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Digital Silk Road 2.0: How China Is Shaping Central Asia’s AI Ecosystem
The race for artificial intelligence supremacy is now global. As the United States and China compete to define the future of AI, their rivalry increasingly shapes how they engage with the rest of the world. Washington leans on alliances and export ...
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Kenyan-Chinese Smartphone Assembly Plant Debuts
Kenyan President William Ruto launched the country’s first smartphone assembly plant earlier this week. Located in a town outside of Nairobi, the East Africa Device Assembly Kenya plant is a joint venture between Kenyan telecom companies Safaricom and Jamii and the Chinese mobile device dealer Shenzhen TeleOne Technology. ...
Zambian President Haikinde Hichilema Does the Rounds of Shenzhen’s Tech Giants
Zambian President Haikinde Hichilema devoted the third day of his week-long China tour to visiting some of the country's largest tech companies headquartered in the southern megacity of Shenzhen. The president visited the headquarters of internet giant Tencent, automaker BYD and ...
Both Kenya and China Dismiss Reuters Report on Chinese Hacking as “Sheer Nonsense” and “Sponsored Propaganda”
The Chinese and Kenyan governments issued separate statements that blasted last week's report by Reuters that claimed Chinese hackers had penetrated the computer networks of eight Kenyan ministries. Citing security concerns, the report did not name any of the sources that ...
U.S.-China Technology Competition in Africa
African telecom operators have resolutely opposed U.S. calls to stop using Chinese networking hardware. In fact, Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese tech firms in recent years have significantly expanded their presence beyond networking to mobile money, data centers, and even new ...
Indonesia’s plans to develop its rare earth resources face a geopolitical dilemma because the fastest way to process them relies on China’s dominant technology and supply chains, even as the United States and its allies are urging Jakarta to reduce dependence on Beijing. Photo by AFRIADI HIKMAL / NURPHOTO / NURPHOTO VIA AFP
Indonesia sits on a geological treasure trove of rare earth minerals, and the government is eager to tap into the wealth they could bring. While it knows how to find, mine, and sell the highly sought-after critical materials, it confronts a geopolitical dilemma: The only ...
Digital Silk Road 2.0: How China Is Shaping Central Asia’s AI Ecosystem
The race for artificial intelligence supremacy is now global. As the United States and China compete to define the future of AI, their rivalry increasingly shapes how they engage with the rest of the world. Washington leans on alliances and export ...
Kenyan-Chinese Smartphone Assembly Plant Debuts
Kenyan President William Ruto launched the country’s first smartphone assembly plant earlier this week. Located in a town outside of Nairobi, the East Africa Device Assembly Kenya plant is a joint venture between Kenyan telecom companies Safaricom and Jamii and the Chinese mobile device dealer Shenzhen TeleOne Technology. ...
Zambian President Haikinde Hichilema Does the Rounds of Shenzhen’s Tech Giants
Zambian President Haikinde Hichilema devoted the third day of his week-long China tour to visiting some of the country's largest tech companies headquartered in the southern megacity of Shenzhen. The president visited the headquarters of internet giant Tencent, automaker BYD and ...
Both Kenya and China Dismiss Reuters Report on Chinese Hacking as “Sheer Nonsense” and “Sponsored Propaganda”
The Chinese and Kenyan governments issued separate statements that blasted last week's report by Reuters that claimed Chinese hackers had penetrated the computer networks of eight Kenyan ministries. Citing security concerns, the report did not name any of the sources that ...
U.S.-China Technology Competition in Africa
African telecom operators have resolutely opposed U.S. calls to stop using Chinese networking hardware. In fact, Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese tech firms in recent years have significantly expanded their presence beyond networking to mobile money, data centers, and even new ...
Why You Should be Wary of the U.S.-China Narrative in the Ethio Telecom Auction Story
For years, U.S. officials have been trying to persuade African governments to abandon their reliance on Chinese-made telecom networking equipment from the likes of Huawei and ZTE. Finally, this weekend, they got their first win. Well, kind of, ...
China and the Rise of AI-Surveillance Technology in Africa
Backed with seemingly-limitless government loans, Chinese tech companies are moving quickly to deploy sophisticated AI-powered surveillance systems across Africa, according to the findings of a new study by Steve Feldstein at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Some of ...
China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
Blessed with generous government-backed loans and low-cost, high-quality equipment, Chinese technology companies have transformed African telecommunications. Millions can now connect for voice and data using devices made by Tecno, Huawei, and ZTE among countless others. Similarly, in media, private companies like StarTimes and state-backed ...
China's Controversial, Out-Sized Role in Africa's Digital Revolution
Africa is home to one of the fastest growing technology markets in the world. In fact, more African households own a mobile phone than have reliable electricity or even clean water. The combination of a young population, some of the fastest ...
China & Ethiopia: Partners in Surveillance
Human Rights Watch's recent report on telecom surveillance in Ethiopia focuses a lot of attention on the role of Chinese contractors who are building out the country's new communications infrastructure. One of the co-authors of that report, Cynthia Wong, joins us for more on ...
Ethiopia's Chinese-Powered Telecom Crackdown
The Ethiopian government is expanding its suppression of civil and political dissent with the upgrade of its telecommunications network according to a new report from Human Rights Watch. ...
With An Eye on China, The U.S. Re-Orients Its Policy in Africa
The United States announces a new foreign policy platform for Africa that is eerily similar to China's 'aid not trade' position | Two of China's largest telecom manufacturers get a two-year ban from Algeria for corruption | The pros & cons of China's ambitious stadium diplomacy agenda in Africa and ...