Telecommunications networks funded and built by China are occupying Africa’s cyberspace, a dependency that analysts suggest Beijing is in a position to exert political influence in some countries on the continent. Bullani Jili, a doctoral candidate in Harvard University’s Department of African and African American Studies, told VOA Mandarin in a phone interview that “Huawei is working and partnering with many governments across the continent, and it’s those governments. who are using quality technology to undermine democratic values.” Huawei, the world’s leading vendor of 5G technology and smartphones, is seen by the US and other countries as “beholding the Chinese...