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The UWI and Jamaican Students do well at Huawei Seeds for the Future Programme

 

Ten (10) of the Twelve (12) UWI students and UWI Faculty with Doris Ng (Huawei Team Member and FST Alumni)
(L-R): Professor Michael (Dean, FST), Jason Gayle, Damani Allen, Doris Ng (Huawei Team Member and FST Alumni),   Shamoya Haywood,  Shemar Jones, Lois-Anne Hall, Sammarieo Brown, Jantae Leckie, Britney Ming, Maria McKenzie,   Rupert Scott, Dr. Gunjan Mansingh (Head, department of Computing, ), Mrs. Elecia Myers ( Coordinator, Resource mobilization Unit, FST) 
 

On Friday (November 26), Huawei hosted a graduation ceremony for Jamaican university students, including twelve (12) from The University of the West Indies (The UWI), who participated in this year’s staging of the Huawei Seeds for the Future programme.  The online programme, which lasted eight days, consisted of mandatory online courses, live stream sessions, a ‘Tech4Good’ project and unlimited access to discovering Huawei, advanced technologies, trending businesses and cultural awareness. Eleven (11) students from the Faculty of Science and Technology and one (1) from the Faculty of Engineering represented The UWI. Shemar Jones (FST) emerged as the top student from The UWI and one of the top students overall.  Speaking about his experience, Shamar noted “Overall, the Seeds for the Future is an amazing programme. It’s a fun interactive online experience that expanded my knowledge on the topic of ICT and how much of an impact Huawei has made in that sector.”  Shemar, along with FST’s Lois-Anne Hall and Rasheed Senior were also part of a ten person Jamaican team that submitted the winning ‘Tech4Good’ project proposal focussing on using ICT to facilitate better waste collection in Jamaica. All three were also among five (5) UWI prize and scholarship recipients. The overall participating class for this year, consisted of a total of 112 students, from Ghana (58), Jamaica (29), Trinidad and Tobago (20) and Suriname (5). At the event The Huawei/UWI ICT Talent Hub initiative was also formalized with the signing of an MOU. The event was attended by Bob Zhou, Huawei Jamaica CEO, parliamentarian Juliet Holness, Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica Tian Qi, representatives from the Ministry of Education Youth and Information, and from UTech, Ja.

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Shemar Jones – 1st Place Scholarship Recipient - receiving his certificate from Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica
  
 
From left: University of the West student Shemar Jones has the full attention of Tian Qi, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, along with counselor Fan Jiang Hong after the Seeds for the Future Graduation on Friday (November 26).
 
Parliamentarian Juliet Holness gives some words of advice to graduate Rasheed Senior after the Seeds for the Future Graduation on Friday.
 
 
 
 

Published on 13 Dec, 2021

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