Inspire Innovation with

Everything as a Service

HUAWEI CLOUD Summit
Middle East and Africa 2022

28th - 29th March 2022 | Dubai, UAE

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With the theme of "Inspire Innovation with Everything as a Service", HUAWEI CLOUD Summit Middle East and Africa 2022 was held in Dubai on March 28 - 29. Huawei aims to work with customers and partners in the digitalization of their industries to build the cloud foundation for an intelligent world, a world with cloud and intelligence everywhere.

Speaker Quotes

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HUAWEI CLOUD Summit
Middle East and Africa 2022

UAE aspires to be a global hub for technology and cybersecurity. In line with this ambition, we aim to share industry-leading solutions and services under the Government Accelerator Program that are not only cutting-edge but also secure and resilient. We believe that partnering with a trusted, strategic partner such as Huawei is pivotal to the growth of our ICT ecosystem.

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security, UAE Government

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HUAWEI CLOUD Summit
Middle East and Africa 2022

For the next ten years, HUAWEI CLOUD will further enhance our public cloud infrastructure in the MEA. At the same time, I strongly believe that each country shall build its own Cloud to address the uncertainties and challenges.

Steven Yi

President, Huawei Middle East & Africa Area

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Middle East and Africa 2022

We believe that, the key to success is an all-digital, all-cloud approach with Everything as a Service.

Zhang Ping'an

CEO, Huawei Cloud

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Middle East and Africa 2022

Huawei believes Cloud Is the Future of ICT and the Foundation of Digital Transformation. Cloud transformation is inevitable.

Frank Dai

President, Huawei Cloud Middle East

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Middle East and Africa 2022

Cloud is becoming the foundational tech platform that enables digital-first strategies, and hybrid multi-cloud environments are becoming the norm. Developing longer-term Cloud-first strategies is now a key priority for leading organizations.

Ranjit Rajan

Vice President, IDC MEA

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Middle East and Africa 2022

Education now is driven by innovative & intelligent new technologies. We need to have strategy to develop cloud & AI talent in UAE, working for it, and always be ready!

Fahem Al Nuaimi

CEO, Ankabut

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Middle East and Africa 2022

The purpose of technology & CLOUD technology should be to advance the upliftment of people’s lives. Data integration & governance through Cloud helps to enhance service delivery. As SITA, together with partners like Huawei, we can achieve this. Let us CLOUD together & fast track service delivery.

Dr. Tshilidzi Ratshitanga

Board Director, SITA

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Middle East and Africa 2022

The participation of Ajman Free Zone at the Huawei Cloud Summit Middle East & Africa 2022 comes in line with our efforts towards advancing digital transformation. I sincerely appreciate being a part of this opportunity, and I am looking forward to see how the valuable partnership between AFZ & Huawei will benefit our business partners.

Mohamed Ali Alshaya

Executive Director Technology, Ajman Free Zone

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Middle East and Africa 2022

We are working with global partners to inspire real change for a better ecosystem development. We leverage technology and expertise to make a difference worldwide by connecting the unconnected, empowering underserved communities, protecting the planet, and more.

Shunli Wang

President, Public Affairs Communications Dept. Huawei Middle East

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Middle East and Africa 2022

MoU signing ceremony between HUAWEI CLOUD & Abacus to offer SAP across Middle East and Pakistan. Through this MoU, Abacus will be a strategic partner with HUAWEI CLOUD across the region.

Fatima Asad Said

CEO, Abacus

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Middle East and Africa 2022

OneOffice is proud to partner with HUAWEI CLOUD to offer the complete, secure and cost-effective Business Solutions for productivity and collaboration tool for the Middle East and Africa.

Ramez Rafla

CEO, OneOffice

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Middle East and Africa 2022

The innovation strategies combining Cloud, Hardware and AI are winning recipe for customers on Huawei Cloud. As partner, Click2Cloud Inc. feel proud to bring the speed, cost saving and modernization across industry and vertical globally.

Rupal Shirpurkar

Business Head, Click2Cloud

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Middle East and Africa 2022

Revoland is building a play to earn game model to create million jobs for MENA Region together with HUAWEI CLOUD, tapping into telecom operator to achieve massive adoption and empower people to generate income while having fun.

