by AKANI CHAUKE
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – HUAWEI and the South African government have marked the Women in Tech Digital Skills Training programme to accelerate women’s digital skills.
This coincided with Women’s Month, celebrated in August.
The training was in partnership with the Departments of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), Employment and Labour (DoEL) and Small Business Development (DSBD).
It brought together 40 women from government and business for hands-on technology learning and practical leadership development.
The goal is to equip women to lead with confidence in South Africa’s growing digital economy and to position them at the centre of the country’s economic transformation.
The three-day programme combines technical training with Huawei specialists in 5G, Cloud and AI, along with leadership development from Henley Business School Africa.
“We are proud to continue this collaboration with the government to ensure that more women benefit from the digital economy,” said Charles Cheng, Deputy CEO, Huawei South Africa.
“Bridging the digital divide is at the heart of what we do with our ICT Talent Ecosystem, and this programme builds on Huawei’s broader commitment to digital inclusion.”
Government officials also welcomed the partnership with Huawei to empower women.
Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani, Director-General at the DCDT, noted access was not yet equal, but technology could be far more useful if applied it purposefully.
“We have seen this in our country. We can’t achieve this vision on our own, which is why collaboration with partners like Huawei is so important,” she said.
– CAJ News