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  • Huawei to train 1000 civil servants in ICT

    Global ICT firm, Huawei Technologies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government to kick-start the second phase of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Change Programme. This training will involve 1000 federal civil servants that would be trained and empowered in capacity building.

    The signing ceremony for the project, which took place in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of Federation,  had the SGF, Boss Mustapha; Huawei Technologies Vice President, Xue Man; Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita; Secretary of the State Secretarial Office, Olusegun Adeyemi Adekunle, National Backbone CEO, Yusuf Kazaure, President of Huawei Western African Region, and the General Manager, Managing Director of Huawei Nigeria, Li Teng, sign the MoU.

    In an address, Man, said: “According to a study from Huawei and Oxford Economics, over the past three decades, every one USD invested in digital technologies has led to $20 rise in GPD. As a global leading ICT company, we are willing to work together with all stakeholders to bring digital to every person, every home and every organisation in Nigeria.

    “The government sector is one of the industries most influenced by ICT technology. We hope that by working together with the federal government, the ICT for Change Initiative will help to equip civil servants with the necessary knowledge to face this great digital transformation.”

    Responding, Mustapha, said the programme is in alignment with the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (2017-2020) to enhance the capacities and capabilities of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) performance and delivery systems. In this regard, the programme supports in the area of automation of processes and bureaucratic procedures to make them more efficient by implementing an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution, he said.

    Oyo-Ita, applauded the synergy between Huawei and the Federal Government, expressing optimism that the ICT training under the company’s CSR will go a long way to achieve the 2017-2020 civil service strategic reforms on capacity development and technological know-how. The first phase of the initiative saw 2000 youth get trained. In this second phase, 1000 civil servants will receive a one-week training starting from the end of this year.

    Over the years, Huawei has been investing in ICT upskilling and capacity building in an effort to boost employment; develop knowledge-intensive products and services; and enhance the ICT skills of the future generations.

     

  • Huawei, Fed Govt to train 1000 civil servants in ICT

    Huawei Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government to train 1000 civil servants in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT).

    Huawei Vice President of Middle East, Mr  Xue Man at the signing ceremony in Abuja yesterday, said the ICT for Change training was part of the organisation’s effort to be more localised and fulfill its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

    Man said that in fulfilling the company’s social responsibility, Huawei was not looking at simple material donation, but mind enlightenment and talent cultivation.

    “The ICT for Change training is aimed at empowering civil servants with fundamental ICT knowledge and skills.

    “The training will enable them to keep pace with the rapid advancement of ICT technology and the increasing demand for digital transformation-government and smart city capabilities.

    “With our rich experience in ICT, we will design and deliver the programme with our best subject matter experts.

    Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha, commended Huawei for the initiative as it exemplified government’s partnership for private sector organisation to drive its implementation policies and programmes.

    Mustapha said, “the ceremony marked another historic day in the annals of the current administration and the Federal Civil Service as the second phase of ICT for Change MoU is signed between the FG and Huawei.”

    He said that the first phase of the programme tagged: “Seed for Future that commenced in January 2017 and concluded early 2018 achieved the training of 2000 youths by Huawei as part of their contribution to national development.

    “This empowerment programme complements government, youths and students development initiative and job creation.

    The SGF said that the second phase of the programme would be jointly anchored by Huawei and Galaxy Backbone.

    Head of Service Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita said: “The training will go a long way in helping government in one of goals in the 2017 to 2020 civil service reform which is capacity development for our civil servants, especially in area of technology know how.”

    Galaxy Backbone Managing Director Yusuf Kazuare, said Huawei and Galaxy currently owned digital infrastructure to connect all Federal Government entities across the nation.

     

  • Huawei: ICT has transformative power on economy

    Chinese technology firm, Huawei Technologies, has said information communications technology (ICT) has the transformative power to boost sustainable socio-economic development. It argued that  governments have  vital roles to play in creating a favourable environment for the development of the industry.

    This was contained in a position paper launched at the just concluded International telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World 2018 in Durban, South Africa.

    In the position paper titled: Telco: Investment, Innovation and Competition in ICT Infrastructure, Huawei said the development trends of ICT  observed around the globe and their potential social economic development spurred by ICT are enormous. It said it arrived at the conclusion after conducting a regression analysis based on a data set of 125 countries for the period 2010 to 2016. It said every 16-20 per cent increase in ICT investment brings one per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP). It stressed that in order to fully unleash the potential of ICT in promoting economic growth and societal well-being, governments have a critical role to play in supporting investment in ICT infrastructure, encouraging ICT innovation, and in guiding and regulating ICT competition.

