Riyadh, KSA, November 04, 2021:ย King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity โMAWHIBAโ, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia. The MoU aims to cooperate in developing digital talents and building the capacities of โMAWHIBAโ trainers, providing them with the necessary technology to bridge the gap in the ICT field.ย
The MoU signing with the presence of the H.E. Dr. Saud bin Saeed Bin Abdulazizย Almthami, the Secretary-General at King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, and Houย Tao, Vice President, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Steven Liu Deputy CEO of Saudiย Huawei, Dr. Nazeeh Al-Othmany H.E The Vice- Secretary-General at the Foundationโs premises and in the presence of senior executives from both parties.
The MoU stipulates that both parties cooperate within Huaweiโs ICT Academy which aims to bridge the gap in finding talents in the technology field. This can be achieved through training students nominated by โMAWHIBAโ on advanced and emerging technologies, as well as nurturing talents in the technical field, and providing the Foundation with access to Huaweiโs virtual platform for talents and its educational resources.ย
The cooperation also includes โMAWHIBAโ selecting two training sessions from Huaweiโs Certified ICT Associate (HCIA) program. Huawei will also provide training to โMAWHIBAโ and universitiesโ faculty to obtain HCIA, as well as access to use Huaweiโs available online learning tools. โMAWHIBAโ will also be nominating students from the Foundation for Huaweiโs Future Leaders program to provide opportunities for those who pass the exams to obtain a 3-months extensive theoretical and practical training before hiring them at Huawei.
Both parties will also launch campaigns to increase the level of awareness of the ICT field and encourage students to register in Huaweiโs ICT Competition.
