Muscat hosts the regional finale of Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2022

  • Date: 23-Dec-2022
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Oman
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Muscat hosts the regional finale of Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2022

- The Jordan Team won first place and $20,000 cash prize, second place went to one team from Pakistan and one team from Iraq, while the teams from UAE, Bahrain and Kazakhstan won third place

Middle East: The winners of the Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2022, Huawei’s flagship longstanding competition, have now been announced at a closing ceremony that took place on December 22 in Muscat, Oman. This year’s competition saw 15 teams of the brightest young tech talents compete together, shortlisted originally from 19,300 participants representing 472 universities and 11 countries across the Middle East and Central Asia.

This year, the Jordan team comprising students Hamzah Al-Zubaidi and Aws Al-Rayya from Princess Sumaya University for Technology and Yazan Al Shannik from Yarmouk University won the first prize of $20,000. The second place went to Pakistan Team 1 comprising Muhammad Ali and Asad Anwer from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro and Eman Yaqoob from Lahore College for Women University and Iraq Team 1 comprising Sadeem Moulood from Ninevah University, Mohammed Shakr from Salahaddin University and Mohammed Hussein from University of Anbar. The third prize went to the UAE Team comprising Eyasu Araya and Smon Ftwi from Higher Colleges of