Strategic Partnership Signed Between WideBot AI and Huawei

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WideBot Achieves a Major Milestone in Data Sovereignty by Hosting the “AQL” Generative AI Model on Huawei Servers in Egypt

(Cairo, Wednesday, May 28, 2025)

WideBot AI, a leading company in the development of innovative artificial intelligence solutions, products, and models, announced a major advancement in enabling governments and large enterprises to maintain sovereignty over their data within Egypt through the signing of a strategic partnership and cooperation agreement with Huawei.

Under this strategic partnership, WideBot’s generative AI model, AQL GenAI, will be hosted on Huawei Cloud infrastructure located within Egypt.

This marks a first-of-its-kind milestone in the Arab Republic of Egypt. It follows the earlier announcement that AQL had also been hosted on local cloud infrastructure within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was a pioneering development in the AI sector, enabling AI models to be hosted on local cloud servers and ensuring data sovereignty within the national borders where organizations operate across different industries.

Empowering Governments and Enterprises to Adopt AI and Digital Transformation Securely Within Egypt

This achievement reflects a shared strategic vision between WideBot AI and Huawei to provide an advanced and secure infrastructure that strengthens local innovation and supports intelligent digital transformation, opening new opportunities for AI applications across multiple sectors in Egypt.

Commenting on the partnership, Mohamed Nabil, Co-Founder and CEO of WideBot AI, stated:

“Hosting the AQL Generative AI model on Huawei Cloud within the Arab Republic of Egypt represents an important strategic step that enables government entities and large enterprises to adopt artificial intelligence with greater confidence and security than ever before.”

Nabil added:

“For the first time, we are providing a generative AI model specifically designed for the Arabic language in all its local dialects, operating within a secure local environment. This directly addresses the needs of organizations that have been hesitant to adopt AI models hosted outside the country due to concerns about data sovereignty.”

He further emphasized that the partnership goes beyond technical performance improvements. It contributes to creating a sovereign and locally driven AI innovation ecosystem, empowering decision-makers to integrate AI into their daily operations and digital transformation initiatives with complete confidence.

Regulatory Compliance and Enhanced Data Sovereignty

Hosting AQL GenAI on Huawei Cloud infrastructure within Egypt is highly significant for government institutions and large Egyptian enterprises seeking to maintain sovereignty over sensitive data and strengthen security measures.

With local hosting, data is stored and processed entirely within Egypt, ensuring greater control over sensitive information.

In addition, organizations benefit from faster data processing and retrieval while maintaining compliance with local regulations and legal frameworks governing the use and deployment of artificial intelligence in Egypt. This has long been a major challenge for many organizations across both the public and private sectors.

This capability addresses a recurring requirement across multiple industries, particularly ministries and sovereign institutions that have traditionally been reluctant to use AI models hosted abroad due to concerns over potential data leakage or loss of legal control.

This development allows organizations to maintain full control over their data throughout the entire lifecycle—from processing and storage to analysis and model learning—while remaining aligned with Egyptian laws and national cybersecurity standards.

It also simplifies compliance with emerging regulations such as Egypt’s Personal Data Protection Law, eliminating the need for intermediary solutions or dependence on external providers outside the country’s geographical borders.

Supporting Large Enterprises and Government Ministries in AI Adoption

This partnership directly addresses real-world challenges faced by ministries and major institutions in Egypt, many of which have been technically or regulatorily restricted from using AI tools hosted on foreign infrastructure.

Until recently, advanced AI models such as GPT and Claude were fully hosted outside Egypt, making their use in government applications or highly confidential projects a significant risk.

Now, with AQL hosted within Egypt on Huawei Cloud infrastructure, these organizations can leverage advanced Arabic-language AI capabilities for use cases such as:

• Intelligent automation of correspondence and communications
• Decision-support systems
• Large-scale textual data analysis

All while maintaining full data privacy and regulatory compliance.

Introducing AQL GenAI: The Most Accurate Arabic AI Model

AQL is WideBot AI’s proprietary generative AI model. It is an advanced platform that incorporates state-of-the-art AI technologies designed to understand natural language, analyze large-scale data, and support intelligent decision-making.

The AQL ecosystem includes:

• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
• Sentiment Analysis
• Text-to-Speech (TTS)
• Speech-to-Text (STT)

along with other advanced AI models that help governments and large enterprises accelerate operations and digital transformation initiatives.

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AQL-powered solutions can be deployed across a wide range of industries, including:

• Government and public sector
• Customer service
• Banking and financial services
• Sales and marketing
• Operations and process management
• Healthcare
• Education
• And many other sectors
  
  

AI Solutions and Products Designed for Governments and Large Enterprises

WideBot AI is an Arab technology company that develops AI-powered products and solutions to help governments and large enterprises across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the broader Arab world accelerate digital transformation, simplify operations, reduce costs, solve business challenges, and gain actionable insights that improve and speed up decision-making.

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Throughout its journey, WideBot has successfully served more than 350 enterprise customers, government entities, and central banks, including:

• The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
• The Royal Protocol
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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In Egypt, the company has also worked with:

• The Egyptian Tax Authority
• The Central Agency for Organization and Administration

in addition to several organizations in the healthcare, telecommunications, and mobile services sectors across multiple Arab countries, including the UAE, Oman, Libya, Morocco, and others.

Over the years, WideBot has successfully served more than 200 million Arabic-speaking users across more than 12 countries.

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FAQ's about strategic partnership between WideBot AI and Huawei:

1. What is the strategic partnership between WideBot AI and Huawei?

WideBot AI and Huawei signed a strategic partnership to host WideBot's Arabic-native AQL GenAI model on Huawei Cloud infrastructure inside Egypt; a first-of-its-kind milestone for AI data sovereignty in the country.

2. Why is hosting AQL GenAI locally in Egypt important?

Local hosting ensures Egyptian governments and enterprises retain full sovereignty over sensitive data, comply with national regulations like the Personal Data Protection Law, and avoid the legal and security risks of foreign-hosted AI models.

3. What is AQL GenAI?

AQL GenAI is WideBot AI's proprietary Arabic-native generative AI model, built on advanced technologies including LLMs, RAG, OCR, sentiment analysis, and speech-to-text; designed to serve governments and large enterprises across the Arab world.

4. Which sectors can benefit from AQL GenAI hosted in Egypt?

Government and public sector, banking and finance, customer service, healthcare, education, telecom, and operations; all of which require Arabic-native AI capabilities combined with strict data sovereignty.

5. Who are WideBot AI's main enterprise and government clients?

WideBot AI serves over 350 enterprise and government clients, including the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, the Royal Protocol, KAUST in Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian Tax Authority, and the Central Agency for Organization and Administration in Egypt.