Kathy Gibson reports – Everything as a service: that’s the goal that Huawei Cloud is aiming for in a world where technology innovation is moving at an unprecedented pace.
Huawei built the first local cloud region in Johannesburg in 2019. Since then, it has signed up more than 1 000 local customers from government, financial services, transport, education and universities, says Jacqueline Shi, president of Huawei Cloud global marketing and sales service.
“Our cloud business in South Africa has increased more than 16-times over this period,” she adds.
Looking to the future, Huawei Cloud will focus in three areas:
- Continue to provide technology in the local region for comprehensive data, AI and media cloud solutions.
- To provide a strong local team to offer structure and support for South African customers.
- To build and train the local ecosystem by empowering South African partners.
Will Meng, CEO of Huawei Technologies South Africa, says the company aims to build on its 25-year history in the country.
“We are dedicated to driving south Africa’s digitalisation,” says Meng. “Our vision is to bring digital to every person, family and organisation. And to have a fully connected, intelligent world.”
While helping to build a digital South Africa, Huawei is also helping to contributed to green energy and skills transfer.
Cloud is central to this, he says: “No cloud, no digtalisation.”