The Libyan Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energies held a meeting with a delegation from the Chinese company Huawei to discuss cooperation in renewable energy fields.
According to the Ministry’s statement, an agreement was reached with Huawei to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in training and adopting their equipment within the Ministry.
Additionally, they agreed to intensify meetings, encounters, and coordination to host a high-level delegation from Huawei in the coming days to present an extensive visual presentation.
The meeting was attended by a delegation from Huawei’s South Mediterranean branch, along with the Adviser to the Minister of Electricity, Abdulsalam Bushnaf, and several engineers from the Ministry.
In 2022, Libyan Economy Minister, Mohamed Al-Hwaij, met with the Director General of Huawei in Libya, Li Wenliang, and discussed the implementation of the transformation plan toward a digital economy.
The meeting was held at the Ministry’s office in Tripoli, on Wednesday. The two sides “reviewed Libya’s digital transformation plan, and ways to implement it with the participation of specialized local and foreign companies,” according to a statement issued by the Ministry.
The meeting touched on the “importance of developing infrastructure in the communications and information technology sector in Libya, to build the digital economy.”
Al-Hwaij encouraged Huawei to “cooperate with institutions affiliated with the Ministry in implementing training and development programs for local staff.”
The Libyan Minister of Labour, Ali Al-Abed has said that he “encourages more fruitful cooperation between Libya and China in the technology field.”
During the closing ceremony of the annual celebration of the Huawei Academy of Information Technology in Tripoli, Al-Abed praised the “strategic partnership between the Chinese company and Libyan state institutions.”
The Libyan Minister stressed the importance of activating the memorandum of understanding signed between the Huawei Academy, and the Human Resources Development Fund. This is to train and qualify job seekers in ICT-related disciplines.
