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Huawei ICT Incubator announces top 6 startups from Bangladesh
Global ICT infrastructure provider Huawei has announced six startups as the winners of its ICT Incubator 2022 programme.
The winners will get seed money as the award in addition to the opportunity to meet global startups for knowledge sharing.
The announcement was made at a city hotel Wednesday (October 19, 2022). Huawei organised the event with the cooperation of Startup Bangladesh and the Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA).
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The competition has two groups, namely, the Idea Stage and the Early Stage. The winners of the Idea Stage and the Early Stage, respectively, are Insure Cow (Champion), Durjoy DSS (first runners-up), and Relaxy (second runners-up); and Jahaji (champions), Palki (first runners-up), and We Gro Technologies (second runners-up).
The champions will get Tk500,000 as prize money and $125,000 Huawei Cloud credit; whereas the first and second runners-up will get Tk300,000 and Tk100,000 as prize money, respectively, in addition to $80,000 Huawei Cloud Credit. Apart from these, a co-founder from each company will visit abroad to meet successful foreign startups.
An independent jury panel of the iDEA project, Huawei Bangladesh, Startup Bangladesh and other renowned leaders of the startup ecosystem of Bangladesh, selected the winners.
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ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak joined the event as the chief guest. Li Jiming, ambassador of China to Bangladesh, was present as a special guest along with Professor Vincent Chang, vice-chancellor of Brac University, Pan Junfeng, CEO of Huawei Bangladesh, Sami Ahmed, managing director of Startup Bangladesh, Md Altaf Hossain, project director (joint secretary) of iDEA Project.
Around 180 participants applied for this year's ICT Incubator programme. Divided into two groups – The idea stage and the Early stage, 68 startups were selected to join the Incubator Bootcamp, where they were mentored and provided technical training.
After this, the participants presented their startup ideas before the jury panel. Based on the judgment of the jury members, a total of 20 startups from both stages were selected as finalists for the gala event of Huawei ICT Incubator 2022. Finally, the top 3 from the Idea stage and the top 3 from the Early stage have been announced as winners at the gala event.
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Huawei, RedDot team up to develop Bangladesh cloud market
Huawei Technologies Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Robi's ICT-focused subsidiary RedDot Digital to develop the cloud ecosystem in Bangladesh and facilitate the private sector from across the industries to explore business prospects.
Hasib Mustabsir, CEO of RedDot Digital, said: "We are very excited to work with Huawei to support the digital transformation of the enterprise sector of the country."
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"Cloud solutions are well known around the world for their ability to optimise costs and bring efficiency to business operations."
Pan Junfeng, CEO of Huawei Technologies Bangladesh, said: "We have versatile cloud solutions and intelligent cloud networks to serve enterprises, traditional and digital banks, medical institutions, educational institutions, and so on."
"As an ICT partner of Bangladesh for 23 years, I am very proud to ensure that Huawei will continue its effort to help Bangladesh reap the benefits of digitalisation."
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Huawei launches its largest-ever regional Seeds for the Future Program
Leading global technological company Huawei on Friday launched Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future in collaboration with the ASEAN Foundation and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to shape the future through inspiring digital talents.
The opening ceremony of the program was attended by distinguished guests, including Jurin Laksanawisit, Honorable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand, Dr Dipu Moni, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General, ASEAN, Dr Yang Mee Eng, Executive Director, ASEAN Foundation and Simon Lin, President of Huawei Asia Pacific.
This regional round program will bring together 120 outstanding students from 16 countries across the Asia Pacific region including eight students of Bangladesh for a 9-day digital boot camp in Thailand. The participants will get immersed in technologies and cross-cultural experiences and propose technical solutions to address social problems through Tech4Good projects.
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56 of the 120 participants this year are women, making the 2022 cohort the most gender-balanced in the region since the program was initiated in 2008.
The students will embark on a cultural and digital journey filled with site visits, including the United Nations Regional Hub in Bangkok, the Metaverse Expo, and the Grand Palace in Bangkok. At the same time, the participants will be provided training in cutting-edge technologies like 5G, AI, and cloud computing from industry-leading experts.
