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Huawei Has Leveraged the COVID-19 Crisis to Enhance Ties With African Governments
Seemingly every week since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, has seen a new announcement of a Huawei technology donation to an African government in support of their effort to combat the pandemic. Huawei appears to be skilfully taking advantage of ...
The U.S. will Find Persuading Africans to Abandon Huawei a Tough Sell
The UK's decision to remove Huawei equipment from its new 5G network marks a significant win for the United States, who's been lobbying governments for years to stop using the Chinese telecom company's gear. The U.S. alleges, so far without evidence, ...
Calling it a “Fake Security Scare,” Leading Kenyan Newspaper Urges Telcos to Stay Out of US/UK Fight Over Huawei
One of Kenya's largest newspapers, The Star, published a blistering editorial on Sunday that implored the country's telecom operators to stay out of the escalating feud between the US/UK and China over Huawei. The paper's editorial board was blunt ...
Why the U.S. Campaign Against Huawei Will Fail in Africa
For the first time in years, the United States is seeing progress in its relentless effort to persuade/force/cajole (it really depends on your viewpoint) countries against using networking equipment from the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. The UK's recent decision to ban Huawei gear from its ...
African Stakeholders May Want to Keep Close Watch on How Small South Asian Countries are Handling the India-China Conflict
Africa is by no means alone as a region where small countries are struggling to stay out of great power competition. In South Asia, smaller countries like Nepal, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka are doing their best to avoid getting sucked into the violent conflict currently roiling ...
Huawei Expands Teleconference Equipment Donations to West Africa
The Chinese technology giant Huawei expanded its equipment donation program from East Africa, where it provided the health ministries in Kenya and Uganda with thermal image scanners and video conferencing systems, to West Africa. The company donated a pair of fully-equipped video conferencing systems to the Ghanaian ...
The China-Mediterranean Observer: Rising Alarm Across MENA About the Economic Impact of COVID-19
In February, the number of COVID-19 cases was still limited in the Mediterranean region. Hence, the media of the countries in the wider Mediterranean region mostly focused on the economic impact of the virus. Interestingly, some commentators in the Gulf, framed the appearance of the virus as ...
Tweet of the Day: It’s Been a Good Week for Huawei in Africa
Just days after Safaricom acting CEO Michael Joseph brushed off U.S. concerns about using Huawei equipment on its new 5G network in Kenya, the Chinese telecom giant also received good press in Nigeria for the company's corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Africa Could Be the Winner as the U.S. Attempts to Stifle Huawei
This much is clear: 5G is coming. About 100 times faster than current mobile speeds, it will deliver faster internet to more people. One square kilometer of 4G can support about 4,000 devices. With 5G that jumps to about one million devices. But this ...
One of Africa’s Largest Telecom Operators Sends Clear Message to the U.S. About Huawei: We’re Going to Use Them for 5G, Now Leave Us Alone
Michael Joseph, the acting CEO of Kenya's Safaricom, one of Africa's largest mobile operators, really could not have been more clear about his company decision as to whether or not it plans to use Huawei equipment in their upcoming 5G rollout. He confirmed that the company will ...
Huawei’s Next Flagship Phone Will be Launched in South Africa Without Key Google Apps
South Africa is going to be an important test market for Huawei with next month's launch of the P40 Series of mobile phones that will not include Google Mobile Service apps. It's important to note that the phones will still run on Google's Android operating system but ...
Consortium of Chinese Smartphone Makers Launch New Effort to Challenge Google’s Play Store’s Dominance
Four of China's largest smartphone makers have launched a new initiative to build an alternative app marketplace to challenge the dominant Google Play store. Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo have come together to form the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA), a new platform for dev games, ...