Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider based in China, has been chosen by the Tanzanian government to provide technical advice to the East African country's ICT sector, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
This was formalized with the signing of an agreement between Huawei and the Tanzanian government on June 18, Thursday, at the first Huawei Cloud Conference in Dar es Salaam, where Huawei is expected to offer its services on ICT training, education and big data services.
Makame Mbarawa, Tanzania's Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, said during the conference that ICT plays a major role in the development of a nation's economy and enable people to do things more efficiently and effectively.
"Tanzania has enjoyed a great relationship with Huawei Tanzania, and have previously partnered with them on many projects successfully. With its innovation in ICT fields, Huawei did a great contribution to Tanzania," the minister was quoted as saying.
Mbarawa said that the signing of the agreement will further encourage and promote the technologies transfer between Huawei and Tanzania.
The report said that major players in the ICT sector, including the government, governmental agencies and private sector, gathered to attend the Huawei Cloud Conference, which was hosted by Huawei Tanzania and the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology of Tanzania.
The conference outlined the strategies of the East African country to achieve its millennium development goals, which was set out in "Vision 2015 by Empowering Tanzania Through ICT."
Huawei also presented its strategy to build better connections in Tanzania through the improvement and promotion of ICT knowledge and awareness to the government, academic institutions and the public, as well as focusing on infrastructure, capacity building, policy and legal framework and public relations activities on ICT.
"In the Big Data era, telecom operators and enterprises from different industries are facing new challenges. Huawei will continue to bring ICT innovations to Tanzania to help our customers achieve business success," Zhang Yongquan, managing director of Huawei Tanzania, said.
Huawei Tanzania also launched during the conference its new IT products, such as the OceanStor V3 and FusionCube, both presented through Huawei's "Make IT simple, make business agile" strategy aimed at helping customers deal with new challenges.