During the digital camp, the participants will be expected to team up and create a “Tech4Good” pitch where they will share their visions for a better digital world. The winning teams will be given a place in an accelerator camp in Singapore that will be held from August 29 to September 4. This camp will allow them to meet top-notch entrepreneurs and investors, further develop their initiatives, and bring their ideas to the market.
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Dr. Dipu Moni, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Education of Bangladesh, spoke on how digital talent can bridge historical gender gaps.
“It is increasingly important that we include our female students in STEM-based learning and creates an equal opportunity for them to grow. Seeds for the Future seems very sincere about that. We are excited to have five excellent female young professionals from Bangladesh joining the camp, and I believe their success will empower more women to contribute to Bangladesh’s digital economy,” she said.
President of Huawei Asia Pacific, Simon Lin, reiterated Huawei’s commitment to talent development.
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“The ‘seeds’ represent hope, passion, and future. As the corporate-level flagship CSR project with the longest history, this program has been brought to nearly 140 countries and regions, reaching over 12,000 students from 500 universities. The ‘Seeds’ have grown to a global ‘forest’,” he said.
Seeds for the Future is Huawei’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility program, bringing together young talent from top universities worldwide. The program was launched in Thailand in 2008 to inspire ICT talent and encourage them to tackle social challenges with digital solutions. By the end of 2021, the program had been implemented in 137 countries and regions, reaching 12,000 students from over 500 universities.
Huawei cloud, digital power teams onboard 60 fresh graduates
Huawei Technologies Bangladesh recently recruited 60 fresh graduates for its cloud and digital power teams to create opportunities for the youth to work in the ICT sector.
Huawei started the process of recruiting fresh graduates in June and around 2,500 applicants applied for the vacant positions. Finally, 60 people (30 for Cloud and 30 for Digital Power) were onboarded, according to a media statement.
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Tansi Islam, a new recruit to the Huawei cloud team, said: "It's really amazing that I have got the opportunity to work with the leading global ICT infrastructure provider Huawei and learn from the experts. I have already attended some training sessions and gathered useful knowledge from those."
KUET partners with Huawei to set up ICT academy
The Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) has teamed up with global ICT infrastructure provider Huawei to set up an ICT academy.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between KUET and Huawei in Khulna Monday.
Under this agreement, a special training centre will be set up at KUET. Huawei will provide online training materials and courses through its learning platform to the KUET students.
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This academy will also train KUET teachers as Huawei-certified trainers. After finishing the training, KUET teachers will train students in this ICT academy. Students will be able to get training on the latest ICT technology through this ICT academy.
Professor Quazi Sazzad Hossain, vice-chancellor of KUET, said: "Developing a sustainable ICT talent ecosystem is essential for continuing our growth and overall progress. Huawei has contributed greatly to the ICT ecosystem of Bangladesh."
"Huawei has been working with both the government and individual entities to create an ecosystem that will nurture ICT talents in Bangladesh. This ICT academy partnership is also part of our continued commitment to preparing the youth for the future world," George Lin, president of Enterprise Business Group at Huawei Bangladesh, said.
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Huawei initiated ICT Academy, a school-enterprise cooperation project, in 2013.
At the moment, there are 1,500 such ICT academies run by Huawei in more than 90 countries around the world, including Pakistan, Zambia, and China, according to a media statement.
Earlier, Huawei partnered with BUET to set up the Huawei BUET ICT Academy, which is already operational.
It is expected that the Huawei KUET ICT academy will open new doors for the students to build sustainable careers in the ICT sector.
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Huawei introduces versatile cloud solutions for telecom carriers
Chinese telecom giant Huawei has brought the first suite of global scenario-based cloud solutions for telecom carriers.
Director of Huawei Carrier IT Marketing and Solution Sales Chen Xuejun recently announced this new solution in China at the summit Win-Win Innovation Week. These solutions focus on monetising networks, innovating services, and optimising operations to help carriers embrace cloud transformation and growth acceleration.
With advances in 5G, cloud computing, big data, and edge computing, cloud transformation has become the future of telecom carriers.
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According to Gartner, carriers around the world will increase their investment in cloud transformation at a compound annual growth rate of 27 percent in the next five years.
