The University Talents selected for Huawei’s Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 with Minister of Education Dr. Susil Premajayantha (seated in middle) and Huawei Sri Lanka CEO Tao Guangyao (third from left), Director Huawei Public Affairs Christophe Lee (seated extreme left), Country Focal Point for Sri Lanka - UNESCO Cluster Office - Himali Jinadasa, Strategic Advisor Huawei Sri Lanka Indika De Zoysa and Manager Public Affairs Jithendra Antonio

• Top university talents from Sri Lanka leave to Thailand for ICT Training

Huawei in cooperation with Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka recently announced the launching of Huawei Asia-Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 programme with young university talents selected to take ICT training in Thailand. 

The launching ceremony was graced with Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha, Country Focal Point for Sri Lanka, UNESCO Cluster Office - Himali Jinadasa, Huawei Sri Lanka CEO - Tao Guangyao at the Ministry of Education with university students and the officials from Huawei and the Ministry.

Seeds for the Future is Huawei’s global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) flagship programme as well as the longest-lasting initiative among CSR initiatives around the world that aims to develop skilled local ICT talent, enhance knowledge transfer, and promote a greater understanding with interest in the telecommunications sector.  The initiative also encourages regional building and participation in the digital community and bridge communication between countries and cultures.  This year, Huawei in cooperation with the ASEAN Foundation launched the extended version of the CSR programme - Huawei Asia-Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 to empower more regional talent development in the Asia Pacific region. 

This brings together world-class undergraduate students from 14 countries including Thailand and Sri Lanka for 8 days of ICT training and mentoring that will be held first time in recent years on-site in Bangkok. The programme will be held from 19th-28th August 2022 and second part in Singapore from 28th August-4th September 2022 for selected winning participants.

Addressing the launching ceremony, Minister Premajayantha said, “The recent events that took place in world has served as an early call to address the knowledge and digital divide and inequalities within and across countries in their future generations and that skills and talent development in education is one of most of important policies countries such as Sri Lanka should focus on”. 

He highlighted the importance of bridging the knowledge and skills gap divide in meeting the ever challenging global talent market”.

“I’m indeed delighted to see Huawei actively participating in the development of the ICT skills and talent development as well as infrastructure in Sri Lanka continuously improving the country’s ICT sector.  

I believe Huawei’s continuation of The “Seeds for the Future” programme is a significant effort to enhance bilateral cooperation and increase people-to-people exchanges; and essential to youth generation of Sri Lanka. This is an excellent opportunity to explore the digital skills and applications and take their learning into exciting new areas of ICT,” Minister added.

CEO Huawei Sri Lanka Tao Guangyao speaking at the event said, “ICT talent is one of the key elements for the success of digitalization and economic prosperity of the country. Huawei believes it is important to introduce the latest technologies to the young talents, support their efforts in gaining th e new knowledge and experience. With Seeds for the Future our vision is to inspire the global talent to shape the future. So I believe that the opportunity given to talented people like you sitting here today can stay inspired and light up the future of the world”.