China's ICT giant launches fund to develop innovation leaders in Zambia

STORY: China's ICT giant launches fund to develop innovation leaders in Zambia DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:32 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Huawei Technology facility 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHIL LI, Huawei's Vice President for Southern Africa Region 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRILLIANT HABEENZU, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Technology and Science 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ELIJAH MUCHIMA, Acting Minister of Education 5. various of the event STORYLINE: Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei on Thursday launched an information communication technology (ICT) fund to develop innovation leaders to accelerate Zambia's digital transformation agenda. Dubbed the Hakainde Hichilema Innovation Fund, the fund is part of the four-year partnership and initiative by Huawei that will see the training on ICT of 5,000 young people by the year 2025. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHIL LI, Huawei's Vice President for Southern Africa Region "We sponsor for the President Innovation Fund,