    At the launching ceremony, Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General, said government should make ICT policy not just sectoral but national. The development of ICT and relevant infrastructure cannot be realised by solely relying on participants in the ICT ecosystem. Instead, it requires support and guidance from governments.

    He said: “Our objectives are clear: connecting the unconnected, providing people with more advanced technologies, developing new applications, and facilitating other ecosystems. And to succeed in this endeavor, we need more innovative public-private partnerships.”

  • FOCAC : Buhari returns to Abuja

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night returned to Abuja after attending the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation ( FOCAC ) in Beijing.

    During the six-day visit to China, Buhari held bilateral talks and witnessed the signing of some agreements between Nigeria and China in the areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the economy.

    He also participated in the High-Level Dialogue between Chinese and African leaders and business representatives.

    At the FOCAC meeting, Buhari expressed the appreciation of ECOWAS member states for China’s increasing investment in the sub-region with the aim of building a prosperous and shared future.

    He noted that China was the largest investor in the sub-region in both private and public sectors, covering areas, such as infrastructure development in energy, agriculture, mining and healthcare.

    According to him, China also provides significant assistance in emergency humanitarian aid and response to climate change for Africa.

    Buhari at the FOCAC Round Table on Tuesday, attended by African leaders and Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Nigeria’s partnership with China through FOCAC had resulted in the execution of vital infrastructure projects worth over five billion dollars.

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    Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who was part of the president’s entourage to China, reported that Buhari won the crucial support of Jinping, for Nigeria’s aspiration to build the 3050 Megawatts Mambilla hydro-power project.

    He revealed that Nigeria and China also signed the agreement of 328 million dollars for the Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone Phase II (NICTIB II) project.

    The concessional loan agreement between Galaxy Backbone Limited and Huawei Technologies Limited (HUAWEI) was signed by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Kemi Adesoun and Wang Xiaotoa, Director-General, International Development Agency of China.

    The presidential aide disclosed that Nigeria and China also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR).

    In Beijing, Buhari also received assurances from the Joint Venture Partners handling the 3050 Megawatts Mambilla Hydro-power Plant of which arrangements had reached advance stage for the commencement of work early in 2019.

    Buhari received the assurance when he was briefed on time lines for the commencement of work at a meeting with Prof. Lyu Ze Xiang, the President of CGCC, the company handling the project.

    The president, at separate meetings with prospective Chinese investors on the sidelines of FOCAC, assured existing and prospective Chinese investors of high-level support for their investment plans in Nigeria.

    The president, at an interactive session with the Nigerian community in China on Saturday, had given assurance that as “a beneficiary of free and fair elections, I’m not afraid of a credible process in 2019.’’

    To this effect, the president reaffirmed his commitment to making sure that the 2019 polls would be free, fair and credible.

    Buhari pledged that Nigerians eligible to vote in the general elections would be allowed to freely elect candidates of their choices.

  • Buhari assures Chinese investors of support

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured existing and prospective Chinese investors of high-level support for their investment plans in Nigeria.

    He gave the assurance on the sidelines of the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China.

    In separate meetings with prospective investors, President Buhari said Nigeria is endowed with abundant human and material resources and a young population that is very energetic and innovative and ready to work.

    He encouraged Chinese companies and entrepreneurs to take advantage of the improved business environment in Nigeria to invest in key sectors of the economy.

    Acknowledging the contributions of Chinese companies in Nigeria in developing the country’s infrastructure, the President noted that there was still more to do.

    The Ruyi Group, a leading Chinese company, had met with the President with a plan to invest $200 million for an industrial park in Kano State, cotton farms in Funtua, Katsina State and textile and garment manufacturing establishments in Aba, Abia State and Lagos.

    The proposed investment, according to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, will cover the entire cotton value chain, farming, ginning, spinning, weaving and power generation to support the processes.

    Ruyi Group Chairman, Mr. Yafu Qui told President Buhari that they settled for Nigeria after one-and-a-half year search for an African hub because of the country’s population, abundant human and material resources and a ‘strong leadership’ that has diversification agenda for the country.

    President Buhari also received Professor Justin Yify Lin of the Pekin University, a former World Bank Chief Economist, currently serving as a consultant to the Nigerian government on the setting up of Special Economic Zones.

    In this follow-up meeting after the first in 2016, Professor Lin told the President that progress has been made with the identification of the cotton value chain as a pilot for the setting up of labour intensive industrial parks, noting that the idea of the Ruyi Group as an investor was partly coming from their studies.

