Some Huawei officials at the event
Huawei, diamond sponsor of AfricaCom, a three-day continental ICT exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa, has revealed its key focus areas to accelerate the proliferation of digital services on the African continent.
Huawei’s Southern Africa Region President, Li Peng said, “This year, Huawei has demonstrated that it is best positioned to play a pivotal role in supporting digital transformation and development of ICT in Africa. Today, we see that behind a globally competitive connectivity is a strong, collaborative industry chain with high levels of technological convergence and industry integration Huawei looks forward to working closely with industries and academia in the continent to create a Better Connected Africa.”
Huawei consolidated its leadership position in the ICT industry, with its innovative solutions in the main pavilion, as well as in its demo and experience pavilion, exhibiting a wide range of solutions such as Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IOT), Smart Home, Cloud, Video, SDN/NFV, Safe City, etc.
These are designed to help African telecom carriers and enterprises transform their network into an agile and flexible one, and to realise Operational Efficiency, Smart CAPEX and Business Transformation in the digital era.
“Huawei’s IoT solutions, which are currently being launched by many carriers in Africa, will drive the digital transformation of carrier’s broadband services by making the world of connected things a reality.
Huawei’s LTE-based Narrow Broadband IoT (NB-IoT) technology will enable telecom operators in the region to deliver ubiquitous, cellular IoT.
This technology will spark new business opportunities in smart metering, smart parking, logistics tracking, and smart cities in Africa.”
A growing number of countries are now focusing on capitalizing on ICT technologies that better serve people, allow for more accurate and efficient decisions, and building a Digital Economy.
Many countries have formulated their national ICT strategies and Huawei’s focus is centered on building an open digital ecosystem with all industry partners in a wide range of activities such as ICT investment planning, top-level consulting, and ICT infrastructure prioritization in order to accelerate digital transformation within different African countries and industries, and promote thriving digital economies.