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10th Huawei ICT Competition APAC Winners Crowned at ASEAN Headquarters
[Jakarta, Indonesia, May 14, 2026] The 10th Huawei ICT Competition APAC Finals and Awards Ceremony concluded successfully at the ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. This competition was organized by Huawei and co-hosted by ASEAN Foundation, attracting over 8,600 students from 14 countries and regions to participate in the Practice Competition (including the cloud track, network track, computing track) and the Innovation Competition. After multiple rounds of selection, more than 160 students from 13 countries and regions successfully advanced to the APAC Finals. Group Photo (Courtesy of the ASEAN Secretariat) H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN; Dr. Fauzan Adziman, Director General of Research and Development, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Republic of Indonesia; Dr. Boni Pudjianto, Head of Agency for Human Resources Development on Communications and Digital Affairs, Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs Republic of Indonesia; H.E. Ambassador Sarah Al Bakri Devadason, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the ASEAN Foundation and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to ASEAN and members of the Board of Trustees of the ASEAN Foundation; H.E. Wang Qing, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of The People's Republic of China to ASEAN; H.E. Nararya S. Soeprapto, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs; Dr. Piti Srisangnam, ASEAN Foundation Executive Director; Kishore Babu Yerraballa, ITU Area Representative for Southeast Asia and other Member States in Asia and the Pacific attended the ceremony. H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn delivered a speech (Courtesy of the ASEAN Secretariat) ASEAN Secretary-General H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn expressed support for the competition in his opening remarks, emphasizing, "Empowering young talents is the source of our region's creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. As underscored in the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2030, our digital talent is the heartbeat of this vision." Subsequently, the competition announced the winners for each track. The team from National University of Singapore was awarded the Grand Prize in the Innovation Competition for their work, which was highly innovative and had both commercial and social value. In the Practice Competition, the teams from Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology claimed the top honor in both the Computing Track and the Cloud Track, while the team from the Philippines Bulacan Stat...
Winners of Huawei ICT competition APAC crowned at ASEAN HQ
The 10th Huawei ICT Competition APAC Finals and Awards Ceremony was held at the ASEAN Headquarters (HQ) in Jakarta, Indonesia, with participation from students, educators and government representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region.Organised by Huawei together with the ASEAN Foundation, the competition attracted more than 8,600 students from 14 countries and regions. More than 160 finalists from 13 countries advanced to the regional finals after competing in cloud, computing, network and innovation categories.ASEAN Secretary-General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Indonesian government officials, ASEAN Foundation representatives and regional ICT stakeholders attended the event.Dr. Kao Kim Hourn stressed the importance of nurturing digital talent to support ASEAN’s digital transformation goals under the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2030.The National University of Singapore won the Grand Prize in the Innovation Competition, while teams from the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology secured top awards in the Computing and Cloud tracks. Bulacan State University of the Philippines emerged as the winner of the Network Track.Teams from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, Japan, Laos, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR also received awards across the competition categories. Sixteen teams from the region qualified for the global finals scheduled to take place in Shenzhen, China, this June.During the event, Huawei Asia Pacific announced several initiatives related to AI talent development and digital skills training. The company also launched overseas its white paper titled ICT Job Roles and Skills in the Intelligent World, developed jointly with IDC, OpenAtom Foundation and the Global Intelligent Internet of Things Consortium.The report examines emerging ICT job trends, changing industry skill requirements and training pathways linked to artificial intelligence and intelligent technologies. Huawei also announced updates to its ICT Academy curriculum, including new AI-focused courses for universities and training institutions.Over the past nine years, Huawei said its ICT Academy programme in Asia-Pacific has expanded from two institutions in two countries to more than 500 institutions across 18 countries and regions, training more than 160,000 students.
Huawei concludes '10th APAC ICT Competition' finals
Huawei held 'The 10th Huawei ICT Competition APAC Finals and Awards Ceremony' at the ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has moved to expand the cultivation of ICT talent in the Asia-Pacific region. According to Huawei on May 14, over 8,600 students from 14 countries and regions ...
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