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Huawei: Middle East Becoming a Global Reference for Digital Resilience and
Sustainability

Ambitious investments in digital
infrastructure have created unprecedented
opportunities in the Middle East, while
helping the region to rebound swiftly
from the challenges of 2020, according
to Huawei’s top executive in the region.
Charles Yang, President of Huawei Middle
East, recently highlighted the company’s
key takeaways from the year as the
global ICT solutions provider sought to
help governments and enterprises bring
digital to more people at a time when
it was needed most. The Middle East
was relatively well prepared from an ICT
standpoint for the disruptions caused by
the COVID-19 pandemic, noted Yang, with
many countries having been early global and computing capabilities in 2021, they approximately USD100 billion globally in
adopters of infrastructure such as 5G. must consider how to maximize the long- technology research and development
“That foundation of connectivity enabled term value creation from those projects,” in the coming five years. Yang believes
many countries to cope with a surge in said Yang. In particular, Huawei contends that such programs will not only support
data traffic as a result of work, education, that talent development, technology Huawei, but the wider ecosystem of
shopping, and even health services moving synergy, and open collaboration will be governments, academia, and enterprises
online,” said Yang, who estimated that pivotal to harvesting business and social embracing digital transformation in the
the Middle East’s data traffic increased in value in 2021. “We have found many Middle East. “Even with today’s best
volume by around 40 per cent over the year. partners in government and in the private talent and technologies, what is most
Earlier this summer, experts at McKinsey sector who share the realization that important to spurring future innovation is
noted that in a matter of just eight weeks, talent is really the enabling factor in digital maintaining an open and cooperative ICT
the world vaulted five years forward in transformation, not just the technology ecosystem, regardless of the country or
consumer and business digital adoption itself,” noted Yang. It is also why over a particular company’s country of origin,”
as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. the past 20 years, Huawei has helped the concluded Yang. “That belief in shared
As was evident during the recent GITEX Middle East cultivate around 100,000 ICT success has helped make the Middle East
Technology Week—the region’s foremost talents, training local experts in building a global reference for digital resilience
tech and innovation conference—the scenario-specific applications that benefit and sustainability during this challenging
Middle East has benefitted from strong society. This local talent, according to year, and will no doubt be inherited even
public leadership, clear ICT development Yang, must now be empowered to create after the pandemic is over.” In the past 30
agendas, and the encouragement of deeper synergy between connectivity, years, Huawei has deployed approximately
foreign direct investment in the technology cloud, AI, computing, and industry 1,500 networks in 170 countries, with its
field. “At the same time, each country must applications. These five domains are equipment and services covering more
continue to stimulate growth and address now coming together to create historic than three billion people today.
the impact of the pandemic. So as nations opportunities in the region. To support
continue to mature in both connectivity those efforts, Huawei is planning to invest

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