Let Africa also use 5G: Huawei and the African Union strengthen cooperation in 5G and other fields

This Memorandum of Understanding is valid for 3 years, based on the last Memorandum of Understanding signed in February 20 15.

For Huawei, doing business in Africa will undoubtedly gain more market share. With the development of African economy, the demand for infrastructure construction is increasing, and the Internet is beginning to move towards ordinary Africans.

In the field of Internet and communication in Africa, China enterprises can be seen everywhere.

As early as the beginning of China-Africa cooperation more than 20 years ago, China communication giants Huawei and ZTE started their communication business in Africa, helped Africa to establish communication infrastructure, and cooperated with local companies, scientific research institutions and governments. After more than 20 years of development, many communication infrastructures in Africa have been built by Huawei and ZTE.

According to statistics, 50% of wireless base stations, 70% of 4G networks and about 50,000 kilometers of optical cables in Africa are built by Huawei. In 20 15, Huawei's revenue in Europe, the Middle East and Africa was RMB 128 billion, accounting for 27% of the total revenue. In contrast, in 20 15, the income of Ericsson and ZTE in the African market was 8.3 billion yuan and 6.98 billion yuan respectively.

For example, voice communication, which is mainly sold in Africa and India, has introduced many innovative and practical functions to the African market in the design of mobile phones. These innovations include longer battery life, because it is difficult to find a stable power supply in Africa; Dust-proof display screen, dry climate in Africa, a lot of dust in many places; Support dual card or even four cards. Most African users have more than two SIM cards, but they are limited by their spending power, and most of them only have one mobile phone. And a camera for dark skin color to enhance the self-portrait effect of black people in dark light. In addition, its mobile phone price is also very friendly. The price of a mobile phone is usually 50- 100 dollars. This also makes the mobile phone business of voice transmission develop very rapidly in Africa.

Huawei not only "teaches people to fish", but also "teaches people to fish": the two sides are also committed to tapping local talents in Africa, and by providing young people with information and communication technology knowledge and skills, they can cultivate their ability to cope with future digital challenges in the technology ecosystem and increase employment opportunities for young people.

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