San José, Costa Rica| October 2023. Ten University students from Trinidad and Tobago are in Costa Rica as part of Huawei Technologies flagship global CSR program, Seeds for the Future for Central America and Caribbean countries.

Huawei, a leading provider of information and communications technologies (ICT), announced the start of the ninth edition in this region (8^th edition in Trinidad and Tobago) of the program, and on October 9^th, welcomed 92 outstanding students from Central America and the Caribbean to begin a technological and cultural adventure with the help of experts and leaders of the ICT industry.

From October 9^th - 16^th, 2023, the 92 students will learn about new technological trends, participate in classes taught by INCAE (Central American Institute of Business Administration), strengthen their soft skills and share with mentors, industry experts and regional organisations, topics that will help them in their future professional careers.

T&T students from the UWI, St. Augustine; The University of Trinidad and Tobago; and COSTAATT, joined with students from nine other countries to participate in the first in-person Seeds for the Future session held since the end of the pandemic.  The program was implemented in T&T since 2016, and to date, Huawei has had used the initiative to train 100 local students.

Ravina Kanhai, a COSTAATT student studying Information Technology, said that she was excited to participate in the program. "Huawei is a well-known, multi-national organisation that can provide me with the opportunity to expand my knowledge and skillset in a global way," she said. "The Seeds for the Future program has focused on not just the new technology, but also essential traits of personal and professional growth, including leadership development, emotional awareness and critical thinking for effective decision-making. I embrace each opportunity to learn something new, meet new friends and work on projects that teach me how to make a difference in my country."

Similar sentiments were expressed by Tanveer Dhanpaul, a UTT student pursuing a Bachelor of Education, who hopes to see more practical use of technology in T&T. "I applied to the Seeds for the Future Program to expand my knowledge on various technologies and I am hoping to try to implement this new knowledge into the classrooms in Trinidad and Tobago," he said.

In the last nine years, Seeds for the Future has worked with recognised universities in the region to select the best students for this academic opportunity that will allow them to acquire technological skills while learning about new cultures and developing their creativity by carrying out the "Tech4Good" project.

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About Huawei

Huawei is a global leader in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, and one of the 100 most valuable brands in the world, according to Forbes. The company has a vision of enriching people's lives through communication and is dedicated to customer-centric innovation. With strong partnerships with the local industry, it is committed to creating value for telecom operators, businesses and consumers by offering high-quality and innovative products and solutions, and to digital transformation by offering cloud solutions and servers from Huawei Cloud, in more than 170 countries and territories.

With more than 195,000 employees worldwide, the company serves more than a third of the world's population. Huawei also believes that digitisation is the path to a more sustainable world and a zero-carbon economy based on renewable energy sources. In the last 10 years, our investments in R&D exceeded US$ 132.54 billion, which places Huawei as the 2nd company that invests the most in research in the world. That's why we've become one of the largest patent holders in the world. By the end of 2021, we had 110,000 active patents worldwide. In the new digital era, the ICT industry will require even more investment in research and development, and Huawei will continue to play its leading role in innovation to build a fully connected and intelligent world. Huawei has been recognised as one of the most innovative companies.

Huawei has been in Latin America and the Caribbean for 25 years since 1998. Nowadays it has operations in most of the countries in the region, with a headcount of about 3,500 employees. It has been involved in the provision of telecommunications services and connectivity for the majority of the regional population.