Allegations of China's Hacking of Kenyan Ministries; Denials by Kenya and China

 Reuters published on 24 May 2023 an article titled "Exclusive: Chinese Hackers Attacked Kenyan Government as Debt Strains Grew" by Aaron Ross, James Parson, and Christopher Bing.  

Drawing on three sources, Reuters reported that Chinese hackers targeted Kenya's government in a widespread, years-long series of digital intrusions against key ministries and state institutions.  Chinese government officials called the accusations "baseless."

Kenya's Ministry of Interior and National Administration issued a statement on 25 May that said the report should be "viewed as sponsored propaganda."

Kenya Rejects US Claims that China's Huawei Equipment Used for Spying

 Kenya's Business Daily published on 29 March 2021 an article titled "Kenya Dismisses US in Chinese 5G Spy Claims" by Brian Ngugi.

Kenya's cabinet secretary for ICT rejected US government claims that the use of China's Huawei in the roll out of the Safaricom fifth generation (5G) network risks exposing the country to Chinese spying through the high speed networks.

Pros and Cons of China's Telecom Expansion in Ethiopia

The China Africa Project operated by Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden recently carried a 25 minute podcast titled "Pros and Cons of China's Telecom Expansion in Ethiopia" with Andy Shuai Liu, who runs a blog out of Washington called chinaopenmic.com.

The podcast discusses Huawei's and ZTE's recent $1.6 billion contract to upgrade Ethiopia's internet and mobile phone networks in a country that is one of the least connected in Africa and one that carefully controls freedom of speech. The podcast deals with issues of expanding internet service, aiding censorship and cyber spying.