ABU students receive N16m cash rewards after Huawei global ICT triumph







By Sadiq Mohd, Zaria


Students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, who excelled at the 2025/2026 Huawei ICT Skills Competition Global Finals in China have received cash rewards amounting to millions of naira.

A statement by Awwal Umar Director Directorate of Public Affairs ABU said the students received the award at the 3rd Huawei Education Summit (THES26) held in Abuja.

According to him they were honoured for representing Nigeria and the Huawei Southern Africa Region at the global competition held in Shenzhen, China, where they competed in the Network, Cloud, Computing and AI/Innovation categories alongside 177 teams from 40 countries.

The statement said the competition, which began in October 2025, attracted more than 220,000 students from across the world.

It stated that at the summit held on July 30, Huawei presented a total of N16 million to Nigerian students who won prizes at the global finals.

ABU student Yunusa Mohammed, a member of Nigeria's Computing Track team, received a share of N2.5 million after the team finished second in the category.

Three ABU students — Abdulroqeeb Adekunle, Shefiu Wakili and Musa Yakubu — were among members of Nigeria's two Cloud Track teams that emerged champions and were rewarded with N3.5 million.

Kumba-Bana Tekanyi of ABU, who was part of Nigeria's all-female Network Track team, also received a share of N5 million after the team won the Grand Prize.

Similarly, the Nigerian AI/Innovation team, TeamABU2026, comprising Ruqqayyah Labo, Khadija Khalid and Grace Olorunfemi, was presented with N5 million for winning the Grand Prize with its innovation, ParaVision.

The summit, themed "Accelerating Digital Education in Nigeria: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Transformative Education," brought together representatives of various Nigerian education agencies.

They include National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Vice-chancellors, ICT directors and academics from Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of education.

As part of the technical sessions, the Lead of the ABU Huawei Advanced ICT Academy Support Centre (AIASC), Prof. M. B. Mu'azu, delivered a presentation on "Insights to IGR for Schools," while the Director of ABU IAIICT, Prof. E. A. Adedokun, presented a paper titled "Case Sharing: ABU Smart Campus."

Also in attendance were the ABU Huawei AIASC Technical Lead, Dr. Bashir Sani; ABU Network Refresh Project Manager and Huawei AIASC Instructor, Nasiru Lawal; and Maryam Ololade Jimoh.

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