Students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, have claimed three awards at the 10th Huawei ICT Competition Global Finals in Shenzhen, China, defeating teams from 40 countries across cloud computing, artificial intelligence and innovation categories.

Competing under the banner TeamABU2026, the students clinched first position in the Cloud track, second position in the Computing category and the grand prize in the AI/Innovation category with their project, ParaVision. The team also received the Women in Tech Award alongside the Nigeria Network Team at the competition's award ceremony held on 5th June 2026.

The global finals, which took place between 2nd and 5th June, attracted 177 teams from across the world competing in network, cloud, computing and AI/Innovation tracks. The students had qualified for the finals after emerging successful at the national finals in December 2025 and the Southern Africa regional finals in March 2026. The competition began in October 2025 with 220,000 students participating worldwide before progressing through national and regional stages.

A statement issued by the Public Affairs Directorate of Ahmadu Bello University described ParaVision as "an AI powered solution using the Orange Pi AIPro built around the Huawei Ascend 310B4 chip," designed to conduct tests simultaneously or independently and generate printed laboratory reports in less than three minutes. The solution also features a multilingual interface supporting French, Arabic, Chinese, Swahili and other languages.

The victorious students are Kumba Banna Tekanyi and Wakili Sefiu Bolaji of Computer Engineering, Yakubu Musa Yakubu of Computer Science, Adekunle Abdulroqeeb Oladimeji of Electrical Engineering, Yunus Muhammad and Ruqayyah Hassan Labo of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, and Khadija Khalid and Grace Temitayo Olorunfemi of Computer Engineering.

The students were mentored by Dr Bashir Halliru Sani of the Institute of Agriculture and Information and Communication Technology and Dr Zaharaddeen Haruna of the Department of Computer Engineering. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Adamu Ahmed, attended the event alongside the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, Prof Raymond Bako, and other senior university officials.

The university stated that the achievement reflected its commitment to producing globally competitive graduates capable of driving technological innovation and solving real world challenges.