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Thank You Huawei Technologies

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August 28, 2020

Mark Wamai

The Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (4th L), NITA-Uganda ED-Dr. Hatwib Mugasa (4th R), Huawei Managing Director-Mr. Gaofei (3rd R) Ag. DVCFA-Prof. Eria Hisali (2nd L), Principal CoCIS-Prof. Tonny Oyana (3rd L) and other officials at the equipment handover ceremony on 28th August 2020, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Today Huawei Technologies donated network equipment consisting of routers and switches worth US$30,000 to the Makerere University College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS) to support the Huawei ICT Academy Training Program.

I thank the Executive Director NITA-Uganda and Makerere alumnus Dr. Hatwib Mugasa for gracing the donation ceremony as Chief Guest. We are very excited about the potential of this equipment to change the IT landscape in Uganda and beyond.

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