Tencent Cloud has a dynamic global partner programme including 11,000 partners, offering 400 solutions, across 30 industries, which leverages the Weixin and WeChat ecosystem of 1.3 billion users and integrates Tencent’s Cloud Mini Programme Platform, Tencent Cloud Startup Programme, Tencent Cloud AI, Tencent Real-Time Communication, live-streaming and media solutions. Tencent Cloud offers the broadest portfolio of Internet-based products and services among Chinese technology companies.
Tencent Cloud, a global cloud company, creates innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through Tencent Cloud’s global infrastructure, it provides businesses with stable and secure, industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging a host of advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and network security.
Tencent Cloud has successfully helped businesses drive sales, reduce operating costs, optimise supply chain, and enhance productivity.
The Tencent Cloud Mini Programme Platform, TCMPP transforms web and mobile applications into a lightweight mini programme for aggregation, offering a digital infrastructure which is fundamental for enterprise and public service transformation. Its more recent innovation, Tencent Cloud AI, is advancing in areas like video and content creation, image and character recognition, and other areas across the AI value chains.
The core of Tencent’s enterprise business strategy is to leverage its extensive consumer Internet experience and technologies, where Tencent Cloud has built digital ecosystems across its payment, social media, gaming, video and music platforms powered by Tencent Cloud technologies with Weixin and WeChat ecosystem serving 1.3 billion users.
Weixin and WeChat are services operated by different companies under the Tencent Group, and provide interoperable services, so that users around the world can connect with each other, by chatting, placing VOIP calls, sharing Moments, and using Weixin Pay or WeChat Pay features, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Weixin and WeChat users are differentiated by mobile numbers, and Weixin users use Chinese mobile numbers while WeChat users use overseas and Chinese mobile numbers.
Global and regional operations
Today, with the broadest portfolio of Internet-based products and services among Chinese technology companies, Tencent Cloud is positioned to bring its industry know-hows, best practices and related technology innovations to the global market.
In the past three years, Tencent Cloud has consistently achieved double-digit growth in the overseas market, and is establishing a presence across Asia, Europe, Americas, and Middle East.
Global and regional enterprises are opting for Tencent Cloud for its user-centric approach, which balances hype with practical solutions that enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and protect privacy for enterprises. Additionally, its agility in addressing evolving customer needs, demonstrates its ability to deliver impactful solutions.
Tencent Cloud’s global infrastructure and solutions power digital transformation across industries. These strengths make Tencent Cloud a trusted partner for businesses seeking scalable and innovative cloud services.
Every solution Tencent Cloud creates is designed for businesses to tackle real world business challenges and user pain points while balancing innovation for adoption in the different stages of business cycles.
Middle East is a priority market for Tencent Cloud and has consistently achieved double-digit business growth in the region, driven by interest from both public and private sectors for digital transformation and cloud-based innovations. Tencent Cloud is committed to co-creating business values with its local partners and supporting them on their digital transformation journey.
Partner programme
Tencent Cloud has a partner strategy to work with system integrators and application vendors to build industry solutions on its platforms. Tencent Cloud has established comprehensive training programmes to certify global and local value added resellers to deliver reliable managed services to multi-national enterprises. By collaborating with partners, Tencent Cloud has helped Fortune 500 companies successfully migrate and manage their operations.
Tencent Cloud has a thriving ecosystem of more than 11,000 partners. Tencent Cloud collaborates with them to offer over 400 solutions across 30 industries to support its clients’ global footprints. Tencent Cloud is actively recruiting more global and local partners in the region to support its expanding business here.
With its expertise and advisory capabilities, Tencent Cloud guides organisations through the process of growth and development, helping them navigate challenges related to market entry.
While Tencent Cloud deploys the technology and technical knowhow, its partners provide local knowledge and insights into consumer demand, allowing Tencent Cloud to customise its offerings accordingly. This local knowledge and understanding helps develop the various offerings that Tencent Cloud would first identify, and subsequently tailor-make for the local community.
One of its more popular initiatives is the Tencent Cloud Startup Programme. It is meant to support venture capital-backed startups to build, grow, and scale, all while leveraging the full suite of Tencent Cloud capabilities.
