HUAWEI TO PARTNER WITH UI, PROMISES TO SET UP DIGITAL ACADEMY

The Country Manager, Talent Ecosystem Development, Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited, Mr. Kenneth Igwe, confirmed this in a courtesy call to the Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola, to congratulate the University as three students of the university emerged as Global Champions in the 2020 edition of Huawei ICT Global Challenge.
Mr. Igwe further explained that collaborating with UI on the project will involve at least ten companies, not only Huawei, saying that the project is tagged “Huawei Partners”. According to him, the “Huawei Partners” project is to deep hands into the talent resources that are abound in UI and give the students internship, graduate training and employment opportunities.
Speaking with the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Igwe asserted “Due to the excellent performance of UI students in the 2020 edition of the competition, I am in UI to coach your students on the requirements for the 2021 Challenge, agree on a date to organise students’ job fair in the University community and to discuss a proposal to establish a digital academy in UI.”
Responding, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ekanola indicated the readiness of the University of Ibadan to collaborate with Huawei in its “Huawei Partners” project for internship, graduate training and coaching to bolster the institution’s effort in promoting teaching, learning and research through information and communication technology (ICT).
“UI is willing to collaborate with Huawei in achieving and sustaining the goal, since IT is now a great tool for teaching, learning, research and administrative work.”
The Acting VC also drew the attention of the ICT expert to the efforts by the management, staff and students to strengthen the town and gown relationship that will bring about mutual benefits in the areas of internship, graduate training and coaching section for both UI and Huawei in a statement by the University’s Director of Public Communication, Mr. Olatunji Oladejo
In line with the mutual benefits expected from the collaboration, Prof. Ekanola, requested Huawei to make known to the UI’s management the needs and challenges facing the company so that UI can engage its research capacity to attend to these challenges.
The three champions from the University of Ibadan: Toheeb Adeniyi Badiru, Bolaji Olaide Abideen and Sulaiman Damilare Olubiyi, all of the Department of Electrical Electronics, Faculty of Technology.