Huawei Cloud unveils ambitious expansion plans in the Middle East
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Huawei Cloud made a series of announcements at the Mobile World Congress (MCW) 2024 that revealed its ambitious plans for expanding its footprint across the Middle East. The company announced new partnership agreements with Saudi Arabia-based Zode and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based PayTabs. These collaborations are intended to collectively drive the innovation and implementation of Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in diverse industry use cases.
Shedding light on these Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs), Alan Qi, President of Huawei Cloud Middle East and Central Asia, said, “It represents a strong acknowledgment from both parties towards shared goals and a steadfast commitment to pushing the boundaries of the digital and intelligent era in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Huawei Cloud is dedicated to collaborating with partners, exerting continuous efforts to achieve even more fruitful outcomes, and collectively opening a new chapter of digital transformation.”
The agreement with PayTabs will enable both companies to jointly explore and develop digital payments and payment orchestration technology to launch more innovative payment services across the region. PayTabs currently operates in several markets, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, and Türkiye.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Abdulaziz Jouf, CEO and founder of PayTabs Group; Hany O. Soliman, Regional Head and Operating Partner for PayTabs GCC and Africa; Samy Masoud, VP, Solutions Delivery PayTabs; Mark Chen, President of Huawei Cloud Solution Sales, and Sebastian Shi, CEO of Huawei Cloud UAE.
Huawei Cloud also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Zode, an Internet e-commerce platform popular in the Middle East. The agreement aims to deepen technological innovation and cooperation and jointly promote the rapid development of the e-commerce industry in Saudi Arabia. Sami Alahmadi, CTO of Zode, and Alan Qi, President of Huawei Cloud Middle East and Central Asia, attended the signing ceremony.
Huawei had launched a Cloud Region in Riyadh in September 2023. In a press release, the company said, “Huawei Cloud Riyadh Region has been deployed with three Availability Zones (AZs) to deliver cutting-edge and innovative, highly reliable, low-latency, and secure cloud services. This ensures the excellent operation of customer services on Huawei Cloud. Not only does this Region cover major network carriers like STC, Zain, and Mobily, but it also offers a comprehensive range of cloud services, including robust infrastructure, databases, containers, big data, and AI services.”
