Huawei Cloud will host its first ever South Africa Cloud Summit in Johannesburg, with more than 600 industry players from a broad range of sectors meeting at the Gallagher Convention Centre on 24 October.
South Africa’s National Policy on Data and Cloud reveals how highly committed the country is to harnessing cloud computing for economic growth. By hosting this summit, Huawei Cloud aims to facilitate South Africa’s transition and help realise the vision behind its policies. Attendees can expect a range of keynote speeches, fervent discussions and launches at this event.
Some agenda highlights include:
- Accelerating a sustainable digital South Africa. Huawei Cloud will present its vision for supporting the country’s Cloud policy to progress forward, for the commitment to help South Africa become a digital hub of the continent by offering intelligent and reliable cloud services.
- Achieving a global digital benchmark. Success stories from South Africa and around the world will be shared to inspire and inform local digital transformation.
- Cutting-edge product and industry solution launches. New products and industry-specific solutions that will empower businesses to innovate and thrive, will be introduced.
- Sharing expertise that will reshape South Africa’s ICT Industry. Huawei Cloud is committed to sharing its extensive experience and global ecosystem with South African partners and carriers. Through this collaboration Huawei Cloud will assist local digital pioneers to implement and incubate new business models thereby driving innovation and economic prosperity.
“This gathering will focus on South Africa’s digital transformation and unpacking the role a cloud-first approach plays in achieving this change. Guests will be able to see first-hand how the burgeoning local digital economy can reach new heights in the near future,” says Steven Chen, MD of Huawei Cloud South Africa.
The latest innovations and industry-specific solutions developed by Huawei Cloud will be on display in a dedicated exhibition arena. Interactive exhibits will also allow attendees to gain first-hand experience with technologies, such as digital human, AI audiovisual and ultra-low latency live streaming, which are shaping the future of cloud-led industries.