A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.
The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked ...
Category: Huawei
Western, Chinese 5G Rivals Poised to Clash Over New Deployment in Morocco
Telecom service providers from Europe and the United States will soon face off against rivals for China over a new tender to build out Morocco's 5G network, according to a report in Africa Intelligence. The National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency will ...
Rubio in Costa Rica as He Seeks to Curb China Influence
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived Tuesday in Costa Rica as he presses to curb Chinese influence in Latin America on his first foreign trip. Rubio, a longtime hawk on China, began his trip in Panama, where he reported headway ...
Chinese-Language Media Abuzz Over Rumors Huawei is Now China’s Largest Beef Importer Thanks to Argentina
Reports are circulating on mainstream media outlets in both China and Taiwan that Huawei has become China's largest importer of beef that it sells online with other agricultural products. Chinese netizens were seemingly puzzled by the reports that not only appeared on ...
Huawei and South African Telco MTN to Build Tech Innovation Lab
Chinese electronics giant Huawei and South African telco major MTN signed an agreement on Wednesday to build a "Joint Innovation Technology Lab" that the two companies will use to support African research in AI, big data, and cloud computing, among other things.
Huawei is Going to Save Christmas in South Africa!
Chinese telecom giant Huawei wants to save South Africa from celebrating the Christmas holiday in the dark. The company's end of year marketing push in South Africa is focused on promoting its $3,400 Power-M battery back-up systems that can offset the ...
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
Huawei Expands Digital Power Products With New Distribution Deal in East Africa
The Chinese technology giant Huawei, once known only for phones and switches, is now pivoting quickly in East Africa to expand beyond telecommunications to new energy storage services in a new, rapidly expanding market. Huawei signed a distribution deal last ...
Democratic Republic of Congo Unveils Chinese-Built Data Center
DRC Prime Minister Sama Lukonde on Friday cut the ribbon on a new data center financed by China and built by Huawei. The minister said the center will improve data management and national financial performance. Huawei announced in March that it will ...
China’s Huawei Sets up Commodities Hedging Team in Singapore, Hong Kong
Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) is building a commodities team to hedge and trade metals and energy products, according to the Chinese technology company's job posts on professional social network LinkedIn. The company was looking for a commodity trader and a commodity market ...
Huawei is Now the Must-See Stop in China for Visiting Global South Leaders
Honduran President Xiomara Castro is the third leader from a developing country in just the past two months to include a stop at a Huawei research facility during their state visit to China. Castro visited the telecom giant's Shanghai research ...
Given How Unreliable Electricity Service is in South Africa, It’s Not Surprising Huawei’s New Power Wall is Generating Buzz
Huawei may be under mounting pressure in the United States, where the government will reportedly expand sanctions against the Chinese tech giant to block all American technology transfers, but in South Africa, it's a totally different story. On the same day ...
Hard to Believe But Huawei’s Still Got a Smartphone Business in South Africa
Even though Huawei's mobile phone business is just a fraction of the size it was before the U.S. slapped crippling sanctions on the company, blocking it from using Google and other American technology, South African consumers are still keen to buy the Chinese tech giant's devices.
Angola is Now a New Front in the U.S.-China Technology Duel
Technology, not oil, emerged as a key focus of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's brief visit to Angola on Friday. Qin visited Huawei's new $80 million technology park in the capital Luanda and later oversaw a signing ceremony with Finance Minister Vera ...