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BUSINESS
NCBA Takes 100+ Business Customers on Market Familiarization Trip to China
Today, over 100 NCBA Bank Commercial and SME customers embarked on a market exposure trip to China, offering a unique…
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25 Kenyan students complete digital tech immersion in China
25 Kenyan students under the Huawei Seeds for Future programme completed a one-week immersion into digital technology skills during an…
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Alibaba Kicks Off One-Month Netpreneur Training Program for Africa
Alibaba Global Initiatives (AGI), a professional training arm under Chinese tech giant Alibaba, has enrolled the second class of more…
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Chinese Hackers Deployed Malware to Infect Australian Government Websites, Report
A report by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint and PwC Threat Intelligence has revealed how Chinese hackers deployed a fake news site…
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U.S. tech firms barred from building factories in China for 10 years
The U.S. has barred a section of the nation’s tech firms from building factories in China. The new directive affects…
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TikTok parent ByteDance has acquired a high-end private hospital chain for $3.9 bn
Tech companies have recently been branching into the healthcare sector, most of them opting to purchase companies providing various solutions…
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Baidu is rolling out driverless taxis in two Chinese cities
The dream of self-driving cars is quickly becoming a reality. It’s a battle dominated by Chinese and American companies working…
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US Senate has passed a $280bn bill to support chip manufacturing firms
The supremacy battle between China and the United States has in recent years shifted to the technology front. Many observers…
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UK Parliament shuts down its TikTok account
The UK parliament has brought down its TikTok account earlier this week, citing concerns of a possible data breach and…
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China is developing homegrown OS to replace American-made Windows and macOS
China renewed efforts to develop a homegrown operating system (OS) that could be an alternative to Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s…
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Driverless taxis start operating in the streets of Beijing, China
The idea of driverless cars roaming the streets is no longer a bizarre, far-fetched or unachievable experiment in a sci-fi…
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2 Years Later, Will Huawei Will Survive the US Ban?
Under US sanctions, Huawei’s revenue in the first half of 2021 was RMB 320.4 billion, which despite COVID-19 is a 38% decrease from…
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Speedaf express completes Round A+ financing to build China-Africa express brand
Speedaf Express, a China-Africa integrated logistics service provider, has announced the completion of its Round A+ financing. The round was…
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BUSINESS
Huawei’s smartphone struggles are also affecting it in China
The ongoing US sanctions on Chinese technology giant Huawei are hitting the company hard. It’s smartphone sales have plummeted in…
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Apps
India Bans Dozens of Chinese Apps, Including TikTok and WeChat Over Security Concerns
The Ministry of Technology in India has banned 59 Chinese apps citing security concerns. These include TikTok, WeChat, Shareit, Mi…
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Zoom Suspends Creation of Free User Accounts in China
Video conferencing platform Zoom has closed the door for new free registrations in Mainland China. The company said in a…
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US President Donald Trump Extends Huawei Ban Till 2021
US President Donald Trump has extended the country’s ban on companies deemed as a threat to national security from doing…
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Gadgets
Huawei’s 2019 Expenditure With US firms Went Up Despite Trade Ban
Despite being faced with sanctions in the US, Huawei still saw increased spending with US suppliers in 2019, according to…
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Health CS Mutahi Kagwe and experts share experiences with counterparts in China on Covid-19 with support from Huawei
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and other health experts recently held a video conference call from Afya House with their…
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Apple Smartphone Sales In China Severely Dropped In February
Amid the global crisis of the Covid-19 outbreak, smartphone companies are feeling the pinch. The problems started with the cancellation…
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BUSINESS
Apple Warns Revenue Miss Due To Effects Of Coronavirus
Apple has on Monday warned that they expect to miss their revenue targets for the second quarter due to the…
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TECNO Mobile shares its African achievements at the China-Africa Mobile Internet Economy Summit in Nairobi
In recent years, Africa’s mobile network infrastructure has been rapidly improved, and smartphones have been further popularized. The number of…
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BUSINESS
Samsung is shutting down its mobile phone factory in China
China being the world’s largest smartphone market, explains why many smartphone companies are camping there with mobile production plants. However,…
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CYBER SECURITY
Report Claims China Installs Malware on Tourists’ Phones At The Border
Amid the stalled China-US trade wars that leveraged Huawei as the click bait, reports indicate the Chinese government has been…
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BUSINESS
No, Huawei is not safe from the US ban there’s a catch
Over the weekend US President Donald Trump had a meeting at the G-20 Summit with Chinese President Xi. The meeting…
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BUSINESS
Huawei can now resume business with US-based tech companies- Trump
After weeks of struggling and tussling with the United States government over the trade ban, the Chinese tech behemoth Huawei…
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CYBER SECURITY
Chinese hackers targeted big tech companies to steal trade secrets from enterprise customers
A cybersecurity firm has recently revealed information about Chinese hackers who have been hacking big telco companies intending to extract…
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Apps
Telegram blames China for DDos attacks
Durov the founder and owner of secure messaging platform Telegram has reported the app has been hit by gazillions of…
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Huawei signs deal to develop 5G for Russian Telecoms
Amid the China-US trade war that has escalated to higher levels last month, Russian telecoms MTS has signed a deal…
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Gadgets
Huawei users are disposing off their devices at a high rate over uncertainty
While Google and Huawei are still working together to analyze the full situation at hand, Huawei users are still in…
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Huawei restricted from using Google’s Android OS
Huawei has been banned by Google from using its services including software and hardware unless open source. In a report…
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COLUMNS
The technology tale of the Shanzhen town
Over three decades ago Shanzhen was a small town in the Southern part of China where its residents were mainly…
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