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Global economies, including in Kenya, must embrace technology in manufacturing in the wake of a fast-moving fourth industrial revolution to remain competitive, Chinese tech giant–Huawei now says.


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This includes tapping into Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things, which is shaping the future of industries both in developed and developing countries.


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Kenya is a leading economy in East Africa and a key tech hub not only in the region but the continent, with the government pushing to grow the manufacturing sector’s contribution to the GDP to at least 20 per cent by 2030, from the current 7.2 per cent.


However, the uptake of technology in the country’s industrial space remains slow. Huawei which is a major player at this year’s GItex 2024 (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) in Dubai, has said economies must also build up digital ecosystems that encompass manufacturing, the financial sector and energy, to support growth.


The company has launched joint solutions with partners for ten industries including public utilities, transportation, finance, electric power, oil and gas, mining, retail, education, and healthcare, and a series of new flagship products.


According to the firm, the solutions and products are designed to support customers in enhancing their digital and intelligent transformation.


“We are combining our strengths in networking, storage, computing and cloud, and energy. we working with partners to build new digital and intelligent infrastructure,” said Li Peng, corporate senior vice president, President of ICT sales and service, at Huawei.


Last year, Huawei released a reference architecture for the intelligent transformation of industries. In Kenya, the Chinese firm has been instrumental in supporting the M-Pesa platform including critical operational systems, partnerships with the government on cloud and Artificial Intelligence, and supporting SMEs with critical end-to-end services.


Corporate senior vice president and president of enterprise sales, Leo Chen, emphasized that AI and 5G-A are among the next-gen technologies driving the fourth industrial revolution.