Huawei Rwanda has launched the ICT competition to help advance the ICT skills of more than 10,000 university students from Rwanda.

Students shall compete at the preliminary and National Stages in Rwanda, Africa Regional Stage in South Africa and the Global Stage in China.

The program was announced on 27, October, at the Huawei Rwanda office, Gishushu, Nyarutarama M&M Plaza. 

Huawei ICT Competition is a competitive ICT talent exchange program developed in 2015 globally for university, College and TVET students to promote the healthy development of the ICT talent ecosystem as well as support the integration of industry and education.

The Huawei ICT Competition in Rwanda is part of Huawei’s LEAP program launched in April 2022 aimed at advancing the ICT skills of over 100,000 people across Sub-Saharan Africa within the space of three years.

LEAP which is an acronym for Leadership, Employability, Advancement and Possibility, is aimed at fostering strong digital leadership and a skilled ICT workforce, building a digital talent pool, and promoting digital literacy among citizens. It includes a wide range of activities spanning from ICT training and certification courses, government digital capacity building and ICT skills competitions.

Participants in the Huawei ICT Competition can choose to compete in Network Track (Datacom, Security, WLAN) or Cloud Track (A.I, Big Data, Cloud Service, Storage).

 According to Toni Yangshengwan, the Country Director of Huawei Rwanda, the competition will aspire and encourage Rwandan to join the ICT sector.

“Through the programme, we strive to cultivate more youth leaders in ICT, who can explore more possibilities for themselves, their families, community and ultimately their nations,” Yangshengwan said.

“I encourage all students to take part in this year’s competition because, the successful ones shall be able to acquire internship and job opportunities, Huawei giveaway devices such as phones, laptops and pads,  industry certificates, trophies, and industry trips at Regional and global stage. I therefore call upon the government to support us on this great cause,” he added.