Under the programme, funded startups are entitled to a host of financial and technical support, as well as training and certifications, and even marketing and networking opportunities.
Middle East partnerships
Tencent Cloud’s regional presence is driven by its partner ecosystem, having created an innovative and dynamic technology ecosystem for Abu Dhabi’s private and public sectors, with applications cutting across Mini Programmes, Tencent Real-Time Communication, Live-streaming and Media Solutions.
In 2024, Tencent Cloud entered into partnership with Balance, an e-wallet provider in Dubai, to transform the Middle East payment landscape. Balance will integrate the Tencent Cloud technologies into its payment system, enabling compliant, secure and seamless identity authentication for payment.
Over the longer term, Balance will explore the adoption of the Tencent Cloud Mini App Platform as part of its application, providing users access to a host of essential daily services and products through a single interface.
Kartik Tikku, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Balance said, “We are fortunate to be working with Tencent Cloud as this allows us to break into new markets such as Saudi Arabia and UAE, which have witnessed demand for cloud services.”
Tencent’s Hu said, “The partnership with Balance is a testament to our technology’s ability to empower local businesses and government services alike, creating secure, efficient and innovative platforms that enhance the everyday lives of users.”
Tencent Cloud also partnered with TAMM in Abu Dhabi to consolidate over 700 public and private sector services into a single mini programme, streamlining essential services like citizenship applications and healthcare access.
The Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi also collaborated with Tencent to launch Khalifa, an AI-powered digital ambassador engaging Weixin users to promote tourism into UAE. These initiatives underline Tencent Cloud’s growth in the Middle East.
Looking ahead, Hu sees potential in the gaming sector, where proven capabilities will serve as a key enabler to foster growth and cultivate a thriving ecosystem of developers and players. Leveraging Tencent’s track record of supporting the Weixin and WeChat ecosystem with over 1.3 billion monthly active users, Hu envisions a dedicated MiniGame Platform to attract a new demographic of mobile gamers.
With the UAE’s electronic gaming market expected to reach nearly US$500 million in revenue by 2027, the MiniGame Platform will play a role in driving new revenue streams for gaming businesses and supporting the local game development ecosystem.
Tencent Cloud’s recent partnership with PlaysOut, a UAE-based, global game technology company, marks an early success story for the company in the UAE’s gaming sector. Through this collaboration, PlaysOut will leverage Tencent Cloud Mini App Platform to develop a high-quality, modular and open digital platform that will serve as a global digital content ecosystem in which developers can build and host their own mini programmes and mini games.
Tencent Cloud has also collaborated with ZainTECH in the Middle East to introduce digital twin technology.
Moving forward
Tencent Cloud is well-positioned to grow alongside its partners in the Middle East. Tencent Cloud has a successful track record of building digital ecosystems and experiences for consumers. Tencent Cloud is continuing to build its AI capabilities to offer robust internet infrastructure and services to its enterprise partners.
Tencent Cloud is looking to work closely with local partners to support their digital transformation journey using Tencent products and services.
Middle East continues to be a bright spot for Tencent Cloud’s global business aspirations, with multiple recent additions to Tencent Cloud’s global partner ecosystem in the region. In addition to the Middle East, Tencent Cloud enjoys a strong presence in Asia, Europe, Americas, and Asia Pacific. Growth is driven by more than 10,000 businesses across 30 industries in over 80 markets and regions that the company presently serves.
Tencent Cloud’s regional presence is driven by its global partner ecosystem, having created an innovative and dynamic technology ecosystem for Abu Dhabi’s private and public sectors, with applications cutting across Mini Programmes, Tencent Real-Time Communication, live-streaming and media solutions.
More local and global collaborations will be essential to build a supportive digital ecosystem and dynamic talent pool in this region. This will allow Tencent to foster an exchange of information and knowledge to address technology demands from new and varied verticals, especially for content creation, live streaming of major sporting tournaments, and gaming.
Cloud regions
Tencent Cloud operate 9 technical support centres, located in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, US, and Germany, with several more technical support centres to be established after 2024. 58 availability zones are spread across 21 regions globally with 2,300+ cache nodes under CDN.