Johannesburg – In a recorded handle to Huawei South Africa Connect 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the corporate’s vital contributions to nationwide growth by way of know-how.
“We live in a time of fast technological change,” he famous, emphasising how digital innovation is reshaping lives, work, and interactions throughout South Africa.
The President spoke about Huawei’s longstanding partnership with the nation, significantly in increasing rural connectivity by way of its Digital Village Initiative and upskilling youth by way of the Huawei ICT Academy.
“Huawei work is bettering productiveness and repair supply, whereas additionally serving to to create jobs and to arrange our youth for the long run,” he said.
Huawei’s options have reworked key sectors, together with authorities providers, transport, power, and finance, whereas supporting healthcare, training, logistics, and mining by way of AI, cloud computing, and good connectivity.
These developments handle systemic challenges and unlock development alternatives.
Ramaphosa praised the convention as a platform to strengthen partnerships and advance a “linked, inclusive, and affluent South Africa.”
He thanked Huawei for fostering innovation, stating, “This is an area the place innovation actually shapes the long run.”
The occasion, being held in Sandton, Johannesburg, and attended by 4 000 individuals, introduced collectively stakeholders to collaborate on harnessing know-how for equitable progress, reflecting Huawei’s dedication to long-term socio-economic influence.
*This article first appeared in our sister publication techfinancials.co.za
