Nairobi, April 30 -- ICT skills are increasingly indispensable. In fact, their demand in the labour market keeps growing as more industries across the world embrace modern technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and others.

Today, employers want graduates who can do more than understand theory. They want problem-solvers who can design, build, and secure real digital systems.

It is within this perspective that Huawei's flagship talent development initiative - the Huawei ICT Competition - has steadily evolved over the past decade from a niche academic contest into one of Kenya's most influential platforms for nurturing digital capability.

What started as a university-focused challenge has grown in...