Our Company
Who is Huawei
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have 207,000 employees and operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Milestones
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2019
35 carriers around the world that launched commercial 5G services implemented Huawei's B.E.S.T. Network solution for 5G. Huawei and Honor smartphones together occupied 17.6% of the global market share, meaning we maintained our position as the world's second-biggest smartphone brand (data from IDC). We also held the largest market share in 5G smartphones (data from Strategy Analytics). Over 700 cities and 228 Fortune Global 500 companies – 58 of which are Fortune 100 companies – partnered with Huawei on digital transformation. HUAWEI CLOUD offered more than 200 cloud services and 190 solutions, while over 3 million enterprise users and developers were developing products and solutions with HUAWEI CLOUD. Huawei launched the Arm-based CPU, the Kunpeng 920, and the TaiShan series servers and cloud services powered by the Kunpeng 920. Huawei launched the AI-Native database, GaussDB, and the industry's highest-performance distributed storage, FusionStorage 8.0. Huawei announced its computing strategy to usher in an age of exploration for the computing industry. We launched Atlas 900, the world's fastest AI training cluster, and HUAWEI CLOUD Ascend-based cluster services. Huawei revealed its Intelligent OptiX Network strategy, aiming to work with upstream and downstream partners to redefine the optical network industry. Huawei launched its intelligent, distributed, next-generation operating system, HarmonyOS, which can run on multiple devices. HarmonyOS delivers a seamless experience to consumers across devices, and meets new requirements for operating systems in the all-scenario, intelligent era. Huawei opened HMS to developers around the world, allowing them to quickly and conveniently access the HMS ecosystem for app innovation and ecosystem resource sharing. HMS Core integrated over 55,000 apps worldwide. AppGallery was available in more than 170 countries and regions, attracting over 400 million monthly active users. The number of apps offered in the AppGallery continued to grow.
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2018
Signed MoUs with further 10 Universities to be Huawei Authorised ICT Academies Partnership summit for building ICT ecosystem
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2017
Launched Fiber to the home (FTTH) solution for Safaricom Renewed MoU with ICT Authority Completed 2nd phase of NOFBI reaching all 47 counties Launch of SGR incorporating Huawei’s communications solution
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2016
Started e-Health project in Lamu County Signed MoU with the University of Nairobi to be Huawei Authorized ICT Academy
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2015
Completed migration of M-PESA Public Safety project launched for Safaricom and National Police Service
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2014
Signed MoU with ICT Authority Built East Africa's 1st 4G network for Safaricom 1st Seeds for the Future program in Africa
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2012
Signed MoU with Strathmore University to become a Huawei Authorised Network Academy Government Data Center completed
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2011
Africa Advanced Level Telecommunications Instittue (AFRALTI) Awarded as the First Huawei Authorized Learning Partner in Kenya
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2010
Launched Enterprise business in the Kenyan market Launch of IDEOS smartphone, Kenya’s first affordable massmarket smartphone
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2009
1 of 3 contractors that completed the 1st phase of National Optical-Fiber Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI)
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2008
Established East African Training Center
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2005
Established Huawei Kenya
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2002
First project for Safaricom
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1998
Entered Kenya market
Quality Policy
- Always keep in mind that quality is the foundation of Huawei’s survival, and the reason for the customer to choose Huawei.
- We communicate customers’ requirements and expectations to the entire value chain of Huawei accurately, to build quality together.
- We respect rules and processes and do things right the first time. We fulfill potential of employees around the globe for continuous improvement.
- We work with customers to balance opportunities and risks, quickly responding to their needs and achieving sustainable growth.
- We undertake to provide customers quality-assured products, services, and solutions and consistently enable customers to experience our commitment in creating value for each of them.
