Overview

Chinese Embassy in Jamaica donates educational equipment worth JMD 5.4 million to the ICT Talent Hub of the University of the West Indies Mona

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$33,254

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•JamaicaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•JamaicaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Key dates

Commitment date: Dec 1, 2022

Start (actual): Dec 1, 2022

End (actual): Dec 1, 2022

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The donation was made to the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/354944904.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

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University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus

Loan description

Chinese Embassy in Jamaica donates educational equipment worth JMD 5.4 million to the ICT Talent Hub of the University of the West Indies Mona

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Project narrative

On December 1st, 2022, the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica donated educational equipment worth JMD 5,400,000 to the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus. The donation supported the Huawei ICT Lab - part of the larger Huawei ICT Talent Hub in Jamaica. Chinese Ambassador Chen Daojiang, Professor Dale Webber, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the UWI Mona, Professor Michael Taylor, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the UWI Mona, and Representatives of Huawei Jamaica attended the donation check handover ceremony. Huawei and the UWI had previously signed a joint cooperation MOU in 2021 for the creation of the Huawei ICT Talent Hub in Jamaica, through which Huawei works with the Jamaican Government to build an ICT academy with UWI and UTech. Huawei is to provide the ICT equipment, course resources, and platform resources and offer scholarships to UWI and UTech students worth JMD 4 million each year.