STORY: Huawei launches enhanced networking solutions to spur digital transformation in Kenya
SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024
DATELINE: April 27, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:34
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

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1. various of the conference
2. various of guests at the conference
3. various of gadgets expo
4. SOUNDBITE (English): LYU HAN, Senior Solution Architect, Huawei
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STORYLINE:

Chinese technology firm Huawei on Friday launched in Nairobi enhanced networking solutions for its Kenyan clients.

Kevin Wenkai, managing director of Huawei East Africa Enterprise, said the launch of the new features of Huawei's Internet Protocol (IP) and OptiX products and solutions will boost Kenya's quest to become a digital economy hub that promises jobs and prosperity to all citizens.

SOUNDBITE (English): LYU HAN, Senior Solution Architect, Huawei
"For the digital transformation in Kenya, what we want to build is a more intelligent network. That doesn't mean for the highest bid, but also we want automation. For example, in the campus network, we should build an end-to-end automated network, from network planning to network deployment, to network operation, and to network optimization. It must be an end-to-end automation at an intelligent network."

Loyford Muriithi, information and communications technology (ICT) director in Kenya's Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, said the government is committed to partnerships with industry players like Huawei in its bid to expand connectivity, improve the digital skills of the youth and automate key sectors like manufacturing, finance, health and education.

Muriithi said that Huawei has aided in implementing a digital superhighway anchored on establishing 100,000 kilometers of fiber optics alongside digital villages and public WiFi hotspots.

Martin Mirero, director of ICT at Communications Authority of Kenya, a state-owned ICT regulatory agency, said that Huawei's advanced networking solutions that guarantee better user experience and productivity will boost Kenya's efforts to establish a sustainable digital society.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nairobi.
(XHTV)