Jimmy Zhao

CEO, Chain X Game

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Middle East and Africa 2022

2B Innovations along with Huawei Cloud and 4C Security Platform building world class cloud native applications which has cyber security in its DNA and it significantly reduces technical debt and vendor lock in. We are also building cloud for various humanitarian causes such as Food security and free education programs for underprivileged students.

Dildeep Singh

Director, 2B Innovations

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SUSE and HUAWEI CLOUD brings best available support for your mission critical workloads.

Amr Marzouk

Sales Director, SUSE Middle East

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Middle East and Africa 2022

It’s been a great honor for Qrator Labs to become a part of HUAWEI CLOUD Summit Middle East & Africa and to speak about the advanced DDoS Mitigation solutions we provide and industry-specific threats and attack trends.

Maxim Beloenko

Director, Qrator

Agenda

Agenda - Day 1

Agenda - Day 2

Keynote

Keynote

Government & Public
Sector

Finance

Cloud Native

Carriers

Time (GMT+4)
Topic
Speakers

09:00 - 10:00

Welcome Coffee and Registration

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Speech

HE Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti Head of Cyber Security

10:10 - 10:20

Just Look Up. Let's Light Up the Future

Steven YiPresident, Huawei Middle East & Africa Area

10:20 - 10:35

Build the Cloud Foundation for an Intelligent World with Ubiquitous Cloud and Pervasive Intelligence

Zhang Ping’anCEO, Huawei Cloud

10:35 - 11:00

Cloud-enabled Transformation Strategies for the Digital-first Economy

Ranjit RajanVice President, IDC MEA

11:00 - 11:20

Unleash the Potential of Cloud, Paving The Way to the Future

Frank DaiPresident, Huawei Cloud Middle East

11:20 - 11:35

M-PESA AFRICA

Sitoyo LopokoiyitMD, M-PESA Africa

11:35 - 11:50

Activate Intelligence Era: Intelligent Education Cloud (Mozoon@50)

Fahem Al NuaimiAnkabut CEO

11:50 - 12:05

SITA - Enabler of Digital Transformation for South Africa

Dr. Tshilidzi RatshitangaSITA Board Director

12:05 - 12:20

Case Sharing

Souad Al hosaniDirector of Investor Care at Abu Dhabi Investment Office

12:20 - 14:00

Buffet Lunch Break

14:00 - 17:00

Forum 1 - Government & Public Sector
Forum 2 - Finance
Forum 3 - Cloud Native (Internet, eCommerce, Media, Insurance)
Forum 4 - Carriers

Time (GMT+4)
Topic
Speakers

14:10 - 14:15

Opening Speech

David ShiPresident, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East

14:15 - 14:50

Public Sector Digital Transformation

Hong-Eng KOHGlobal Chief Public Services Industry Scientist, Huawei

14:50 - 15:30

Panellist's Five-min Sharing

Hong-Eng KOHGlobal Chief Public Services Industry Scientist, Huawei

Fahem NuaimiAnkabut CEO, UAE

Hakeem FahmHead of Science and Technology at Lagos State Government, Nigeria

Lucas MogashoaHead of Corporate & Digital Strategy, State Information Technology Agency (SITA), South Africa

Sheldon WangGlobal Head of Digital Government, Huawei

Victor VarelaFormer CTO, Nucleo Operacional of the Information Society, Cape Verde

15:30 - 16:30

Panel Discussion (All Panelists)

16:30 - 16:50

Open Questions & Answers

16:50 - 17:00

Closing Speech

Ryan ZhanVice President of Government & Enterprise Development, Huawei Cloud Middle East

Time (GMT+4)
Topic
Speakers

14:10 - 14:15

Opening Speech

Jason CaoHuawei EBG Global Financial President

14:15 - 14:40

Cloud-enabled Transformation to support Digital-first Strategies in the Banking Industry

Ranjit RajanVice President – Research, IDC META

14:40 - 15:05

Cloud Unlocks New Business for Financial Services

Ronald WrightHuawei EBG Global Financial CTO

15:05 - 15:30

Cloud of Core Banking System

Andrew ReevesTemenos SaaS Business MD

15:30 - 15:55

The Modern Cloud Migration In Banking

Maria Sanchez RodriguezAccenture ME Cloud Transformation MDBilal RehmanCloud Transformation Senior Manager

