Huawei Leads Kenya’s Energy Digital Transformation with New White Paper Launch

Huawei unveiled the “Digitalization White Paper for the Energy Industry” at the Huawei Kenya Energy Summit 2025 in Nairobi a document that presents a detailed roadmap for advancing the digital transformation of Kenya’s energy sector

The tech giant Huawei presented a new vision for Kenya’s energy future to a fully packed conference hall in Nairobi: a future powered not just by electricity, but by data.

During the Huawei Kenya Energy Summit 2025, the company launched its Digitalization White Paper for the Energy Industry, a document that lays out a roadmap on how digital technologies could reshape Kenya’s power sector.

The White Paper calls for the transition toward smarter, cleaner, and more resilient energy systems.

It outlines various ways to introduce digital tools-from artificial intelligence and cloud computing to digital twins-into how electricity is produced, distributed, and managed across the country.

The occasion was termed as a key milestone in Kenya’s journey to a modern power grid by the Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Hon. J. Opiyo Wandayi, who officiated the summit.

“This marks a major step in driving Kenya’s energy digitalization journey,” he said. “We applaud Huawei’s role in supporting smart grids and renewable energy integration. Kenya remains committed to ensuring that by 2030, every citizen has access to clean, reliable, and modern energy.”

Huawei’s paper identifies four major focus areas of transformation: developing “digital green” power plants, which are essentially characterized by real-time monitoring and automation; grid inspection automation facilitated through smart tools; creation of self-healing power networks where faults are detected and fixed without manual intervention; and integrating multiple renewable sources to keep up the stability of the grid.

Put together, these changes could ensure Kenya has a more reliable, climate-friendly energy system and fewer of the outages that frequently disrupt power to homes and industry.

The meeting brought together government officials, energy companies, and technology partners to discuss how innovations such as AI and smart grids can make the supply of electricity in the country more efficient and sustainable.

The utility is already deep into its own digital transformation, said Benjamin Muoki, Manager of Telecommunications and Service Delivery at Kenya Power.

“We’ve invested in a national 100G fiber backbone, SCADA automation, and cloud-based systems,” he said. “These upgrades are not just about technology they are about increasing reliability and making our network smarter and greener.”

Huawei Kenya Enterprise Managing Director Samuel Cheng reiterated that his company supported an Africa transition toward clean energy. “Digitalization and innovation are shaping the future of the energy world, and Kenya is right at the forefront,” noted Cheng.

“We work shoulder-to-shoulder with our partners to build an energy ecosystem that will be sustainable for generations to come.” Indeed, as Kenya pursues its clean energy targets, Huawei’s new roadmap offers at once a vision and challenge: to harness the full potential of digital technology in powering up the nation, not only ever more intelligently but also sustainably.