Huawei has announced the launch of its Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 during the Huawei Africa Connect 2024 conference, currently being held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The launch was presented in a keynote speech by Hu Yuhai, Vice President of Huawei Hybrid Cloud. Titled “Leap to the Cloud to Accelerate Industrial Intelligence,” the presentation highlighted how Huawei Cloud Stack provides reliable cloud infrastructure, innovative cloud service capabilities, and extensive industry knowledge to help government and enterprise customers in Africa accelerate cloud adoption.
In line with this goal, Huawei Cloud has increased its investments in Africa to support the development of the continent as a smart digital hub. This journey began in 2018 with the launch of Huawei Cloud’s first public cloud region in Johannesburg, South Africa, and continued with significant expansion in June 2024, with the opening of the first public cloud region in North Africa in Cairo, Egypt. Huawei Cloud has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing cloud providers in the world.
“Huawei Cloud strives to be the preferred cloud for intelligent transformation,” stated Hu. “We are ready to work alongside our customers and partners with the best technologies, industrial solutions, and ecosystem resources, in line with our commitment of ‘In Africa, For Africa’.”
Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3: A Comprehensive Solution for Africa
The increased cloud activities by Huawei reflect the interest of government and enterprise customers in Africa in adopting digital and intelligent transformation. Huawei Cloud is dedicated to offering a leading industry hybrid cloud solution, empowering customers to drive cloud innovation. Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 offers a wide range of services and enhanced features to provide a more reliable and resilient native cloud foundation, empowering innovation in key areas:
Reliable cloud infrastructure: Huawei has continuously invested in core software and hardware technologies, building a secure, reliable, and open native cloud infrastructure, while providing green and low-carbon IT hardware and data center infrastructure. Huawei aims to establish a solid foundation for digital transformation in Africa.
Innovative cloud service capabilities: Huawei leverages data and artificial intelligence technologies to offer numerous cloud services, aiming to help customers unlock the value of data and enhance data sovereignty.
Extensive industry knowledge: Huawei offers a range of professional services, from high-level design to planning, implementation, and service delivery, based on robust experience gained from numerous global projects. Huawei seeks to work with more industrial partners to help customers accelerate digital and intelligent transformation.
Driving Industrial Intelligence in Africa
During the conference, Huawei also hosted its “Leap2Cloud” event, which brought together over 300 business executives and industry leaders from various sectors such as government, finance, transportation, and energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Attendees shared their insights and collaboratively explored paths to leap to the cloud.
In his keynote speech, Bai Yan, Head of Marketing and Sales Department for Huawei Cloud Solutions in South Africa, highlighted how Huawei Cloud Stack helps customers address challenges such as unforeseen issues with undersea optical cables, inefficient cloud resource procurement methods, and concerns about data sovereignty.
“Huawei Cloud Stack provides a secure and reliable cloud infrastructure, with over 110 cloud services and a diverse ecosystem of partners to help government and enterprise customers in Africa accelerate industrial intelligence,” explained Bai Yan.
Huawei Cloud is eager to enhance cooperation with industry customers and partners to develop tailored solutions for their needs in Africa and create a thriving local digital ecosystem.
“We are entering the era of intelligence. Huawei Cloud looks forward to partnering with African counterparts to build a new foundation for a smart world, develop digital solutions, and transform industries with intelligence,” concluded Xiao Yi, Head of Huawei Cloud Ecosystem Solutions Department.
Huawei Cloud Stack currently serves more than 5,500 government and enterprise customers worldwide, leading multiple markets such as hybrid cloud markets in China and the emerging Asia-Pacific region. In the future, Huawei Cloud will continue to drive innovation, expand its industry knowledge, and develop new customer-centric services to help more African customers migrate, utilize, and better manage the cloud, unlocking new opportunities in industrial intelligence and creating a smart future.