15:55 - 16:55

Panel Discussion

Ranjit RajanVice President – Research, IDC METARashed AlOthmanFormer Riyadh Bank CIOMaria Sanchez RodriguezAccenture ME Cloud Transformation MDAndrew ReevesTemenos SaaS Business MDRonald WrightHuawei EBG Global Financial CTO

16:55 - 17:05

Open Questions & Answers

17:10 - 17:15

Closing Speech

Basil Al KhatibRegional Sales Director, HUAWEI CLOUD Middle East

Category
Topic
Speakers

Sharing Guest

Cloud Native Fuel Internet Innovation Eyad MareiME HUAWEI CLOUD expert
Cloud-Collaboration & Ads enable internet business growth Samer Abu HudibRegional Director ME & Africa CBG
AFGRI Digital leading the Intelligent Agriculture Pierre DurandAfgri CIO
Opportunities And Challenges of Internet Entertainment in Post-Pandemic Era Wang JingFire Phoenix COO
Digital Assets: Opportunities and Challenges in Middle East Dr. Tan MengshaMensa Technology Founder & CEO
Practice sharing: How AI & Cloud Native make things better, make life easier Mohammed Shahid KhanDezzex CEO

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion: The “New Story” of internet in MEA
1- How understanding the “new story of internet” in different sector in this time
2- How human digital life image in “Metaverse” in next wave
3- What is technical & business enabler in digital life in this time, and what to do now?

Marclino FernandesGulf News CIO Zahid AhmedAnkots CEO Ramez RaflaOne Office CEO Mohamed AtiyaRaptorX CTO

Category
Topic
Speakers

Sharing Guest

Cloud Native Fuel Internet Innovation

Cloud-Collaboration & Ads enable internet business growth

AFGRI Digital leading the Intelligent Agriculture

Opportunities And Challenges of Internet Entertainment in Post-Pandemic Era

Digital Assets: Opportunities and Challenges in Middle East

Practice sharing: How AI & Cloud Native make things better, make life easier

Eyad MareiME HUAWEI CLOUD expertSamer Abu HudibRegional Director ME & Africa CBGPierre DurandAfgri CIOWang JingFire Phoenix COODr. Tan MengshaMensa Technology Founder & CEOMohammed Shahid KhanDezzex CEO

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion: The “New Story” of internet in MEA
1- How understanding the “new story of internet” in different sector in this time
2- How human digital life image in “Metaverse” in next wave
3- What is technical & business enabler in digital life in this time, and what to do now?

Marclino FernandesGulf News CIO
Zahid AhmedAnkots CEO
Ramez RaflaOne Office CEO
Mohamed AtiyaRaptorX CTO

Time (GMT+4)
Topic
Speakers

14:00 - 14:05

Opening Speech

Vanness YouVice President of CNBG, Huawei Middle East

14:05 - 14:25

Envisioning Strategic Opportunities for Telcos in a Cloud-Centric Digital-First World

Wilson XavierDirector Research - Telecommunications & ICT Services, IDC META Region

