Huawei has launched its 2020 edition of Huawei's Developer Competition in the MEA region. The contest invites all partners from Pakistan, UAE, KSA, Iraq, South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar with an existing app on the Huawei AppGallery to join with one or multiple apps for a chance to win rewards and cash prizes. The contest has begun in early September and will end on Dec. 31 for all countries. The competition has been created to provide awards for high-quality mobile applications built on the Huawei HMS platform. It also inspires regional developers to leverage HMS open capabilities to create innovative apps, bringing smart life services to Huawei device users. With more than 4,900 registrations across all countries, the winners of the Huawei Developer Competition for each country will be selected based on a comprehensive set of considerations. The main criteria of selection are based on the app's popularity within the market (number of downloads), the HMS Core integration of the app, and the HMS Special Kit integration. The developers can win multiple rewards: from cash prizes, cloud vouchers to targeted promotions to grow their apps, and each winning app can be selected for one of the award categories (gold, silver, or bronze awards). After rigorous analysis of each submitted apps, Huawei will be announcing the winners for each country in the beginning of 2021. As an integral part of Huawei's talent ecosystem construction, Huawei Developer Competition actively explores innovative talent development modes and plays a critical role in promoting partners technologies with Huawei AppGallery. Huawei is an active driver of a digital, intelligent society, an enabler of the digital transformation of industries and enterprises, and a preferred partner of industry customers. Adhering to the "platform + ecosystem" strategy and teaming up with partners, Huawei has built an open, flexible, agile, and secure platform, foster a sound ecosystem featuring co-existence, sharing, and mutual benefits, and enjoy the symphony of digital industrial transformation. The collaborative efforts are ultimately to usher in an intelligent era where everything is sensing, everything is connected, and everything is intelligent. — SG
