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Naspers Stock Rises on White House Assurances That Proposed WeChat Ban Won’t be as Broad as Previously Feared
Investors in Africa's most valuable public company, Naspers, breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after hearing that any White House measures against WeChat and its parent company Tencent won't be as broad as initially feared. A Naspers subsidiary is Tencent's ...
The U.S. and Chinese Embassies in Liberia Go at Each Other Over Huawei
The U.S. and Chinese embassies in Liberia are engaged in a social media squabble over whether it's safe for African countries to use Chinese technology. The feud began on August 9th when the U.S. embassy published a short post on its Facebook page that summarized ...
There’s Growing Excitement That a New Ugandan-Chinese Smartphone Will Help to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
Bloomberg's Quick Take team showcased the new G507 smartphone made by the Chinese company SIMI and manufactured locally in Uganda. The phone comes equipped with a body temperature scanner that the company claims is similar to those temperature guns that have become a widespread tool to detect ...
Kenya Says Companies, Not the Government Decides Whether to Use Huawei 5G Tech
Kenyan ICT Minister Joe Mucheru said it's up to telecom operator Safaricom, not the government, to decide whether or not to use Huawei equipment. Mucheru once again asserted his country's sovereignty in the decision over which technology provider to use for telecom equipment and said there are no ...
The China-Funded Mobile Browser That’s Zeroing in on the African Market
Four years ago, Opera was most famous for Opera Mini, a simple data compression browser, gaining traction in African countries with high data costs. Today, Opera’s software holdings have developed into an interconnected nexus spanning file sharing, news, digital payments, ride hailing, food delivery and news.
African Countries Want to Keep Their Options Open Regarding Huawei, Maintaining a Position of “Deliberate Ambiguity”
A new map of the world produced by one of Washington's leading China analysts, Scott Kennedy from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, breaks down the world according to how each country views Huawei. Not surprisingly, the ...
Huawei in Africa: Problems? What Problems?
While Huawei is facing intense scrutiny in certain European countries, the United States, and parts of Asia, the Chinese telecom giant is seemingly unimpeded in African markets. Just as in the brewing political standoff between the U.S. and China, where African leaders are doing their best to ...
Chinese Tech in Africa: What Happened to OPay & What Will Happen to Huawei?
Chinese-owned Nigerian tech company OPay started 2020 with $170 million of cash bursting from its pockets but even that much money wasn't enough to save the company from the dramatic economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 ...
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 ...