Huawei launches openlab in Lagos

Huawei Nigeria has opened the next frontier in information communication technology development in Nigeria’s business environment with the unveiling of its OpenLab in Lagos on November 24 at the West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC) that held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos.

A platform that will allow service providers develop solutions tailor-made for their customers, the openlab will cater to ICT solutions in the power sector and related industries.

Openlab is an open end-to-end ICT Infrastructure platform where partners can verify their solutions in actual network environment, leverage training opportunities in research, marketing and solutions delivery, and use marketing funds to develop and incentivize channel partners.

The newly-launched lab will be connected to a network of Huawei Openlabs across the globe to facilitate the international exchange of ideas about new business models, market needs, and technical solutions, according to the company.

“Huawei is committed to building a new ecosystem, it is our promise and we are going to fulfill it. We will build the ecosystem working with our partners to create value for Nigeria,” said Frank Li, President of Huawei Nigeria.

Visitors to lab will also be able to experience solutions for smart cities, public safety, ISP, Education, Banking, and Transportation.

Recall in October that the company opened the first Openlab in Nigeria, a center to foster joint and research and development-driven ICT innovation with partners, the University of Lagos.

The lab is set to drive innovation and research in areas including the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and big data, to build safer and smarter cities.

The company said that the new Openlab it launched in Lagos will help utility industries key into digitisation which is the current trend.

“We have moved from old ICT era where it was more of office automation to the next stage of business process, to what we call production based ICT,” said Samuel Orji, general manager Power Solutions at Huawei Technologies Ltd.

He further said, “We are moving towards business driven ICT infrastructure because ICT requirement at this time is business driven. It is based on the requirement of the business that will define how we design the software and network for the customer.”

 

ISAAC ANYAOGU