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China’s Input Ensured the Elimination of Schistosomiasis from Zanzibar’s Pemba Island
The WHO and the Tanzanian government have heralded a Chinese project to combat schistosomiasis in Pemba island, Zanzibar, which ran from 2016 until this year. Its successful implementation of good practices like broad-based cooperation and its flexible project design to accommodate local specificities might have received more ...
U.S.-China Technology “Cold War”: Exploring Africa’s Options
In 2019, Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, and Jack Ma, co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba, visited several African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Ethiopia, where they met and interacted with African tech-Savvy youths. The two ‘Jacks’ represent two different paradigms of technology, ...
Huawei’s CSR Efforts in Africa Are Surprisingly Successful
Chinese companies are generally not well known for implementing successful corporate social responsibility programs. CSR, for the most part, is still a relatively new concept in China. But Huawei's efforts in Africa, particularly since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, is proving to be ...
The New U.S. Plan to Challenge Huawei is Dead on Arrival in Africa
The United States is stepping up its efforts to try and contain Chinese tech companies like Huawei with a new development financing program that aims to persuade countries in places like Africa to avoid using equipment made by the telecom giant. ...
The U.S. Has Long Complained About Huawei’s Rise But Never Found a Way to Effectively Challenge the Chinese Tech Company. One DC Think Tank Has a Few Suggestions
The United States government is determined to try and hamper the Chinese tech giant Huawei's efforts to become the dominant player in next-generation 5G mobile connectivity, AI, and other technologies. In May, Washington added the company to its so-called "entities list" that effectively cut off the Shenzhen-based ...
Chinese Ambassador to Chad’s Inspection of New Huawei Facility Highlights Beijing’s Growing Tech Dominance
China's ambassador to Chad, Li Jinjin, paid a vist on Sunday to a new network operations center that Huawei is building. Judging by the tweet, it seems like a rather mudane diplomatic excursion. But a look at the broader context reveals how "China's winning the war for ...
Tech Update: Kenya Follows U.S. With Calls to Investigate TikTok, Washington’s Huawei Crackdown Could Hurt American Development Efforts
TIKTOK: "Senator Iman Falhada is calling on the government "to safeguard the metadata of Kenyans that is being collected by the TikTok." Another senator, Mwaura Isaac Maigua, argued that suggested policies relating to social media privacy shouldn't be limited to TikTok but should apply to all other ...
From Politics to Tech: Lessons on China-Africa Engagement
Two podcasts of note this month, one about politics and the other focused on tech, provide some excellent insights on two very different aspects of Sino-African engagement. CSIS' INSIDE AFRICA PODCAST: "China's footprint in Africa extends beyond infrastructure projects and ...
Rethinking China’s Participation in African Agricultural Development in the Post-COVID-19 Era
This article was co-authored by Duncan Chando, a Nairobi-based international development consultant Africa was already facing food insecurity and agricultural underdevelopment prior to COVID-19. In 2018 studies showed that Sub-Saharan Africa was the world’s most food-insecure region, hosting 239 million ...
Pandemic? Pfffff! Chinese Phone Giant Transsion Still Generating Huge 2020 Profits
Transsion, the Shenzhen-based African mobile phone giant, posted surging revenue and profits for the first half of 2020. The ongoing pandemic doesn't appear to have dented demand for its phones and services. Profits for the first six months of the year jumped 33.4% compared to the ...
Tecno Dismisses Malware Allegations, Saying It’s Old News
The Chinese-owned African mobile phone giant Tecno is rebutting new accusations that its W2 phones came pre-installed with malware. In a statement sent to the Nigerian tech news website Silicon Nigeria on Tuesday, Tecno claimed that the Triada malware was first discovered in April 2018 ...
Pre-Installed Malware on Some Tecno Phones Stole Money, Data From Unsuspecting Users in Africa
An investigation by the mobile security firm Secure-D confirmed that some Tecno phones sold in Africa and other parts of the world came pre-installed with malware. The infected phones would secretly download apps and attempt to trick users into subscribing for paid ...