Huawei smart city technologies deployed in Zambia

Huawei smart city technologies deployed in Zambia
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
Deployment Start Date
Deployment End Date
Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (2 January 2012, Speculative, , 2012 is when Huawei started deploying smart city technologies)
City	Lusaka
Country	Zambia
Involved Entities	Huawei
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Technology Deployed	Safe City Software by Huawei
Information Certainty	Speculative
Primary sources	1, 2, 3, 4
Datasets Used	Huawei (Dataset)
Deployment Type	Commercial Surveillance, Targeted Advertising
runs search software
managed by	Government of Zambia
used by
Potentially used by
Information Certainty	0
Summary	Huawei has an influential position in Zambia. Many of Zambia's development projects are funded by Huawei and the state is indebted to them. A major element of these development projects is the ICT transformation in the country. Huawei has built a 75 million dollar data centre for the purposes of centralised egovernance in Zambia. Zambia is in the process of procuring a biometric national ID. In terms of video surveillance, Huawei reportedly installed cameras around Lusaka to surveil shops and identify motorists. In Uganda a similar network was found to have facial recognition. In Zambia, like in Uganda, Huawei technologies have also been associated with the interception of the political communications of political opponents (spying).

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Information Certainty: Speculative

Deployment Purpose: Commercial Surveillance, Targeted Advertising

Summary

Huawei has an influential position in Zambia. Many of Zambia's development projects are funded by Huawei and the state is indebted to them. A major element of these development projects is the ICT transformation in the country. Huawei has built a 75 million dollar data centre for the purposes of centralised egovernance in Zambia. Zambia is in the process of procuring a biometric national ID. In terms of video surveillance, Huawei reportedly installed cameras around Lusaka to surveil shops and identify motorists. In Uganda a similar network was found to have facial recognition. In Zambia, like in Uganda, Huawei technologies have also been associated with the interception of the political communications of political opponents (spying).

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Products and Institutions:

Product Deployed	Safe City Software by Huawei
Institutions ⠉
Datasets	Huawei (Dataset)
Search software

Status and Events:

Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (2 January 2012, Speculative, , 2012 is when Huawei started deploying smart city technologies)
Start Date
End Date

Users:

Involved Entities	Huawei
Managed by	Government of Zambia
Used by

Location:

City	Lusaka
Country ⠉	Zambia

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Description

Huawei has a high level of influence in Zambia, having funded many developments in the country for which the state is in debt to them for. One of the elements of this relationship is the deployment of safe city software. This includes a data center from which egovernance is carried out, ICT networks, and a network of cameras. While it is not clear that the cameras have facial recognition, it is likely that they have this capability, as they seem to suggest that they will charge motorists based on identification. In Zambia, as in Uganda, Huawei technologies have reportedly been used to spy on political opponents, according to an investigation carried out by the Wall Street Journal 4

Huawei proposal will supply Smart Street, Market and Bus stop Lights that have electronic billboards to maximise income from advertising. The Chinese company will also install cameras to be used for 24 Hrs security surveilance at markets and bus stops.The Cameras will also be used to monitor car parks in the Central Business District and charge motorist based on video captures away from manual man approach of staff demanding and receiving cash payments from motorists 1

The data center will be used for egovernance

The data center is a $75 million facility, and it is likely that the remaining $365m will be spent on a computer assembly plant at the same site in Lusaka, as well as on the rest of the first phase of Smart Zambia 2030 initiative. 3

To ensure the development of secure, efficient and interoperable systems between departments the Zambian government set out plans to build and promote a “Smart Zambia.” The government determined that progress into the digital age would involve the use of innovative technology to advance a national informatization program for eGovernment, eCommerce, and IT talent. 2

The ICT equipment includes smart video teaching from Huawei.

Ben, this story’s second protagonist, was assigned to take part in the Smart Zambia ICT training project. Using electronic whiteboards, teachers and trainees can engage in discussions using remote video though Huawei’s smart teaching system 2

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