The President of Huawei Technologies in charge of southern Africa, Mr Li Peng has observed that investment in information and communication technology (ICT) and partnership hold the trump card to fuelling Africa’s digital growth and development.
He, therefore, underscored the need for African countries to develop a master plan to direct investment and attract the best talent in ICT to speed up the socio-economic transformation of the continent.
For instance, he said Germany's “Industry 4.0” and “the Made in China 2025” initiatives had been designed to make the manufacturing industries in those countries more robust and meaningful through the use of information and communication technology.
Mr Li was sharing his thoughts about ICT investment and development in Africa in a statement released in South Africa last Thursday.
Huawei Technologies is the largest telecom equipment manufacturer and network solutions provider in China and the third largest in the world.
Under its corporate social responsibility programmes in Ghana, Huawei has donated ICT equipment to University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Cape Coast (UCC) and University for Development Studies (UDS).