KENYAN STUDENTS SHINE AT HUAWEI ICT COMPETITION
Kenya has achieved an unprecedented milestone at the Huawei ICT Competition 2024/2025 finals, with its student teams securing top global honors in both the Computing and Innovation categories.
The Computing track saw Team Kenya claim first prize, spearheaded by the remarkable performances of Esther Guichaiya and Ephraim Shikanga of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology – JKUAT, alongside Mark Omaiko and Ian Omwenga of Machakos University.
The team’s journey to the global stage was highly competitive, having been selected from more than 6,000 Kenyan students who registered for the competition, with only a dozen reaching the finals.
Participants in the Programming Competition explored Open Harmony IoT application development during a comprehensive 6-hour lab session with the evaluation heavily weighing both the quality of the code produced and the effectiveness of its implementation.
The third prize went to Kenya’s team in the Innovation category. This talented group included Karimi Muriithi, Denis Syengo, and Peterson Kariuki of Egerton University under their instructor Patricia Gitonga at the University of Nairobi.
For its ninth edition, the Huawei ICT Competition engaged a vast international audience, comprising over 210,000 students and teachers from more than 2,000 universities across 48 countries and regions. Guided by the theme “Connection, Glory and Future,” the initiative serves to advance digital proficiencies, foster innovative approaches, and reinforce collaboration between higher education and the ICT industry.
The competition has attracted over 960,000 students and educators from more than 2,000 colleges and universities in over 100 countries and regions since its inception.
