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Investor Memo: The American Bet — How Washington's $100 Million Loan to Ziad Dalloul's Africell Makes One Telecom the Front Line Against Huawei in Africa

Washington is lending nearly $100 million to Ziad Dalloul's Africell — Africa's only American-owned telecom — to buy US kit instead of Huawei's. A deal that turns one operator into the front line of the US-China contest for Africa's networks. The memo on what it means.

,   and  Mfonobong Nsehe
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Investor Memo: The American Bet — How Washington's $100 Million Loan to Ziad Dalloul's Africell Makes One Telecom the Front Line Against Huawei in Africa

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