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The Seventh Huawei ICT World Finals took place in Shenzhen, China, from 23rd to May 28^th 2023. The event featured 146 teams from 36 countries, with Ugandan teams in previous editions. At the closing event on May 27^th 2023, Team Uganda secured second place overall in the network and cloud track, with representatives from Muni University, Makerere, and Kyambogo forming the teams.

Seventh Huawei ICT world finals, which were previously held and were won by Ugandan teams, were held from May 23rd through May 28^th 2023 in Shenzhen, China, the home of Huawei. The competition between the top 146 teams from 36 different countries served as the event’s climax. Prior to the Final, the ICT Competition attracted more than 120,000 participants from more than 2000 universities throughout 74 nations and regions.

At the competition’s closing event in Shenzhen on May 27^th, 2023, the results were revealed. Team Uganda placed second overall out of 146 teams in the network and cloud track. The cloud track team was made up of teams from Muni University, with each team comprising three students. The network team of Uganda was made up of teams from Makerere and Kyambogo.

On May 22nd, 2023, in China’s Guangzhou, Ambassador Judith Nsababera welcomed and accepted a delegation of 17 Ugandans who were there to represent their country in the Huawei ICT Global Competitions.

On May 27, 2023, delegates from different nations attended the closing and awards ceremony to represent their nations. Ambassador Judith Nsababera, the consul general of Uganda in Guangzhou, served as the country’s representative.

“I am happy that Huawei has these opportunities where students all over the world can show case their talents in ICT,” Ambassador Judith said during her remarks at the Awards ceremony. And even prouder of the youngsters who toiled so arduously to reach this international platform. I’m really pleased to see female students competing in such international ICT competitions. Globally, women and girls have less access to ICT than males do. Uganda continues to set the global standard for advancing women in all fields. Thank you to the students from the three universities and the four teams. They will guide our nation into the digital era. Ambassador Judith Nsababera is the general consul of Uganda in Guangzhou, China.

Many Huawei representatives who attended the closing ceremony, including Xiao Haijun, President of Global Partner Development and Sales Dept, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, emphasised the significance of digital talents and skills as the cornerstone of the digital economy.

He declared, “Digital talent and digital skills will form the cornerstone of the growth of the digital economy. In the future, Huawei will expand the number of schools it serves with ICT educational tools. By 2026, it is anticipated that we will have built 7000 Huawei ICT Academies, trained more than 1 million students annually, and significantly improved students’ digital literacy and skills for a more vibrant and inclusive digital world.

The annual Huawei ICT Competition is a key piece of the ICT Academy Campaign. It targets university and college students worldwide, aiming to facilitate communication between schools, enterprises, and governments while building a robust talent ecosystem. Through this competition, Huawei aims to challenge the students’ ICT knowledge as well as the practical and application skills, and ultimately, inspire innovation.

The annual Huawei ICT Competition is a key piece of the ICT Academy Campaign. It targets university and college students worldwide, aiming to facilitate communication between schools, enterprises, and governments while building a robust talent ecosystem. Through this competition, Huawei aims to challenge the students’ ICT knowledge as well as the practical and application skills, and ultimately, inspire innovation with the theme of “connection, glory, future”.

As a key project of Huawei’s Seeds for the Future 2.0 initiative, the Huawei ICT Competition aims to provide a platform for global college students to compete and communicate with each other in the ICT field. As of the end of 2022, Huawei had cooperated with 2200 universities to build Huawei ICT Academies, helping to train more than 200,000 students each year. Since its initial launch in 2015, more than 580,000 students from 85 countries and regions around the world have participated in the competition.