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    At a separate meeting, the Senior Vice President of, telecom giants, Huawei, Yi Xiang announced that the company will provide 10,000 Nigerians talent training in ICT each year.

    Huawei is executing the second phase of the National Information and Communications Technology Backbone Project (NICTIB II) $328 million project, which was signed between China and Nigeria earlier on Wednesday.

    The telecom giant chief said of the 10,000 Nigerians, half of them will undergo intensive training on Huawei certification programme to empower them to work anywhere in the world.

    Mr Yi also told President Buhari the company had trained 1,000 civil servants in Nigeria and will offer additional 1,000 training slots for training within and outside the government.

    Responding, President Buhari expressed satisfaction on the development of the ICT infrastructure backbone in the country, noting that it was consistent with the administration’s determination to institute e-governance to help fight corruption by increasing transparency.

    The President said that the project would promote better education in the rural areas and encouraged Nigerian youths to optimize the opportunities of the new infrastructure facilities.

    He also played host to top executives of CITEC Group, who indicated interest on investing in real estate, finance, infrastructure, agriculture and telecommunications in Nigeria.

  • How to digitalise Nigeria economy, by Huawei, others

    Broadband development, preferential tax regime and policy harmonisation are crucial to achieve digital economy in Nigeria. These would enhance information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure development, attract local and international investment, as well as promote human resource development, global Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Huawei Technologies, Chinese envoy and others have said.

    Speaking during a one-day forum organised by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nigeria and Huawei Technologies Company (Nigeria) Limited in Lagos, the technology giant said ICT infrastructure is crucial to economic digitalisation.

    Managing Director of Huawei Technologies Nigeria, Tank Li, said a robust ICT infrastructure is the bedrock for digital transformation in Nigeria. He added that to unleash the digital economy potential in the country, issues of availability and affordability needed to be addressed through sound policy and programmes.

    He said: “In order to foster digital transformation of the economy, policies and programmes to increase ICT infrastructure and ensure wide-spread coverage both in urban and rural areas should be prioritised to make voice and data services available. At the same time, strategic measures of infrastructure sharing, investment-friendly regulatory framework and preferential taxation policies are needed to reduce sites acquisition and broadband deployment costs in order to bring down the cost for users to really encourage application of ICT across the industries and the whole society.” Li said.

    The conference had: Africa-China Cooperation in ICT and Digital Economy as its theme and was well attended by representatives of government, foreign partners, and stakeholders in power and technology sectors at the Sheraton Abuja Hotel.

    In his opening remarks, Mr. Lanre Osibona, Special Advisor on ICT to Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo stated there is an urgent need to overcome challenges facing the nation in leveraging ICT to fuel the fourth industrial revolution that brings about digital economy.

    “Africa must develop its skills. We must know how to scale workforce and move away from business base outsourcing to knowledge base outsourcing. Data is the future and new hope. For us as a country we must invest heavily in capturing data,” he said.

    Also speaking, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Zhon Pingjian, he said his country will continue to share its development opportunities with African countries and welcome them on board the train of China’s development.

    Digitalisation, widespread adoption of digital technologies and applications by corporates, government and consumers, is beneficial for an emerging economy such as Nigeria. According to study by PwC, constrained digital economies can potentially realise a 0.5 per cent increase in GDP per capita for every 10 per cent increase in digitilisation. The study also highlights that digitalisation also has a significant impact on job creation in the overall economy: an increase of 10 per cent in digitalisation reduces a nation’s unemployment rate by 0.84 per cent.

    The conference featured discussions on policy issues with a view to propose a domestic approach to not only enhancing the strategic priority of ICT and penetration of fixed broadband, but also improving connectivity through cost-effective network deployment, and easing the development of local content such as e-commerce in accelerating economic growth.

    Minister of Communication, Barr Adebayo Shittu said the revolution in ICT sector accounts for well over $32 billion in foreign direct investment over the last 15 years. Such investments in infrastructure have created an ICT backbone that powers various critical sectors of the economy such as banking, e-commerce, insurance, and oil and gas. He stressed the need for all stakeholders to strengthen the technology and innovation ecosystem by supporting the development of innovation hubs in partnership with the private sector.

    “This conference provides the opportunity to jump start the critical game-changing steps needed to make Nigeria’s objectives a reality in digital economy. Beyond this conference, we must work to strengthen relationships and knowledge management platforms towards building the better and more digital future that we seek,” Shittu said.

