China’s Vivo is eyeing smartphone users in Africa and Middle East – TechCrunch

Africa’s mobile phone industry has in recent times been dominated by Transsion, a Shenzhen-based company that is little known outside the African continent and is gearing up for an initial public offering in China. Now, its Chinese peer Vivo is following its shadow to this burgeoning part of the world with low-cost offerings. Vivo, the world’s fifth-largest smartphone maker, announced this