Huawei last week recognised 17 partners at a gala awards dinner, which formed part of its Eco Connect South Africa 2022 Summit. The awards acknowledged the contributions of these partners across the full range of verticals Huawei operates in. 

“On behalf of Huawei, I would like to express great gratitude to the customers and partners who have continually supported Huawei in the past few years, and I also would like to extend the warmest welcome to all the potential customers and new partners who have joined us today,” said Huawei South Africa’s Partner & Alliance director Wang Yuan (pictured above) on the night.

“We really value these partnerships and we look forward to more partners joining this Huawei family in the future”.

The night’s winners included: 

The gala dinner also provided an opportunity to pay tribute to David Kahn, the late founder and CEO of Mustek (LTD), who passed away on 19th May 2022. Paying tribute to the South African tech pioneer, Huawei not only celebrated his role in its successful partnerships with Mustek but his overall contribution to the South African technology space. 

“With David’s great leadership, unwavering support and partnership, Mustek and Huawei have helped build each other’s great successes and contributed to the lasting success of the Country,” the company said. “This partnership will continue to grow from strength to strength.”

This year marked the first time that Huawei has been able to hold Eco Connect South Africa, its flagship summit, as an in-person event since 2019. Bringing together more than 1 200 in-person attendees and over 200 online guests, the event once again took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa and brought together business leaders, industry experts, media professionals, and partners along with potential partners. 

Eco Connect provided attendees with an overview of the current state of the ICT industry as well as a look at how Huawei Enterprise is working together with its partners and customers to gradually promote Digital Transformation in South Africa.

“Huawei prides itself in finding digital solutions that make businesses smarter, accelerating a fully connected, intelligent world,” said Spawn Fan, CEO, Huawei South Africa. “An event such as Eco Connect helps bring together various ICT organisations to share their experiences and insights about their unique views on digital transformation and how they plan on achieving their organisational goals through its application.”

Beyond the night’s formalities, the dinner included performances from the likes of headliner Shekhinah, as well as Melody of Dancers: Ariel/Fire Dancer, Drum Café, and The Drum Bots just to name a few. Emcees Jason Goliath and Unathi Nkayi kept the audience going throughout the night.