China’s Tecno and Infinix Ranked Among the Top Brands in Africa

Brand Africa 2021 survey rankings.

Transsion’s Tecno unit slipped a spot to #6 in Brand Africa’s annual ranking of the most admired brands but it still remained firmly in the top ten and was the highest-ranked of any Chinese company. 

Two other phone brands, Transsion’s Infinix (#25) and Oppo (#42) were the only other Chinese brands in the top half of the survey that was heavily dominated by European and American companies.

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