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Huawei Regional President Reiterates Support for Saudi Arabia's Digital

Transformation Goals

Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East positive GDP growth throughout the industry's digital transformation. In Saudi,
and Central Asia, gave a keynote on the uncertain period and thrives on economic an increasing number of enterprises have
second day of LEAP, Saudi Arabia's largest diversification.” Yi added that driving the included 'cloud first' in their transformation
and most comprehensive ICT exhibition. economy’s expansion was the industry's strategy and plan to migrate more than
In his speech, Yi highlighted how Huawei urgent demand for advanced digital 50% of their businesses into the cloud. ," Yi
works with partners to help the Kingdom technology to improve productivity, observed. Huawei is building a public cloud
build a more robust infrastructure to achieve industrial evolution, and promote node in Saudi Arabia to help customers
achieve its global computing power goals, economic development. "Huawei has make the most of the cloud and build
including green and efficient data centers, always been committed to supporting the AI and IoT solutions based on HUAWEI
AI platforms, and future computing Saudi government and industry sectors in CLOUD for smart cities, governments, and
architecture research. Under the theme of their digital transformation to achieve the large enterprises. Additionally, Yi noted
‘Unleash Digital’, Huawei is participating Kingdom's vision. In Saudi Arabia, Huawei that stronger local digital ecosystems are
in LEAP 2023 as a Strategic Partner. At is actively cooperating with the government vital to supporting digital transformation.
the event, Huawei is exhibiting its end-to- and industry partners to promote the Towards this end, Huawei promotes open
end innovations, focusing on 5.5G, cloud evolution of the latest connectivity collaboration and shared success across
computing, AI, digital power, cybersecurity, technology that will empower connectivity, localized digital ecosystems. In December
and industry applications designed to meet allow ubiquitous uninterrupted giga 2022, an MoU was inked between
the needs of various sectors, including internet access everywhere and meet the Ministry of Communications and
government, utilities, oil and gas, health, industry requirements for reliability and Information Technology and Huawei for a
energy, and more. Steven Yi took note of ultra-low latency." he said. To continue on strategic partnership to realize the 10 Giga
Saudi Arabia's rapid digital transformation, this successful path, Yi mentioned that Society. He then expressed how adopting
particularly the government's pursuit there is a continuous need to strengthen Huawei's advantages in Communication,
of innovative e-government strategies. the country's digital infrastructure. Today, Enterprise Solutions, Cloud, and green
In parallel, he stated that Vision 2030 late starters and early adopters expect energy solutions will support Saudi to build
includes increasing the share of non-oil more from connectivity and computing. In a promising future in the full digital era.
exports from 16% to 50% and improving terms of connectivity, Yi noted that Huawei Finally, Yi highlighted Huawei's support
the Kingdom’s GDP ranking in the global is actively leading the evolution towards the in cultivating a new generation of digital
league table. “Global GDP growth has 5.5G era, dramatically increasing network talent. Huawei has collaborated with
fluctuated dramatically over the last three capacity, ensuring pervasive 10G speeds, governments, academia and industry to
years, owing to numerous uncertainties and meeting the industry's requirements enrich the region's ICT talent ecosystem.
such as the COVID pandemic and high for reliable and low latency connectivity. In CSR initiatives such as Seeds for the
inflation. The digital economy, on the parallel, enterprises need to make the most Future, the annual Huawei ICT Competition,
other hand, has remained strong; and the of cloud and achieve leapfrog development. Huawei ICT Academy, joint innovation
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as one of the "There is no doubt that the cloud is the centers, labs and other CSR initiatives
world’s largest economies, has maintained future, especially in accelerating the empower thousands of Arab youth annually
to supercharge their ICT careers. In the
Middle East, Huawei has set up 167 Huawei
ICT Academies training over 11,000 local
digital talents, while more than 3,500
students have participated in the flagship
program Seeds for the Future, helping over
40,000 people obtain Huawei certification.
Overall, the company has trained over
120,000 ICT talents for the Middle East
and is committed to achieving more in
collaboration with partners. Huawei's vision
and mission is to bring digital to every
person, home, and organization for a fully
connected, intelligent world. The company
consistently promotes an open approach
to innovation, focusing on constructive
dialogue, cross-industry cooperation, and
exchanging expertise with countries in the
Middle East and worldwide.

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