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Deputy Secretary General of Ministry of Higher Education, YBhg. Datuk Ts. Dr. Mohd Nor Azman bin Hassan (centre) officiating the 10th Huawei ICT Competition Malaysia 2025-2026, with him are (L to R), Director of the Board of Huawei Malaysia, Ye Zhonghua; President and Chief Executive Officer of MMU, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mazliham Mohd Su’ud and Vice-Chancellor of the Huawei ASEAN Academy, Oliver Liu
Marking a decade of cultivating homegrown tech talent, Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia) concluded the 10th Huawei ICT Competition Malaysia 2025-2026 with students from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), IMU University and Xiamen University Malaysia clinching the top prizes in a tightly fought final.
Officiated by the Deputy Secretary General of Ministry of Higher Education, YBhg. Datuk Ts. Dr. Mohd Nor Azman bin Hassan, the awards underscored Huawei Malaysia’s commitment and supportive role in building a sustainable digital talent pipeline while advancing progress in the digital education landscape of Malaysia.
YBhg. Datuk Ts. Dr. Mohd Nor Azman bin Hassan who attended on behalf of the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, YB Datuk Ts. Mustapha Sakmud, commended on the great initiative of the Huawei ICT Academy, stating in his officiating speech, “The Huawei ICT Academy, through its certification programmes, further strengthens this ecosystem by providing students with structured, industry-recognised pathways to develop practical ICT capabilities.”
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) secured the grand prize for the Network Track, led by instructor Ahmad Alauddin Bin Ariffin and students Logith Mohana Krishnan, Sashvant Vadevell and Sio Zixin. For the Innovation Track, IMU University clinched the grand prize with students Sam Tao Kien, Keh Pei Rou and Chee Yue Mei under the guidance of instructor Thein Oak Kyaw Zaw.
Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) took home two grand prizes, winning both the Cloud and Computing tracks. The Computing Track team with students Meng Zijian, Wai Pui Shan and Wong Wan Ning was guided by instructor Toa Chean Khim while the Cloud Track team was made up of students Wu Haoren, Li Haocong and Ge Hanwen while being led by instructor Dilshani Hansika Mallikarachchi.
Malaysia first joined the Huawei ICT Competition in 2018 with slightly over 200 students from seven universities. In seven years, participation has grown considerably, with this year’s 10th edition drawing more than 1,900 students from 43 private and public higher education institutions nationwide. From this competitive pool, 16 teams took top honours across four competition tracks – Network, Cloud, Computing and Innovation.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, President and Chief Executive Officer of MMU, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mazliham Mohd Su’ud said “Through this competition, we are nurturing skilled professionals and visionary leaders who will drive Malaysia’s digital transformation and make talent our strongest national asset.” He added, “This competition is more than an academic contest, it is a platform that identifies, trains, and elevates the next generation of Malaysian innovators.”
Vice-Chancellor of the Huawei ASEAN Academy, Mr Oliver Liu stated that Huawei Malaysia plans to establish more Huawei Academies to build a strong digital education ecosystem that will support Malaysia’s vision to become the ASEAN Digital Capital.
“The Huawei ICT Academy is a platform that nurtures both students and educators, providing them with the opportunity to gain practical applications in cutting-edge fields such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing and data analysis. The Huawei ICT Competition complements this by giving students a platform to compete and display their ICT skills and ideas, while promoting healthy competition and knowledge sharing,” he said.
In addition to the four competition tracks, the awards also recognised institutions that demonstrated excellence in digital education. The Outstanding ICT Academy 2025 awards were presented to Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Multimedia University (MMU), Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), INTI International College Penang, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) and Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP).
Ten educators were also honoured with the Most Dedicated Instructor 2025 award for their contributions and dedication in strengthening Malaysia’s ICT teaching capability, namely four instructors from MMU – Prabha Kumaresan, Ho Sin Ban, Lee Fong Yee and Ng Kok Why, two from XMUM- Lee Sui Ping and Toa Chean Khim; two from Universiti Teknologi Mara – Azliza Mohd Ali and Erny Arniza Ahmad; Tan Soo Fun from UMS and Mohd Fairuz Iskandar Othman from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka.
The awards ceremony was co-organised by the Multimedia University (MMU) and Huawei Malaysia. To date, Huawei Malaysia has established 53 ICT Academies across Malaysia and has trained more than 54,000 individuals in digital skills, exceeding the company’s initial target of 50,000 by 2025.
