Norrsken22’s Lexi Novitske explains how Chinese firms won African phones and fintech – and are now winning in AI.
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African start-ups are building on Chinese AI models as US private capital retreats, says Norrsken22’s Lexi Novitske.
Researchers have decrypted what Tecno, Infinix and Itel smartphones quietly send home: location, apps and camera activity.
Chinese regulators are consulting Alibaba, ByteDance and Zhipu on restricting AI model exports abroad.
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Chinese AI firms are readying a wave of new models one year after DeepSeek shook the global tech industry.
Even though Huawei Technologies’ AI chips are currently lagging US technology, they’re on the cusp of a tipping point.
Temu parent PDD Holdings is taking strain at home while its international business has been hit by global trade uncertainty.
Alibaba Group-owned e-commerce giant AliExpress has set its sights on the African continent for further growth.
China’s DeepSeek is just one player in a country that has rapidly developed a vast ecosystem of AI companies.