The ZTE Corporation has shown interest in strengthening its partnership with Zambia in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
ZTE Zambia Chief Executive Officer Yang Xin disclosed that the corporation was in the process of establishing cooperation with major universities and colleges in Zambia to provide opportunities to best performing students.
The best performing students would be given opportunities to undertake short term ICT courses in China at ZTE’s Technology University.
He was speaking when Zambia’s Consul General in Guangzhou, China, Daniel Chisenga undertook a familiarization visit to ZTE Corporation in that country.
According to a statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka by Second Secretary for Trade at the Zambian Consulate in Guangzhou, China, Angel Lwatula, Mr. Xin assured that his corporation will continue to work with Zambia in improving the ICT sector.
“ZTE Zambia continues to provide training to many IT professionals and looks forward to establishing cooperation with major universities and colleges to give chance to best performing students to undertake short term ICT courses in China at ZTE’s Technology University based in Shenzhen city,” Mr. Xin stated.
He observed that the cooperation between Zambia and ZTE has greatly helped to develop the country’s ICT sector through working with government and telecommunication companies to upgrade networks and fiber connections.
And Mr. Chisenga expressed delight with ZTE’s investment in Zambia and the corporation’s contribution to the development of the ICT in the country.
He commended the business relationship ZTE Corporation has built with the Zambian public and private sectors since 1998.
He said the corporation has played a huge role in realizing Zambia’s strategic goal in the Seventh National Development Plan of improving ICT infrastructure by investing in the upgrading of telecommunications networks, data centres and access devices.
Mr. Chisenga further applauded ZTE for helping the country implement the Smart Zambia Master Plan through its affordable mobile smart phones, mobile internet communications and consumer technology solutions.
“ZTE’s technology has helped the Zambian government to respond to the challenges in the ICT sector thereby improving efficiency in the Zambian economy, creating jobs, improving governance and placing Zambia on course to be a regional ICT hub,” Mr. Chisenga indicated.
He noted that Smart Zambia further seeks to improve the flow of information within and among government institutions, enterprises and citizens, to bring about economic benefits.
Mr. Chisenga added that it has also helped Zambia to respond to the Covid-19 challenges which call for social distancing and working from home where possible, making reliable internet services a must.
In Zambia, ZTE has provided the widest national backbone network, widest radio tower communications and the fastest LTE network, thereby making the company key in the development of Zambia’s ICT sector and the implementation of the Smart Zambia Master Plan.
The visit is part of the Consul General’s programme to maintain close ties with existing investors and cooperating partners.
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With all providers, universities and the entire government being serviced by ZTE and Huawei you can be assured that the Chinese know everything about all of us, and have copies of everything we do! We might as well change the country’s name to Chambia!
This is not Coorporation. This is ESPIONAGE!!
Selling everything to the Chinks until nothing is left
Our elections are in danger
ZTE is a well-known corporation and their partnership with Zambia will definitely benefit our students.
In the past, Zambians have witnessed that under President Lungu’s administration several partnerships have benefited the people of this country. Looking forward to this!
This is my Chambia gone astray, with advances made in ITC, the Chinese have all data pertaining to Zambia, when one coughs they will know including all movements monitored through SMART Zambia.
This is indeed great news for the day!!!! We are surely going to grab this wonderful opportunity!
HH has no guts to provide such an opportunity to youths. He is a walk and talk leader with no vision, no development plans, nothing. His brain is empty from inside!!
Thousands of Zambian youths are being empowered through the PF government. I am sure in the coming days there will be zero complaints of poverty and empowerment. If we want growth then voting for President Edgar Lungu is the only option. #ECL #Vision2023 #ERP
Real Zambian youths want deserving jobs, earn money with respect! We don’t want to join UPND as cadres, and enter into the dirty evil politics of HH who provoke youths against the government, create violence, destroy the career, and leaves the youth behind to suffer.
The best part is that through this initiative all the qualified and deserving students are not only getting a wonderful platform to showcase their talent, but also an opportunity to undertake ICT courses in China at ZTE’s Technology University.
The fact is, the people of this country are talented and skilled. Zambians have the potential to reach the top in the market and many have shown through their incredible work. What we all need is a platform to polish our skills. And, our President is doing exactly the same. He is giving us opportunities, education, and training to groom and present our best qualities. Long Live President Lungu!
The world is going digital and so our youths in the ITC sector have huge potential in the market.
We must remember one thing that this is possible only because of #ECL!
No, no, no we don’t want to have anything to do with these authoritarian institutions. We know their sponsors and what they have done to Hong Kong.