US Fights To Counter China’s Telecom Push In Africa

By John Rossomando
The U.S. faces an uphill battle in stemming the growth of Chinese telecommunications
infrastructure across Africa, particularly in Nigeria.
The first Trump administration and the Biden administration pressed to restrict the use of
Chinese vendors by U.S. diplomatic missions.
American vendors face challenges due to heavy Chinese lobbying and investment.
American investors such as the 3R Consortium, a consortium of U.S. technology companies
that holds a 15-year exclusive public-private partnership concession awarded by the
The Nigerian federal government has found itself sidelined as the agreement has been
cast aside.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers address...