Vice President Jessica Alupo commends Huawei for ICT talent development in Teso Sub-region

Executives announced on January 30 that the Huawei Technologies DigiTruck project, initiated in October 2023 in the Teso Sub-region, has provided digital skills training to over 1000 youth, women, Jua-kalis, and local district officers, empowering them for participation in e-commerce.

The skills have helped the beneficiaries to market their produce since the launch of the programme which ended on January 30, 2024.

All the 11 districts in the Teso sub-region have been covered with a total of 1,139 beneficiaries equipped with ICT skills ready to use them to improve their own lives.

In Teso sub-region, Soroti University is one of the Huawei ICT Academies in Uganda more so in the Huawei ICT competitions, Soroti University students excelled in the national finals and will proceed the to regional finals in South Africa.

The Huawei DigiTruck, Huawei ICT Academy, and Huawei ICT Competitions are all part of the Huawei ICT Talent Development program.

The Uganda Digi Truck project is aligned with the country’s 2040 vision, National Development Plan, and Education Digital Agenda Strategy all aimed at transforming the East African state into a digital village.

The Chief Guest H.E Jessica Alupo congratulated the graduands upon completing these courses through the DigiTruck program.

She mentioned that the Government of Uganda values the youth very much and reminded them about the National Youth Policy which gets amended at least every 10 years to capture any areas that might have changed.

Alupo requested the Ministry of Gender, Labor, and Social Development to provide some ICT equipment to the youth who have been equipped with these skills.

Hon. Rose Lilly Akello, the Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity said, “I want to thank Huawei for giving support to the people of Uganda through ICT skilling under its ICT Talent Development programs, we appreciate this program of the Huawei DigiTruck.”

Huawei Uganda’s Subsidiary Board Director, Mr. Yi Junsong (Jason) stated that the DigiTruck project is part of Huawei TECH4ALL initiative which aims to drive digital inclusion and sustainability across the globe.

He said: “The DigiTruck has trained 1,139 Ugandans from Teso sub-region which is almost double the pre-planned numbers of 600 beneficiaries from the sub-region, all thanks to H.E Jessica Alupo and the local leadership of the Teso sub-region who worked together with us closely to ensure 11 districts in Teso are completed by this month.”