Huawei Cloud Startup Summit Nigeria, 2024, has launched a startup programme with a commitment to empower 100 Nigerian startups on Huawei Cloud over the next two years.
With the theme, ‘Unleash the Power of Startups, the programme kicked off in Lagos with over 150 industry startups, venture capitals and partners across the country gathering to share ideas on startup innovation, ecosystem collaboration, and digital transformation.
Delivering a keynote speech at the ceremony, the Director, Huawei Cloud, Hugo Hu, called on Nigerian startups to jointly innovate and shape the future of the nation’s digital economy.
Adding that Nigeria’s startup ecosystem is expanding significantly, Hu however stressed that the path of innovation was not only full of opportunities but also challenges such as technology, funding, data security, and compliance.
According to him, the key to accelerating innovation is to embrace the cloud.
“Huawei Cloud is committed to providing an ecological platform for Nigerian startups as well as enable startups get cost-effective cloud resource with ease, and reach business opportunities at a faster pace. We strongly believe Huawei Cloud is a better choice for Nigerian startups,” Hu added.
Adding: “Huawei Cloud is committed to empowering 100 Nigerian startups to innovate and grow on Huawei Cloud over the next two years.
Ecosystem Director of Huawei Cloud Nigeria, Paul Adigu, said that through three key initiatives – advanced cloud platform, startup talent development and business resources, Huawei Cloud startup program will provide startups with leading cloud-native infrastructure, professional services, and up to $150,000 credit voucher for cloud adoption.
“Huawei has thrived in Nigeria and contributed to Nigeria’s digital transformation for more than 24 years. Huawei Cloud aims to build a cloud foundation for an intelligent world leveraging the concept of “Everything as a Service.” Huawei Cloud will launch a Local Cloud in Nigeria in 2024, and as of now, Huawei Cloud has built 88 AZs in 30 Regions around the world”, Adigu said.