  • Huawei wins ‘mobile innovation’ award

    The Mobile Money Solution arm of Huawei had last week won the “Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets” award at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2018 organised by the Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA).

    The President of Huawei Software Marketing & Solution Sales Department, Alex Ma, who spoke on the achievement, said the award was an indication that the industry recognises the firm’s capabilities and excellent performance.

    He said:  “It is our honour to win the award of ‘Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets’ at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018. It indicates the industry’s recognition of the secured, trusted and convenient mobile financial services for customers provided by Huawei’s Mobile Money. In the future, Huawei will keep optimising its mobile money solution, to provide better inclusive finance services for the 1.7 billion unbanked population.”

    “Currently, about 1.7 billion of the world’s adult population does not have access to a bank account, leaving them without access to basic financial services.

    “This means that they need to finish money transfers or remittance through face-to-face meetings or via a post office. To help solve this problem, Huawei is devoted to helping operators and banks provide efficient and low-cost mobile financial services, allowing more convenience on transfers, payments and other services.”

    To make this possible, Huawei’s Mobile Money Solution implements several innovations through its platform, experience, and marketing, by providing trusted platform; adopting advanced HSM hardware encryption technology certificated by Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS); ensuring transaction integrity and zero data leakage for users; provides better experience; supports read-write separation, over 1,200 concurrent transactions per second (TPS), enabling operators to provide a real time and seamless user experience.

    In service innovation, it uses over 20 configurable parameters, enabling rapid and flexible new service creation and response to market events.

    With an open ecosystem, it provides over 400 APIs to third parties using multiple protocols including SMPP, HTTP, Diameter, sFTP, ISO 8583, MT940/942 and SOAP.

    Huawei’s Mobile Money Solution has already been deployed in 19 countries, serving over 193 million users globally, including in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, and Bangladesh.

     

     

  • Huawei completes software security assessment

    Chinese leading global provider of information communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, Huawei, said it has completed the assessment of its software security process and engineering capabilities with the Building Security in Maturity Model (BSIMM).

    The feat makes the country to join the club of a select international group that has successfully undertaken software security process.

    At the end of first (Q1) this year, Huawei’s software security maturity had undergone multiple rounds of BSIMM measurement and achieved positive results in nine of the 12 BSIMM practice areas, including receiving credit for Level 3 activities — the most infrequently observed-and ranking among the highest across more than 100 ICT and other enterprises in the BSIMM data pool.

    BSIMM is a software security research project launched by Cigital (now part of security software company Synopsys). The first version of BSIMM was built in 2008. It collects statistics based on the assessment of a large number of enterprises and categorises the statistics to form a software security model that can be used for assessments.

    To date, the BSIMM model has been applied in more than 100 companies (including multinationals like Microsoft, Nokia, and a group acquired by Oracle) around the world, covering verticals such as financial services, independent software vendors, technology companies, cloud, media, security, communications, and internet carriers.

     

  • Glo signs deal with Huawei for another submarine cable

    Mobile giant Globacom is to build another multi-billion naira optic fibre submarine cable, which is expected to boost telecom services in Nigeria and the West African sub-region.

    The contract for Glo 2 was signed yesterday between Globacom and Huawei at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    Globacom’s Regional Director, Technical, Mr. Sanjib Roy said the submarine cable would be built from Glo 1 landing station, Alpha Beach in Lagos. It will run along the coast to the southern part of Nigeria, he said, adding that it will provide capacity to offshore oil platforms and the communities as well as facilitate ultra-high capacity connection to the Southsouth and provide capacity to offshore oil platforms and the communities.

    “Glo2 will be the first submarine cable in Nigeria to land outside Lagos as the five existing submarine cables only landed in Lagos. Glo 2 will have capacity of 12Terabit per second and will provide ultra-high speed connection to oil platforms and communities to empower data coverage and support Enterprise market growth in this part of Nigeria,” Mr. Roy said.

    Glo 2 is expected to provide high speed internet connectivity, thus supporting the oil platforms to improve productivity by uploading data to remote oil platforms at the speed of light. Besides, it will provide economic as well as social empowerment for the communities in oil producing regions through a unique telecommunication service delivery.

    According to him, Glo 2 is coming on board to support the growth of “Nigerian economy and allow oil communities reduce their operational expenditure by providing the first submarine optical fiber dedicated to oil platforms. “It is also designed for further expansion southwards to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, among others,” Roy added.

    “The New submarine cable will be approximately 850 kilometres long and will be named Glo2.  The cable will be integrated to Globacom’s existing terrestrial Backbone Network to provide additional service redundancy, especially Abuja and other parts of the country.”

