Huawei awards prizes to winners of special needs hackathon in Kenya

STORY: Huawei awards prizes to winners of special needs hackathon in Kenya SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:51 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the awarding ceremony STORYLINE: Chinese telecommunication firm Huawei on Tuesday presented a range of prizes, including trophies, certificates, and electronic gadgets, to winners of a special needs hackathon launched in Kenya in March. The winners, comprised of college students from the Huawei ICT academy, were recognized for developing outstanding solutions to improve the lives of people with disabilities. Senior government officials and Huawei executives attended the award ceremony, held on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the African Development Bank in Nairobi. Winnie Chepkonga, a public relations specialist at Huawei Kenya, said the Artificial Intelligence (AI) hackathon is important for encouraging students to innovate for the benefit of those with disabilities. Chepkonga said t