the education and sustainable development of human society. “Huawei provides open platforms and resources to benefit people around the world through the ICT talent strategy and Huawei’s ICT Academy program. Through the Huawei ICT Contest, Huawei has set an example in connection and innovation. In the future, we hope that the Contest will play a greater role in leading global cooperation and achieving technological innovation.”
After years of development, Huawei ICT Competition has continuously increased its visibility and influence around the world. Huawei ICT Competition has not only been officially included in the list of national college student competitions by the China Institute of Higher Education, but also won many national leadership platforms around the world. Huawei hopes to help universities innovate and start businesses through the ICT Competition and cultivate the ICT talent that the industry needs. We will strengthen global scientific and technological exchanges and mutual learning to promote the development of human science and technology. To promote more equitable and sustainable global development, Let everyone benefit from digital technology .
Middle East and Central Asia ICT Training
Organised to showcase and uncover the hidden talents of students across the Middle East and Central Asia, 15 teams from across the Middle East initially competed for the chance to represent the region at the finals in China. They were shortlisted originally from 19,300 participants representing 472 universities and 11 countries across the Middle East and Central Asia. The regional winners were teams from Jordan, Pakistan and Iraq. A total of 45 students who participated in the Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2022 regional finals were selected for an internship program at Huawei in their respective countries.
Huawei also recently announced an incentives program for students in Oman who have received the Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA) or Huawei Certified ICT Expert (HCIE) certification. Organised in collaboration with Huawei and Omantel, the programme aims to provide the students with $450,000 of financial incentives for a period of five years.
Huawei has a long and proud history of collaboration with governments, academia and industry to enrich the region’s IC talent ecosystem. CSR initiatives such as Seeds for the Future, the annual Huawei ICT Competition, Huawei ICT Academy, joint innovation centers, labs and other CSR initiatives empower thousands of Arab youth annually to supercharge their ICT careers.
ICT Academy
In 2013, Huawei launched its ICT Academy program, a cooperation project between Huawei as an enterprise and the universities, to help drive the talent ecosystem.
With the ICT Academy program, Huawei helps the universities improve their capacity in providing digital technology training so that they can certify students as ICT talents. In this way, it helps provide the talent needed for the digital industry development. Most students pass certification exams after completing related courses.
In the Middle East, Huawei has set up 186 Huawei ICT Academies, and more than 4,000 students have participated in the flagship program Seeds for the Future, while over 57,000 people have obtained Huawei certification. We also have trained over 150,000 ICT talents for the Middle East and are committed to achieving more in collaboration with our partners.
Globally, as of the end of December 2022, Huawei had partnered with over 2200 universities and colleges. More than 200,000 students are trained every year. In addition, Huawei and its partners joined held 51 talent fairs around the world. Huawei aims to target over 7,000 ICT academies and train over 1 million students per year by 2026
