On the evening of June 7, 2026, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, presided over a ceremony at the Ministry’s headquarters to honor outstanding Algerian students following their unprecedented technological achievement at the Global Finals of the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026, held in Shenzhen, China.
The Algerian teams dominated the competition, winning three Grand Prizes, the highest distinction awarded in this prestigious international event, which brought together more than 220,000 students from 100 countries worldwide.
Grand Prize Winners by Track:

⦁ Cloud Track – Grand Prize
⦁ Majd Iman Kafi – Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB)
⦁ Nidhal Lebri – National Higher School of Digital Technologies, Post and Telecommunications (ENSTICP)
⦁ Nesrine Bouzid – National Higher School of Artificial Intelligence (ENSIA)

⦁ Computing Track – Grand Prize
⦁ Tarek Miliani – Higher School of Computer Science of Sidi Bel Abbès (ESI-SBA)
⦁ Ikram Chamseddine – National Higher School of Computer Science, Algiers (ESI Algiers)
⦁ Fodil Ben Hiba – Higher School of Computer Science of Sidi Bel Abbès (ESI-SBA)

⦁ Network Track – Grand Prize
⦁ Zakaria Fasla – National Higher School of Telecommunications and Information and Communication Technologies (ENSTTIC)
⦁ Akram Chekchoukh – Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB)
⦁ Abderrahmane Talbi – Higher School of Computer Science of Sidi Bel Abbès (ESI-SBA)