Huawei CEO pushes back against U.S. ban

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of China's Huawei, arrives at a Canadian court for the start of a hearing for her extradition to the United States. She was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet that authorities ordered her to wear as a condition of her release from custody.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said building a new 5G network in Britain can be squared with national security. His remarks come as Britain is set to decide on the role of Chinese company Huawei in the scheme.

Huawei has finally gotten the go-ahead to build noncore parts of the UK's 5G network.⁣ The news is not likely going to be well received by the Donald Trump administration.⁣

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Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom will consider giving a contract to China's Huawei as it rolls out its 5G network this year, its acting chief executive said on Wednesday.

Huawei has been given a further 45-day reprieve by the US Commerce Department.

The US government has postponed a crucial meeting with Huawei regarding the sale of US technology to the firm and China.

Beijing is currently Africa's biggest trading partner and the relationship is set to deepen if Kenya moves forward with a possible contract for China's Huawei to roll out its 5G network. Also, we hear from some of the Nigerian businesspeople whose enterprises are going from strength to strength with a bit of online savoir-faire. And many members of the French Caribbean diaspora have headed to Ivory Coast to start new lives, a move that has led to celebration and the creation of a Caribbean-style carnival

France's cybersecurity agency is encouraging telecom companies not to use Huawei equipment for their 5G networks. However, the country is stopping short of a complete ban on the Chinese group.

For the first time ever, China's electronics giant Huawei sold more smartphones than the South Korea's Samsung in the last quarter, according to an industry tracker. Still, Huawei faces trouble on the global market.

The Trump administration blacklisted the Chinese firm over security concerns last year. The US government has now announced further crackdowns, this time restricting the type of hardware that the tech giant can access.

ZTE is currently working on launching the world's first smartphone an under-screen camera on September 1. The Axon 20 5G will be the first “mass-produced” smartphone with the new in-display selfie camera. That means the phone will have no notch or punch-hole cut-out, making the device bezel-less.