China-backed surveillance systems raise dissent fears in Africa

Chinese-funded surveillance grids are expanding across African cities under the banner of high-tech security upgrades, but critics warn of deep implications for civil liberties. From Lagos to Nairobi, governments are deploying networks of facial recognition cameras and data hubs built by Chinese firms like ZTE and Hikvision, financed by Beijing through massive credit lines that are part of its Digital Silk Road initiative. This marks a technological leap forward for policing, yet concerns over m