CITC, Huawei sign strategic partnership on knowledge exchange

CITC, Huawei sign strategic partnership on knowledge exchange

RIYADH — The Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC) in Saudi Arabia has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei aimed at strengthening the Kingdom's digital economy and ICT talent ecosystem in line with the ambitions of Vision 2030.The MoU was signed by Ahmad Aljarboa, deputy governor for Corporate Support Sector at CITC, and Terry He, CEO of Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia, and was witnessed by Dr. Mohammed Altamimi, governor of CITC, and Charles Yang, president of Huawei Middle East.The memorandum will see Huawei become a strategic partner to CITC in a number of areas. This includes collaboration on knowledge exchange, HR capacity development, and ICT industry collaboration more broadly, with Huawei sharing its experience and best practices with CITC in the future. Amongst those will be joint trainings for CITC officials focused on emerging technologies such as, AI, cloud, and others.In addition, Huawei will be providing CITC with access to its global events and forums for further knowledge exchange, while giving CITC more platforms to share its own