Peruvian students will compete in the global finals of the Huawei ICT competition held in Shenzhen, China this week.
The competition will begin on Tuesday, May 20 and conclude on Saturday, May 24 with an awards ceremony.
In its ninth edition, the Huawei ICT Competition 2024-2025 with the theme of "Connection, Glory and Future," has had an overwhelming response, attracting over 210,000 students and teachers from more than 2,000 colleges and universities in upwards of 100 countries and regions.
Despite steady gains in internet use, roughly one-third of humanity remain offline.
Skill gaps are categorically considered the biggest barrier to business transformation according to the WEF’s Future of Jobs Survey respondents, with 63% of employers identifying them as a major barrier over the 2025- 2030 period.
This gap spans critical areas such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Huawei is helping to prepare students to be the workforce of the future through its ICT Academy and ICT competitions.
"Digital transformation is reshaping industries faster than ever, and the biggest barrier to growth today is the shortage of skilled ICT professionals. By training the next generation through programs like the Huawei ICT Competition and our ICT Academy, we are fostering innovation and ensuring that talent development keeps pace with the rapid technological advances we are seeing today," Huawei's ICT Strategy & Business Development Dept President Ritchie Peng stated.
"At Huawei, we firmly believe that investing in talent is the most powerful way to shape the digital future. By empowering students with cutting-edge ICT knowledge and hands-on experience, we are not only supporting individual careers but also accelerating the digital transformation of industries and helping societies worldwide," he added.
This year, students from Peru will be competing in the network and innovation track.
Since 2017, the Huawei digital skills contest in Peru has attracted 800 students, and these year's edition registered over 60 students from more than 6 university and college partners.
The global Huawei ICT Competition is open to students in higher education institutions around the world that partner with the Huawei ICT Academy.
Through the competition, Huawei aims to provide students with a platform to compete healthily and exchange ideas, enhancing their ICT knowledge, improving practical skills, and fostering innovation using the latest technologies and platforms.
Students take part in hands-on labs, workshops, and real-world scenarios, guided by Huawei-certified instructors, as they learn about Huawei technologies in domains such networking, cloud computing and AI.
This is the 9th edition of Huawei's ICT competition. Over 960,000 students from more than 2,000 colleges and universities in 100 countries and regions across the globe have participated since the competition started in 2015.
In China, it has been listed as a national competition for university students, while globally, it has been recognized as a key partner flagship program by UNESCO's Global Skills Academy.