    The cable will be divided into three pairs, with the first pair connecting Lagos directly to the Southern part of Nigeria while for redundancy and maintenance purposes it will also be connected to other parts of the country. The second pair will deliver high capacity to offshore oil stations and communities connected directly to Bus and will be equipped with eight switchable Branching Units. The third pair will deliver high capacity to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea and will be equipped with two switchable Branching Units.

    Glo2 will support the Glo 1 international submarine cable built by Globacom in 2010. Glo 1, managed exclusively from Lagos to London, provides sufficient bandwidth for the West Africa sub-region. It is the only international submarine cable in Nigeria.

    Huawei Nigeria Managing Director Mr. Li Beifang said: “Huawei is proud to partner with Globacom to build a revolutionary submarine cable, using innovative and leading technology. We believe the cable would bring a new era of digitalisation to Nigerian economy.”

     

  • Huawei:Digital economy value to hit $23tr

    By 2025, the number of personal smart devices will reach 40 billion and the total number of connections around the world will reach 100 billion, creating a digital economy worth $23 trillion, technology giant, Huawei has said.

    According to its new report titled: Global Industry Vision (GIV) 2025, all things will be able to sense and all things will be connected, leading to a world where everything is intelligent.

    Essentially, GIV 2025 is anchored on three visions for the future. The first is all things sensing, more and better connections, bringing everything to the intelligent world.

    According to GIV 2025, the intelligent world would truly have arrived once all things can sense and all things are connected. By 2025, there will be 40 billion personal smart devices and 100 billion connections around the world. “The Industrial Internet will be the major source of these 100 billion connections. The massive amounts of data generated by the ability for all things to sense will be extensively integrated in all industries, forming new industries like the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and Connected Vehicles.

    “With more and better connections, data traffic will grow exponentially, and most of it will be from video. The Cloud VR market will reach $292 billion by 2025,” GIV said.

    GIV 2025 described a future where the role of smart devices and smart robots will evolve from being just a tool to being an assistant. It said the penetration rate of smart assistants will be 90 per cent by 2025, with 12 per cent of homes having smart service robots, adding that with the assistance of guide robots, the world’s 39 million blind people and 246 million people with impaired vision will live normal lives.

    The second vision is +Intelligence which will foster new business species and drive leapfrog development for industries

    According to GIV 2025, with high-speed connections, IoT, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based cloud, +Intelligence platforms will help industries achieve leapfrog development through intelligent analysis, decision-making, and assistance.

    “By 2025, intelligent technology will be applied extensively in the transportation industry, with more than 60 million vehicles connected to 5G networks and 100 per cent of new vehicles connected to the Internet. When intelligence is incorporated into manufacturing, ICT will converge with operational technology (OT) at an accelerated pace. This will generate positive returns for innovation, the industry, the value chain, and the ecosystem as a whole. By adopting intelligence in cities, urban planners will be able to create new paths for sustainable development in security management, transportation planning, and other domains, enabling city residents to enjoy the safety, convenience, and high living standards made possible by a digital life,” the report added.

    The third vision of the report is mass innovation which would tap into the opportunities of a digital economy valued at $23 trillion.

    Huawei predicts that the digital economy will be worth $23 trillion, adding that the value of +Intelligence will be widely accessible to manufacturing, services, transportation, and many other industries.

    “The outcomes of innovation in the intelligent world will be apparent everywhere. The intelligent world will reshape industries and give birth to new intelligent industries. It will also enable industries to go beyond current growth trajectories and achieve leapfrog development while giving a massive boost to innovation,” the report said.

    Huwei Board Director and Chief Strategy Marketing Officer, William Xu said: “This is the first time that Huawei has released the GIV report. Based on data and predictions about the future, we aim to unfold the industry blueprint of an intelligent world driven by information and communications technology (ICT). It is our goal to build the foundations that will enable the diverse ICT industry ecosystem to truly transition into the intelligent world, and team with our global partners to build this fully connected, intelligent world.”

    Relying on Huawei’s own business strengths and insights into industry trends, GIV 2025 has its own unique research methodology-adopting a mix of data and trend analysis to elaborate on global information communication (ICT) trends and lay out the blueprint for the ICT industry. The data used in GIV 2025 spans more than 170 countries and regions. This report covers three dimensions (all things connected, all things sensing, and all things intelligent) and 37 metrics, including the amount of data generated, the percentage of enterprises that adopt AI, and the number of personal smart devices.