ICT Minister Baryomunsi: Government to continue working with Huawei to achieve the digital transformation
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- 03 Apr 2023
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The Minister of ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has said that the government of Uganda is to continue working with Huawei to fast-tracking digital in order to achieve the 2040 digital vision. He made these remarks today at the Huawei ICT Congress 2023 held at Sheraton Hotel Kampala.
The Huawei ICT Congress is a mirror of the Mobile World Congress always held in Barcelona where Huawei has been a top exhibitor showcasing the latest technology. The Huawei ICT Congress 2023 with the theme “Guide to the Intelligent World” organized by Huawei Uganda is aimed at Building collaborations between Uganda & Huawei to support & deploy AI in all sectors of Uganda’s Economy. Huawei exhibited technology in Smart converged offices network, smart education solutions, green data center solutions, Huawei cloud, and national digital transformation solutions, 5G to Business and Rural networks. This is the second time Huawei is holding such an event in Uganda.
The Minister of ICT and National guidance Hon. Dr. Chris Baryomunsi emphasized the need to embrace and integrate technology in all sectors of Uganda’s economy such as agriculture, education, and Health among others for better service delivery and productivity.
“We must embrace technology because, during the COVID-19 lockdown, children in urban areas who had access to technology benefited more than those in rural areas… so during that time (covid-19 lockdown) ICT was more appreciated by many others who never thought needed technology. Our desire as the ministry is that when we speak of the 4th industrial revolution and the technological advances, we must move and Join the rest of the world,” said Chris Baryomunsi.
“We want to thank Huawei for the good work you are doing, you are one of our committed partners, we have worked with you in many programs such as the National Backbone Infrastructure just as the NITA ED mentioned and we shall continue working with you in the future for our digital transformation journey,” he added.
In attendance at the congress was Dr. Amina Zawedde, Permanent Secretary Ministry of ICT and National guidance NITA-U’s Hatwib Mugasa, Huawei Vice president of Carrier Business Group Southern Africa Mad Chen, Huawei Vice President of Enterprise Business group Amy Xia and Huawei Uganda MD Gaofei. Read More…
