Huawei supports Kenya's shift to clean and digital energy

Chinese technology company Huawei has unveiled a comprehensive digitization roadmap that aims to modernize Kenya's power sector, improve grid resilience, and accelerate the transition of the country to clean and smart energy.

The project will contribute to a sustainable response to Kenya's increasing energy requirements, which is driving digital transformation in the energy sector through smart grids and the integration of renewable energy.

The "Digitalization White Paper for the Energy Industry", which was launched at the Huawei Kenya Energy Summit 2025 in Nairobi, provides a detailed plan for integrating smart technologies that will help Kenya meet its increasing needs for energy in a sustainable manner.

The plan lays out four key strategies, including building digital green power plants that can be monitored and controlled remotely, and automated systems that will keep the power grid running smoothly.

Huawei's blueprint further advocates for multi-source self-healing distribution networks that can independently detect faults and recover, while optimizing coordination among multiple sources of energy for better efficiency and sustainability.

Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Opiyo Wandayi, while applauding Huawei's role, expressed confidence that the country was on track to achieve universal access to clean, reliable, and modern energy by 2030.

"Our vision for the future energy is one which harnesses both traditional and renewable energy sources with a particular focus on clean energy technologies that can drive economic growth while ensuring environmental sustainability," he said.

Wandayi noted that Kenya has immense potential in strategic partnerships it has built and continues to build with global partners like Huawei. And Wandayi said smart grids, renewable energy, and energy internet have transformed the space with unprecedented efficiency and reduction of costs.

Benjamin Muoki, Kenya Power's telecommunications and service delivery manager, said Huawei's support has offered a major boost in improving the utility company's operational efficiency, its customer experience, and network reliability.