Huawei Nigeria has hosted the Huawei Nigeria IP&OpticX Club 2026 at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, bringing together government representatives, enterprise customers, partners, and industry leaders from across Nigeria.
Under the theme “Secure Networks Powering Nigeria’s Digital Future,” the event explored how secure, intelligent, and reliable network infrastructure is helping organisations accelerate digital transformation, embrace AI, and support increasingly connected business operations.
The event featured insights from government, financial services, hospitality, SMEs, and other industries, together with Huawei technology experts and ecosystem partners.
Speaking at the event, Matamela Mashau, CTO of ICT Marketing & Solution Sales Department, Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa, shared Huawei’s vision of the Xinghe Intelligent Network, highlighting the evolution of networks from basic connectivity into an intelligent foundation for Industrial All Intelligence.
He also introduced Xinghe AI Campus, under the concept of “Network Experience Evolution, Creating Secure and Intelligent Campus,” showcasing how campus networks are evolving toward faster connectivity, stronger security, and smarter operations.
Huawei highlighted next-generation pre-Wi-Fi 8 superfast wireless experience, full-scope security protection from endpoint onboarding, greater security and peace of mind upon campus entry, and wireless fault auto-resolution. Together, these capabilities help deliver a better user experience while improving network availability, security, and operational efficiency.
On government digital transformation, Engr. Oteniya Olorunlani, Head of Network Administration & Support Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, shared the state’s digital development vision guided by the Lagos State Development Plan 2052.
With Digital Government and Smart City as key directions, Lagos State is working to support public sector innovation and extend digital benefits across society. Ubiquitous, reliable, and secure network connectivity serves as a critical foundation for this vision, enabling wider adoption of digital government services, improving operational efficiency, and providing citizens with more convenient and efficient public services.
The event also highlighted practical campus network experience from the hospitality industry. Olufemi Patrick, Project Director at Augix Resources Limited, a Huawei Gold Partner, shared how secure and reliable campus connectivity can support guest services, hotel operations, and digital experiences. The case demonstrated how modern network infrastructure can help hospitality organisations improve customer experience while enhancing operational efficiency.
Taiwo Temitope Abigael, MTN Network Enterprise Service, Solution Design Engineer, shared MTN Nigeria’s vision for “Accelerating Nigeria’s Enterprise Digital Transformation.” He introduced MTN’s government and enterprise services and highlighted the growing cooperation between MTN Nigeria and Huawei.
Through the Enterprise Dedicated Line + X model, the two companies combine dedicated connectivity with solutions including LAN, WLAN, Smart Video Solutions, intelligent collaboration, cybersecurity, and FTTH, providing enterprises with a more integrated approach to connectivity and digital services.
MTN also highlighted its MSP platform and public cloud capabilities, which provide SMEs with cloud-based network management and simplify IT operations. Through this partnership, MTN and Huawei are working together to provide Nigerian enterprises with bundled dedicated connectivity and network coverage services, making it easier for businesses to build secure, reliable, and intelligent digital infrastructure.
For small and medium-sized enterprises, Wu Han, Solution Architect, ICT Marketing & Solution Sales Department, Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa, introduced the latest developments in Huawei eKit SME Network.
The session highlighted Huawei’s product portfolio and simplified management capabilities across four key scenarios: intelligent office networks, intelligent store networks, intelligent hotel networks, and intelligent education networks.
These solutions are designed to help partners better address the diverse networking needs of SMEs, simplify deployment and management, and create new opportunities for growth in the distribution market.
As AI workloads continue to grow, Johnny Cheng, Vice President of the Data Center Network Domain at Huawei Data Communication Product Line, presented Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0, Huawei’s approach to building an always-on AI data center network with full computing power.
The solution brings together three key capabilities: AI Brain, enabling full-domain network autonomy with minute-level fault auto-healing; AI Connectivity, delivering elastic and lossless networking to maximize network performance; and AI Network Elements, providing second-level self-healing and stronger protection against data leakage. Together, these capabilities bring greater intelligence and automation to data center networks, helping enterprises build more resilient, high-performance infrastructure for AI and digital services.
