A Huawei is looking for the world's best ICT talent to support its strategy of innovating and building a greener and smarter world.
At a recent event, Ken Hu, the rotating president of Huawei said, “At Huawei, when we talk about innovation, the first thing we think of is people. We look forward to attracting world-class talent with world-class challenges, and working together to push the boundaries of science and technology.”
Hu was referring to the Top Minds Recruitment Program that the company launched on its website earlier.
“We don't care where you're from, where you graduated, or what you studied,” he continued. “As long as you have a dream for the future and believe you can make it happen, we want you to come join us. We provide world-class challenges, a powerful platform, and all the resources you need to explore the unknown.”
- ICT Talent in Sub-Saharan Africa
Locally, Huawei continues its global recruitment strategy, targeting the continent's top ICT talent, training and skills transfer, and creating more jobs in the ICT sector through collaboration with various stakeholders.
In April, Huawei launched its LEAP Digital Skills Development Program in Sub-Saharan Africa to help advance the ICT skills of more than 100.000 people across the region within three years.
In launching the LEAP program, said Huawei Southern Africa President Leo Chen, “Through the program, we strive to cultivate more young ICT leaders who can explore more possibilities for themselves, their families, community and, ultimately, for their nations”.
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Over the past two decades, Huawei has helped advance the ICT skills of more than 80 people across the region. Huawei itself is an employer of choice in the region. Its branches in 000 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have earned the Top Employer seal in 9.
Despite facing pressures, the company believes it has greater capacity to deal with uncertainty. Huawei reached US$99,8 billion in revenue in 2021, with an increase in cash flows and a decrease in the liability ratio. Huawei continues to feature among the top telecom brands in the Global Top 500 Brands list, released in March 2022 by Brand Finance, a well-known independent British consultant.
“Innovation has become an essential part of Huawei's DNA”, concludes Ken Hu, “For almost a decade, our strategy has been to reinvest at least 10% of our annual revenues in R&D. %”.
This makes Huawei the world's second largest investor in R&D (research and development) according to the 2021 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard.
