This archive report was first published on 17 October 2019.
The first China-Africa Mobile Internet Economy Summit (CAMIES) took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from October 15 to 16, 2019. The event brought together over 200 representatives from top organizations and enterprises in the fields of technology, mobile communications, Internet, venture capital, and entrepreneurship incubation.
Organized by China-Africa Fund for Industrial Cooperation (CAFIC), Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA Mobile 360 Series), and TECNO, the summit featured notable attendees, including Justin B.N. Muturi, Speaker of Kenya National Assembly, Wu Peng, Ambassador of the P.R.C to Kenya, and Jerome Ochieng, Principal Secretary of Kenya Ministry of ICT.
TECNO shared its valuable experiences and achievements in the African mobile Internet ecosystem, highlighting its unique advantages in local insights, business layout, channel construction, industry talents cultivation, and other aspects in Africa.
“With the digitalization and modernization of Africa, TECNO will keep providing users with smart, smooth, simple smartphone devices and mobile internet services,” said Stephen Ha, General Manager of TECNO.
According to the GSMA, sub-Saharan Africa will be the region with the fastest-growing number of mobile users in the world in the next few years. By 2025, the total number of mobile users in the region will increase to more than 600 million, with the number of users accessing the Internet via smartphones doubling.
TECNO has actively introduced external high-quality resources and established in-depth partnerships with several mobile internet applications popular with African mobile users, including music streaming and download service platform Boomplay, short video social platform Vskit, online reading APP Ficool, and mobile payment APP Palmpay, etc.
