By Our Reporter
Ugandan ICT students who were recently flagged off by Hon. Dr. JC Muyingo to China have completed their technological training under the Huawei Seeds for the Future program. The two week training was held in Beijing, the capital city of China and Shenzhen, where the company’s headquarters are located.
The Seeds for the Future program was started globally in 2008 by Huawei to nurture professionals who are urgently needed to drive development of the ICT industry in countries where it operates. The 10 talents who concluded the training were selected by the Ministry of Education and Sports in partnership with Huawei.
The students who took part in this training were sourced from the various universities including Makerere, Muni, Lira, Gulu, Mbarara, Busitema and Kyambogo. They were trained in the Chinese language (Mandarin), Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy and painting among others in Beijing. They then travelled to Shenzhen, where they had training in telecom networks, cloud computing, internet of things, road to 5G, how to build base stations, a voyage through Huawei’s Carrier Business, a voyage through Huawei’s Enterprise Business and trainings on how to be a network engineer among others.
Speaking at the Students visit to the Uganda High Commission in Beijing, Col. Emmanuel Rwashande the Defense Attaché of the Commission commended Huawei for the efforts of exposing the young ICT talents of Uganda to the latest technologies.
“I humbly request Huawei to continue with this great work and also widen the scope of training to create more impact to Uganda’s development,
