Huawei Technologies has invested 36 million Egyptian pounds ($2 million) to establish a training center in the Smart Village on an area of 400 metre square. Senior Manager of Public Relations and Government Affairs Department at Huawei Egypt, Hala Aranda told Amwal Al Ghad that the company is seeking to double the area of the training center to 1000 metre square within the next two years to provide. She added that it operates through four functional centers: Partner development center, solution joint innovation center, talent training and certification center, and industry experience center Aranada added that the company is cooperating with 120 partners through OpenLab, noting that OpenLab focuses on the innovative areas of public safety, smart grid, smart city, smart government and smart education. Cairo OpenLab is an important part of Huawei's global OpenLab plan as Huawei serves local regions through its global expertise, talents, technologies, and customer business successes. As a result, Huawei contributes to industry ICT ecosystem development locally. Compared to traditional technology-centric labs, Huawei OpenLab is market-oriented, and aims to develop hardware and software services as well as solutions with industry alliances and partners based on customers' requirements during their digital transformation.
