At the Huawei Nigeria Enterprise Network Summit held in Lagos recently, leading enterprises and partners from Nigerian government, finance, and transportation industries gathered to discuss innovative technologies and practices of enterprise networks in the AI era and accelerate the digital transformation of various industries.
In his opening remark, Jay Ji, Director of Huawei Southern Africa Enterprise Networking Dept, said: “Nigeria is an important strategic market for Huawei’s enterprise network in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past few years, we have continued to grow our business with local customers and partners and in the future, we will continue to do more. With leading solutions and full-lifecycle services, Huawei will help customers build smarter, more secure, and more efficient enterprise networks and inject new impetus into the development of the digital economy.”
Highlighting critical challenges faced by enterprises in the AI era, Matamela, ICT CTO of Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Region, noted escalating demands for ultra-high bandwidth, growing complexity in multi-service management, increasing cybersecurity threats, and the urgent need for cost-efficient and future-proof infrastructure upgrades, as critical challenges, adding that “businesses require networks that are not just robust but also intelligent, agile, and secure enough to handle evolving digital ambitions.”
To address these challenges, Huawei introduced the Xinghe Intelligent Network Solution, a comprehensive suite covering six core scenarios. The solution integrates intelligent campus networks for seamless Wi-Fi, application prioritization, simplified O&M, and end-to-end security; zero-touch data center networks with 99.999% reliability and self-healing capabilities; AI-driven WANs for deterministic latency and self-optimizing branch connectivity; and unified SASE for automated threat detection and ransomware interception. Additionally, Huawei’s SingleFAN FTTH Network simplifies GPON-to-10GPON migration with plug-and-play deployment, cutting costs and boosting efficiency by 400%, while its Optical Sensing portfolio delivers all-weather ultra-HD imaging with 50% bandwidth savings and AI-powered precision above 90%, enabling rapid deployment of smart city and security applications.
In the course of the summit, many industry pioneers in Nigeria also shared their achievements while in partnership with Huawei. Ojo Felix Shilton, principal manager of network &communication of the Nigerian Ports Authority, said, “With the Huawei Wi-Fi 7 Campus Network Solution, we achieve intelligent port operations, increase the campus wireless network bandwidth by 10 times, and improve the management efficiency by 3 times. This will lay a solid foundation for digital transformation of services.”
Olajide Osundare, Head of network of Nigeria’s NIBSS, also stated that, “Huawei SD-WAN solution helps us achieve zero-touch deployment, intelligent routing, and automated O&M on branch networks. Based on our success, we plan to expand the program to more than 80 local banks and drive industry-wide connectivity.”
Lending his voice, Obinna Ogbonnaya, head of core network and operations of Fidelity Bank, disclosed that, “Huawei data center network supports the stable running of mission-critical services for 7 x 24 hours, shortens the fault recovery time to minutes, and significantly improves customer satisfaction.”
The summit also featured the official release of the Nigeria IP Club membership recruitment plan, by Simon Xu, Director of Huawei Global Enterprise Networking Marketing Dept. the IP Club membership aims to provide local customers and partners with a platform for technical communication, scenario-based solution co-creation, and global resource interconnection.
In his closing remark, Tu Lin, Director of Huawei Nigeria Enterprise Networking Solution Sales Dept, reiterated the company’s Enterprise Network resolve in helping its customers in Nigeria realize digital business transformation through the “technology + ecosystem” dual-wheel drive, which in turn, creates greater business value for their patrons.
