Huawei, together with industry alliance and partners in Northern Africa, has launched an OpenLab in Egypt aimed at building the ICT ecosystem in Northern Africa. Cairo OpenLab represents the 8th OpenLab targeting enterprise customers; it will serve all of Northern Africa. This OpenLab, situated in the Smart Village office of Cairo, has been operating as a Research and Development facility for about a year and is now officially open to customers and partners.
Currently, the OpenLab is approximately 400 square meters and is estimated to expand to over 1,000 square meters over the next two years. Cairo OpenLab focuses on the innovative areas of public safety, smart grid, smart city, smart government and smart education. The business operates through four functional centers: a partner development centre, a solution joint innovation centre, a talent training and certification centre, and an industry experience centre.
Compared to traditional technology-centric labs, Huawei OpenLab is market-oriented, and aims to develop hardware and software services as well as solutions with industry alliances and partners based on customers’ requirements during their digital transformation.
Huawei has established seven OpenLabs targeting enterprise customers globally, situated in Suzhou, Munich, Mexico City, Singapore, Dubai, Johannesburg, and Bangkok. OpenLabs have become the centres for joint innovation, development, verification, and expertise for customers and partners, including collaborative development with more than 400 solution partners.
