Cairo, Egypt. January 29th, 2015

Huawei signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Union during the Summit 2015, regarding jointly enhance Information and Communication Technology HICT) literacy and capability and ICT infrastructure development.

Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of African Union Commission and Mr. David Harmon, Senior Vice President of Global Government Affairs Dept signed the MoU together, and both pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation in ICT development and promoting commercial progress of the continent through ICT innovation.

Mr. Erastus Mwencha remarked:"ICT development will drive tremendous transformation in different industries, and we are looking for partners that can work with us. Huawei as an active role and a leader in the industry must have a lot of experience to share. I appreciate the efforts that Huawei has been taken in knowledge transfer, and I am happy to have Huawei in this project. "

Mr. David Harmon added:" Huawei is committed to promoting global ICT industry development through "customer-centric" and innovative solutions to bring value to its customers. At the same time, we understand the governments' urgent need for further development of its ICT industry to support the strengthening of local infrastructure. Furthermore, knowledge transfer has also become our engagement during the operation in Africa."

Mr. Harmon also mentioned that "Huawei is working hard with our partners on all fronts to build a better connected Africa, because we believe that ICT technologies, particularly mobile broadband, are reshaping Africa and other parts of the world, and leading the next wave of sustainable social development. With our 17 years of experience within Africa's ICT industry coupled with our extensive industry global network means that Huawei is, well positioned to share the best practices and latest ICT solutions. We are ready and willing to share our experience with the African Union."

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About Huawei
Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider with the vision to enrich life through communication. Driven by customer-centric innovation and open partnerships, Huawei has established an end-to-end ICT solutions portfolio that gives our customers competitive advantages in telecom and enterprise networks, devices and cloud computing. Huawei's 150,000 employees worldwide are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers. Our innovative ICT solutions, products and services have been deployed in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than one third of the world's population. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.

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