Malawi has launched the Huawei Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Talent Development Programme, which is poised to equip youth with critical digital skills needed to drive innovation, create jobs and support the country’s digital transformation agenda.
The launch expands an 18-year-old partnership between the government and the Chinese-headquartered technology company.
Shadric Namalomba, minister of information and communication technology, presided over the launch in the capital, Lilongwe.
“The initiative will help bridge the digital skills gap through practical training in key technology fields, while contributing to the achievement of Malawi 2063,” he said.
Malawi 2063 is a national development blueprint aimed at transforming the country into an inclusively wealthy, self-reliant and industrialised upper-middle-income nation by that year.
Namalomba commended Huawei, the government of China and academic institutions for supporting ICT talent development and called for stronger collaboration between industry and universities to better prepare young people for opportunities in the digital economy.
The Huawei ICT Development Programme is a global initiative aimed at closing the digital skills gap and nurturing the next generation of technology professionals.
Malawi and Huawei share a strategic partnership centred on building national digital infrastructure, expanding rural internet connectivity and fostering local ICT talent.
Operating in the southern African country since 2008, Huawei’s networks and services currently support more than two-thirds of the country’s population of over 22.7 million.
Huawei serves as the primary technical installer of Malawi’s National Fibre Backbone Project.
It constructed and provides ongoing technical operations support for the Malawi National Data Centre.
Under bilateral agreements, Huawei supplies smart office equipment to modernise government agencies and has been tasked with exploring future cloud computing and digital energy initiatives.
Share
