The Chinese tech firm has been increasing its footprint in the Middle East and North Africa.
Huawei will invest $430 million into North Africa to build the firm’s first cloud center there as well as train thousands of developers and tech specialists, the Chinese technology company’s regional president announced Tuesday.
Speaking at a company conference in Shanghai, Huawei’s president for Northern Africa, Terry He, said the company’s “Intelligent Future” plan includes $200 million for building its first cloud center in the region, Egypt’s state-owned al-Ahram reported.
The program will put another $200 million toward supporting 200 of Huawei’s local technology partners and 1,300 distributors.
The investment also includes $30 million to train 10,000 local developers and 100 tech specialists in North Africa.
Al-Monitor has contacted Huawei for further details about Intelligence Future.
The Chinese telecoms firm is investing heavily in the Middle East and North Africa. On Sept. 4, it opened a cloud data center in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital. The new center will support government services for the kingdom and support artificial intelligence applications and language models in Arabic, a Huawei official said at a press briefing, Reuters reported. Huawei also said it would invest $400 million in cloud services in Saudi Arabia over the next four years.
In February 2022, the Saudi Digital Academy signed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei to develop local talent. As part of the agreement, the two entities aim to sponsor 8,000 Saudis to learn information technology and communication at Huawei-accredited centers.
The United States has warned Middle Eastern countries against doing business with Huawei, accusing the company of posing a security risk.
Source : Al-Monitor
