Huawei will invest $50 million in the next five years to develop 500,000 digital talents in the Asia-Pacific.

Jeffery Liu, president of Huawei Asia-Pacific, recently announced this while delivering his keynote speech at the Asia Pacific Innovation Day – Digital Talent Summit 2021.

"Cultivating an innovative ICT talent ecosystem is fundamental to the digital transformation. Leveraging shared innovations with win-win outcomes, we can harness the power of ICT skills to fly us into a digital future," Jeffery said.

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"Together with our partners, Huawei will invest $50 million in the next 5 years to develop 500,000 digital talents in the Asia-Pacific."

The online summit brought together policymakers, researchers, and industry experts to share solutions and best practices in building a sustainable ecosystem that will help foster digital talents in the Asia-Pacific.

"The Digital Talent Summit 2021 aims to discuss and address the needs of ASEAN ICT youth talent, and is very relevant, especially amid the global pandemic which forced us to significantly rely more on the digital platform," said the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community Robert Matheus Michael Tene.

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To bridge the digital talent gap in this region, Huawei also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the ASEAN Foundation at the summit.

"Innovation and development rely on a talent ecosystem. Huawei is prepared to work with its partners to build a talent development ecosystem conducive to innovation," Huawei Senior Vice-President and Board Member Catherine Chen said.