14:25 - 14:45

Cloud - Foundation for Digital Transformation

George NjigunaKenya Safaricom CIO

14:45 - 15:05

Carriers Empower National Digital Transformation Strategy

PTCL

15:05 - 15:25

Experience and Suggestions on Service Migration to the Cloud

Prashant MishraClick2Cloud CEO

15:25 - 15:45

Everything as a Service: Diving into Digital and Driving New Growth

Sameer JameelChief Architect of Huawei Carrier Cloud Transformation

15:45 - 16:25

Roundtable: Opportunities and Challenges for Telecom Companies in Cloud Era

16:25 - 16:30

Summarization

Scanlan Paul MichaelCarrier BG CTO

Ecosystem Partner Conference

Ecosystem Partner Conference

Time (GMT+4)
Topic
Speakers

09:00 - 10:00

Welcome Coffee and Registration

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Speech

Mohamed Ali AlshayaExecutive Director Technology, Ajman Free Zone

10:10 - 10:25

HUAWEI CLOUD 'Sparks' ME ecosystem development

Shunli WangPresident, Public Affairs Communications Dept. Huawei Middle East

10:25 - 10:40

Successful story with Huawei: Case sharing

Fatima Asad SaidCEO, Abacus

10:40 - 10:55

Facilitate Industries Cloud Transformation via Consulting's Expertise

Dildeep SinghDirector, 2B Innovation

10:55 - 11:10

Effective Implementation of High Technology Innovation on CLOUD

Rupar Shirpurkar Business Head, Click2Cloud

11:10 - 11:25

Game Release - Revoland

Jimmy ZhaoCEO, Chain X Game

11:25 - 11:40

Tea Break

11:40 - 11:55

Productivity & Collaboration for the Modern Company

Ramez RaflaCEO, OneOffice

11:55 - 12:10

Digital Transformation and Cloud Adoption

Amr MarzoukSales Director, SUSE Middle East

12:10 - 12:25

Digital Solution for Network Security

Maxim BeloenkoDirector, Qrator

12:25 - 13:00

Panel Discussion
Build local ecosystem to accelerate the digital transformations

13:00 - 13:30

MoU Signing Ceremony

13:30 - 14:30

Buffet Lunch

Speakers

HE Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti

HE Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security

Steven Yi

Steven Yi

President Huawei Middle East & Africa Area

Zhang Ping’an

Zhang Ping’an

Senior VP, Huawei CEO, Huawei Cloud Computing

Frank Dai

Frank Dai

President of Huawei Cloud Middle East

Ranjit Rajan

Ranjit Rajan

Vice President, IDC MEA

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

Managing Director M-PESA Africa & Chief Financial Services Officer Safaricom PLC

Fahem Al Nuaimi

Fahem Al Nuaimi

Ankabut CEO

Dr. Tshilidzi Ratshitanga

Dr. Tshilidzi Ratshitanga

SITA Board Director

Soud Al Hosani

Soud Al Hosani

Director of Investor Care at Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Mohamed Ali Alshaya

Mohamed Ali Alshaya

Executive Director Technology of Ajman Free Zone

Shunli Wang

Shunli Wang

President, Public Affairs Communications Dept. Huawei Middle East

Fatima Asad Said

Fatima Asad Said

CEO of Abacus

Ramez Rafla

Ramez Rafla

CEO of OneOffice

Rupal Shirpurkar

Rupal Shirpurkar

Business head of Click2Cloud

Jimmy Zhao

Jimmy Zhao

CEO of Chain X Game

Dildeep Singh

Dildeep Singh

Director of 2B Innovation

Amr Marzouk

Amr Marzouk

Sales Director, SUSE Middle East

Maxim Beloenko

Maxim Beloenko

Director of Qrator

HE Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti

HE Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security

Steven Yi

Steven Yi

President Huawei Middle East & Africa Area

Zhang Ping’an

Zhang Ping’an

Senior VP, Huawei CEO, Huawei Cloud Computing

Frank Dai

Frank Dai

President of Huawei Cloud Middle East

Ranjit Rajan

Ranjit Rajan

Vice President, IDC MEA

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

Managing Director M-PESA Africa & Chief Financial Services Officer Safaricom PLC

Fahem Al Nuaimi

Fahem Al Nuaimi

Ankabut CEO

Dr. Tshilidzi Ratshitanga

Dr. Tshilidzi Ratshitanga

SITA Board Director

Soud Al Hosani

Soud Al Hosani

Director of Investor Care at Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Mohamed Ali Alshaya

Mohamed Ali Alshaya

Executive Director Technology of Ajman Free Zone

Shunli Wang

Shunli Wang

President, Public Affairs Communications Dept. Huawei Middle East

Fatima Asad Said

Fatima Asad Said

CEO of Abacus

Ramez Rafla

Ramez Rafla

CEO of OneOffice

Rupal Shirpurkar

Rupal Shirpurkar

Business head of Click2Cloud

Jimmy Zhao

Jimmy Zhao

CEO of Chain X Game

Dildeep Singh

Dildeep Singh

Director of 2B Innovation

Amr Marzouk

Amr Marzouk

Sales Director, SUSE Middle East

Maxim Beloenko

Maxim Beloenko

Director of Qrator

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