China’s Huawei supports Tunisia’s smart education

Published : December 12,2024

China’s tech giant Huawei and Tunisia’s El-Khawarizmi Computing Center (CCK)
held the CCK-Huawei Technology Summit 2024 on Tuesday in Tunisia’s capital
city, Tunis, with the aim of enhancing Tunisia’s smart education.
“Tunisia has made education one of the priority pillars of its national strategy; we
have been gradually taking advantage of technological advances to promote
innovation,” Tunisian Minister of Communication Technologies Sofiene Hemissi
said at the summit. The Tunisian minister added that his country is proud to be in
partnership with Huawei, and the summit is “a big opportunity to develop
Tunisia’s working methods and strategies in education by making good use of
artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies to make a better future for
Tunisia’s future generations.” “As one of the global leaders in the technological
fields, Huawei continues to impress us in Tunisia with fairly professional, fast, and
efficient services, it is a strategic partner, as well as a respectful and trusted

partner for Tunisia,” CCK Director General Saoussen Krichen told Xinhua. The CCK
provides internet services for the higher education and scientific research sector
in Tunisia.
Huawei built the first higher education and research cloud computing system in
Tunisia, which provides 14 Tunisian universities with the capability for AI and big
data computation, said Qin Zhaobing, vice president of Huawei Northern
Africa.According to Qin, Huawei has established strategic partnerships with 68
Tunisian universities, and more than 7,000 students have joined the Huawei
Information and Communication Technologies Academy in Tunisia.Huawei will
support the Tunisian government in the next five years to train another 10,000
digital talents in 5G, cloud computing, and AI, Qin added.

Tunisian Minister of Communication Technologies Sofiene Hemissi speaks at the CCK-Huawei
Technology Summit 2024 in Tunis, Tunisia, on Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)

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