Chen Xuejun said: "The key to carrier cloud transformation lies in smarter use of the cloud for networks, services, and operations. Huawei Cloud will work with global carriers to transform and open up new growth space."
The Win-Win Innovation Week was held from July 18 to July 21 in Shenzhen.
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Huawei launches new green development solutions
Chinese telecom giant Huawei recently launched a new suite of green development solutions at the online programme Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week.
The solutions are aimed at helping operators systematically improve network energy efficiency as ICT infrastructure continues to evolve from 5G and F5G to 5.5G and F5.5G, green networks.
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Also, it will help operators systematically build green networks that simultaneously address traffic growth and carbon emission reduction, according to a media statement.
"Technological innovation is required at three levels," Huawei Carrier Business Group Chief Marketing Officer Philip Song said.
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"Firstly, to move sites fully outdoors, and increase equipment energy efficiency and the efficiency of using renewable energy; secondly, to maximise energy efficiency and make networks all-optical, simplified, and intelligent; and thirdly to achieve green O&M, new O&M and energy-saving policies more easily."
Huawei Bangladesh to recruit 60 fresh graduates
Huawei Technologies Bangladesh will recruit 60 fresh university graduates from all over the country.
The company will hire business development executives, solutions architects, and service engineers through a third-party resource.
Huang Baoxiong, director of the human resource department at Huawei Bangladesh, said: "We recruit fresh graduates to allow them to work with experts who have international exposure and expertise."
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"Through this recruitment, we want to inspire students to gather experience that will help them shape their careers and also promote digitalisation and green development in Bangladesh."
Students from the Department of CSE, EEE, ECE, or ETE all over Bangladesh can apply for these positions.
Only the fresh graduates with no experience or even fourth-year or final semester students can apply for this job.
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Huawei partners with Golden Harvest
Huawei Technologies and Golden Harvest will work together in Bangladesh to help every industry achieve higher business growth and significantly cut operation costs.
Abdul Huque, director of Golden Harvest, and Alex Li, director of Huawei Bangladesh, recently signed an agreement in Dhaka.
Under the deal, Golden Harvest Info Tech, a wing of Golden Harvest, will provide cloud solutions, software as a service (SaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to different verticals like other cloud partners of Huawei Bangladesh.
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Alex Li said: "In Asia-Pacific, Huawei has established partnerships with nearly 10,000 enterprises and cloud partners and plans to invest $100 million in the Spark startup ecosystem. Huawei wants to work intensively on digital power and cloud in Bangladesh. I believe this partnership will help the industries of Bangladesh to get a better cloud solution more conveniently."
Abdul Huque said: "With Huawei's leading cloud solution, we will be able to develop a comprehensive cloud ecosystem in Bangladesh."
In Bangladesh, the government, Robi, IFAD Autos, bdjobs.com, Rokomari.com, Daily Star, DBC News, Ekattor TV, Symphony Softech, New Zealand Dairy, Ajkerdeal.com, Perfee, deliveryTIGER, UNITEX, and Flora Telecom are using Huawei Cloud.
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Also, Huawei provided cloud service for the launch of the virtual Amar Ekushey Boi Mela last February so that the visitors and interested people can access all information related to the fair through a website.
Seeds For The Future moves to 3rd round with 30 students
Thirty students have made it to the third round of the Seeds For The Future 2022 Bangladesh, a CSR programme by Chinese telecom giant Huawei for aspiring science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and non-STEM students.
Based on their academic results and knowledge, creativity, and English proficiency, the jury board consisting of Huawei staff, project manager, and university teachers shortlisted them from 200 participants in the second round.
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Professors from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Islamic University of Technology, Brac University, East-West University, and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology joined the jury board of the round.
At the end of the third round, nine students will be promoted to the regional round which will be held in Thailand.
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The winners of the regional round will go to Singapore to join the "Tech4Good Accelerator Camp."
Initially, more than 1,100 students enrolled in the Seeds For The Future 2022 Bangladesh.
Launched in Bangladesh in 2014, Seeds for the Future has been nurturing ICT talents since its inception and become popular among academics as well as students.
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