Singapore's NUS Team Wins Top Honor at Huawei's 10th ICT Competition APAC Finals in Jakarta

The 10th Huawei ICT Competition APAC Finals and Awards Ceremony wrapped up at the ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, celebrating top student innovators from across the region.

More than 8,600 students from 14 countries initially joined the practice and innovation tracks, with over 160 advancing to the finals from 13 nations.

Standout Winners Emerge

A team from the National University of Singapore claimed the Grand Prize in the Innovation Competition for their project blending commercial viability and social impact.

Teams from Vietnam's Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology dominated the Practice Competition's Cloud and Computing tracks.

Bulacan State University from the Philippines took the Network Track Grand Prize, highlighting Southeast Asia's rising tech talent.

Growing ICT Talent Pipeline

Sixteen top teams, including the grand winners, will represent APAC at the global finals in Shenzhen this June against over 100 international squads.

This milestone event marks the 10th year of Huawei's push to build digital skills, as its ICT Academy expanded from two sites to over 500 across 18 countries, training 160,000 students.

ASEAN Secretary-General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn emphasized empowering youth as key to the region's creativity under the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2030.

AI Skills and Future Jobs

Huawei unveiled a white paper on ICT roles in the intelligent era, pinpointing AI-driven skill shifts amid booming demand for cloud, network, and computing experts.

New AI courses in the upgraded Huawei ICT Academy curriculum aim to equip universities with practical resources, bridging academia and industry needs.

For everyday people, this matters as tech jobs explode in APAC, offering young graduates pathways to high-paying careers in a digital economy short on skilled workers.

Beyond the prizes, the event signals Huawei's soft power in fostering regional collaboration with partners like the ITU, countering global tech divides and positioning APAC as an AI innovation hub.