Algeria Triumphs at China-Hosted Huawei International Competition
11:28 29.05.2023 (Updated: 10:49 03.08.2023)
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Having originated in 2015, the Huawei ICT competition brings together students from around the globe to compete in areas that are focused on cutting-edge technology. This year, 120,000 students from more than 2,000 colleges and institutions in 74 different nations and regions attended the event.
The Algerian teams won first prizes in the Cloud and Network categories during the international Huawei ICT competition held in China's Shenzhen. Another team from the North African country came in second in the category of Computing.
The winners received congratulations from several government figures, starting with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expressing his acknowledgement of their success on social media.
"Congratulations to our students from the universities and schools of Batna, Bejaia, Algiers, Algiers 1, Blida, Saida, Sidi Bel Abbès, Oran and Tlemcen, for winning the first and second places in the international technology competition in Shenzhen, China," he wrote.
Africa in full force
Other African countries left a strong impression during this competitive event, such as Nigeria, which took home first prize in the Innovation category.
The Kenyan team, for its part, won the Grand Prize in this category. The country had already won several awards in last year's competition, which attracted students from 40 universities.
Team ABU representing Nigeria 🇳🇬 just won the HUAWEI ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Finale. Huge Congratulations to @engineerabdulll and his team.
— ABU Campus Connect (@ABU_Campus) May 27, 2023
ABU and Nigeria 🇳🇬 is proud. #Naturallyahead pic.twitter.com/e2lVxq7xtY
We won the first prize in the innovation track. Thanks to @Huawei @HuaweiKenya pic.twitter.com/wqnqmV2k0J
— Rodney Osodo (@b1ackd0t) May 27, 2023
Kenya won three out of four Grand prizes, and one 1st prize in the 4 tracks in SAR in the Huawei ICT Competition. Kenya will send 2 teams to represent SAR to China to participate in the global final of the Network Track. pic.twitter.com/ZaM63Fs2oP
— Huawei Kenya (@HuaweiKenya) May 22, 2023
Having emerged in 2015, the Huawei ICT competition, draws together students from all over the world to compete healthily and exchange ideas centered around new technologies. The 2023 event attracted 120,000 students from more than 2,000 universities and colleges, from 74 countries and regions worldwide. The competition is supported by the famous Huawei ICT Academy program.
