Chakwera Meets Huawei Technologies Management

His Excellency State President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has hailed Huawei Technologies for its commitment in building digital infrastructure in the Malawi.

Chakwera made the remarks, Tuesday when he met the Technical Management Team of Huawei Technologies led by Vice President Li Junfeng in Beijing in China.

The president who was accompanied to the meeting by Minister of Information and Digitalisation, Moses Kunkuyu, said Malawi has significantly benefited from the exceptional services that Huawei provides through cutting-edge solutions offered, ranging from smart devices to advanced digital solutions.

He expressed pride to have inaugurated Malawi’s first State-of-the-Art National Data Centre in the city of Blantyre on 21st July, 2022, thanks to the successful execution of the Fibre Backbone Project by Huawei which helped to position Malawi on the global digitalisation map.

“My administration is also keen on collaborating with Huawei in the following specific areas of Smart Village Initiative for rural communities – The company is implementing similar projects elsewhere in Africa, establishment of technical training centers for ICT to help us upskill our youth in digital skills, including AI and cybersecurity, Smart agriculture solutions to support our large-scale farm initiatives,” said Chakwera

He then asserted his administration’s unwavering commitment to the minigrid project as Malawi seeks to expand electricity access across country saying he would persist in exploring financing opportunities that identify numerous eligible areas across the country.

Huawei Technologies Managing Director for Malawi, Gomez Gu, said his company was prepared to support Malawi in digitalisation, power through micro grids solutions especially for rural areas and computing.

On his part, Kunkuyu disclosed that Government will soon launch the first Smart Villages project that will help increase the number of smart villages in Malawi thereby increasing access to connectivity and various online services in rural areas.

This meeting is a continuation of President Chakwera’s engagement with various Chinese companies on the sidelines of the Summit of Forum of China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) that runs from Wednesday up to Friday.