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From Phones to E-Bikes: China’s Transsion Targets Africa’s Mobility Sector
For almost two decades, the Chinese smartphone giant behind Africa’s most popular mobile brands -Tecno, Infinix, and Itel- has grown to dominate the continent’s handset market. Now, it is making a bold move into Africa’s booming electric mobility sector with its TankVolt e-bikes, which have already become ...
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Heightened Competition in the African Phone Market Weighs on Transsion Profits
Shenzhen-based mobile phone giant Transsion Holdings has dominated the African market for over a decade, outpacing Samsung, Apple, and a handful of other Chinese brands. But now, the maker of Tecno, Itel, and Infinix brand phones say their rivals are catching up and hammering the company's profits. ...
Smartphone Sales Rebounded Last Year in Mideast and African Countries, Led by Chinese Brands
Smartphone sales in the Mideast and Africa rose sharply last year, led by Tecno, a subsidiary of Shenzhen-based Transsion Holdings, which surpassed Samsung in market share for the first time. Overall, sales in the region increased by 30% in Q4 2023 ...
Google to Partner with Transsion, China’s Phone Giant in Africa
Google announced that it struck a global strategic partnership with Transsion, a Chinese maker of mobile phones beloved across the Global South. Together, the two will target emerging markets like Africa via cooperation on the Android operating system, online advertising, and Google Cloud services. ...
Transsion’s Nearly Two-Year Run of Uninterrupted Growth in Africa Comes to an End
Two years of the pandemic, supply chain disruptions and slowing economies in Africa finally caught up with Shenzhen-based African mobile phone giant Transsion. The company released its first-quarter results earlier this month that revealed drops in revenues (1.8%), profits (7.6%), and smartphone sales (7%) compared to the ...
Tonga's King Tupou VI and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 25, 2025. Photo by MAXIM SHEMETOV / POOL / AFP
By Ben Strang More than four years on from one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in history, Tonga is struggling to improve its infrastructure as it pays off a massive Chinese loan. When Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai erupted on ...
From Phones to E-Bikes: China’s Transsion Targets Africa’s Mobility Sector
For almost two decades, the Chinese smartphone giant behind Africa’s most popular mobile brands -Tecno, Infinix, and Itel- has grown to dominate the continent’s handset market. Now, it is making a bold move into Africa’s booming electric mobility sector with its TankVolt e-bikes, which have already become ...
Heightened Competition in the African Phone Market Weighs on Transsion Profits
Shenzhen-based mobile phone giant Transsion Holdings has dominated the African market for over a decade, outpacing Samsung, Apple, and a handful of other Chinese brands. But now, the maker of Tecno, Itel, and Infinix brand phones say their rivals are catching up and hammering the company's profits. ...
Smartphone Sales Rebounded Last Year in Mideast and African Countries, Led by Chinese Brands
Smartphone sales in the Mideast and Africa rose sharply last year, led by Tecno, a subsidiary of Shenzhen-based Transsion Holdings, which surpassed Samsung in market share for the first time. Overall, sales in the region increased by 30% in Q4 2023 ...
Google to Partner with Transsion, China’s Phone Giant in Africa
Google announced that it struck a global strategic partnership with Transsion, a Chinese maker of mobile phones beloved across the Global South. Together, the two will target emerging markets like Africa via cooperation on the Android operating system, online advertising, and Google Cloud services. ...
Transsion’s Nearly Two-Year Run of Uninterrupted Growth in Africa Comes to an End
Two years of the pandemic, supply chain disruptions and slowing economies in Africa finally caught up with Shenzhen-based African mobile phone giant Transsion. The company released its first-quarter results earlier this month that revealed drops in revenues (1.8%), profits (7.6%), and smartphone sales (7%) compared to the ...
China’s Tecno and Infinix Ranked Among the Top Brands in Africa
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, ...