Smartphone imports from China surge by 71pc to 2.3 million

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Smartphone imports from China rose by 71 percent last year. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya's imports of smartphones from China surged 71.5 percent last year to breach the two-million mark, underlining rising demand for the handsets amid the expansion of high-end telecoms technologies including 5G.

Data from Chinese authorities shows Kenyan firms imported 2,257,325 smartphones from China in 2023.

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