A 15-member Nigerian contingent has returned from the 10th Huawei ICT Competition Global Finals in Shenzhen, China, with a historic medal haul: two Grand Prizes, two First Prizes, and one Second Prize, cementing the country’s rising status in emerging technology talent.
Held from June 2 to June 5 under the theme “Connection, Glory, Future,” the global finals saw 177 teams from over 100 countries compete, drawn from an initial pool of more than 201,000 participants worldwide. Nigeria’s students rose to the top across multiple tracks.
The Innovation Track Grand Prize went to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, for “ParaVision,” an AI-driven healthcare solution built on Huawei’s Ascend 310B4 chip. The system diagnoses malaria and intestinal parasites, producing multilingual lab reports in under three minutes. The Network Track Grand Prize was also claimed by Nigeria’s network team, demonstrating elite infrastructure troubleshooting skills.
Two Nigerian squads earned First Prizes in the Cloud Track, while the Computing Track yielded a Second Prize, with individual silver honours for students, including Ademu Abdulhadi of Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
Nigeria made history as the first nation to field two all-female teams that both clinched Grand Prizes. Three women from Team ABU2026 and the Nigeria Network Team received the Women in Tech Award. Consul-General Ambassador Mairo Musa Abbas presented the trophies on stage in Guangzhou.
Participating institutions included Ahmadu Bello University, University of Port Harcourt, University of Lagos, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Igbinedion University, and Nasarawa State University.
The performance underscores Nigeria’s growing pipeline of ICT innovators on the global stage.
