The Trump-led American government maintains its chokehold on Huawei, campaigning for other European markets to slam the door on the Chinese tech firm’s 5G offerings. While the propaganda may be working in places like France, Canada and Germany, it is likely that the network equipment maker will conquer the 5G market of North Africa.
Huawei is responsible for Africa’s first commercial fifth-generation connection , which started Rain in South Africa, and on to Lesotho. Ericsson, its biggest rival has also gained foothold in the continent , building MTN South Africa and Telma Madagascar’s versions of the connectivity.
There is much reason to believe that Kenya’s Safaricom will patronize the Shenzhen-headquartered firm’s equipment as well .
Huawei may have to struggle with Ericsson in the Sub-Saharan 5G market, but it seems to already have the upper hand in North Africa, also known as the Maghreb region, where Chinese influence already runs deep. Egypt, Waiting To Exhale
As of April 2019, Huawei was already singing its 5G launch song ahead of the year’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON), hosted by the country. And, for the first time in Egypt, the new generation connectivity.
After operating in the country since 1999, the Chinese firm introduced the technology at the 74,000 capacity Cairo International Stadium which hosted 10 soccer games, including the competition’s finals.
Despite the fact that a full/commercial 5G rollout for Egypt remains in the works, Huawei already has dominance. The government’s continued commitment to developing infrastructure through smart cities can only be fully achieved with the technology.
Since Huawei is on ground to provide, there is hardly any reason for the leadership and concerned telcos to look elsewhere. In April 2019, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met with Li Jie, Chairman of Huawei’s Supervisory Board, at the Prime Minister’s Office.
They had in-depth talks regarding new capital smart city construction related technologies and practical education and training in various industry sectors. Both parties are looking forward to cooperate in strategic matters including 5G, AI technologies etc. Tunisia: Big Boys On Same Boat
In Tunisia, one of Africa’s best places for effective 4G, there is no 5G yet. The country’s mobile network operators (MNOs) are expecting licenses for the technology’s rollout in 2021. But ahead, Ooredoo Tunisie, the Tunisian arm of Qatar-based telecoms giant Ooredoo, has selected Huawei to build the infrastructure.
Alongside Kuwait, Oman, Indonesia, and the Maldives, Tunisia will make use of Huawei’s 5G Single […]
