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Lexar showcases state-of-the-art photography, videography, and gaming portfolio at GITEX Africa 2023

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Company aims to sign strategic distributor alliances and build reseller partnerships to expand the reach of its award-winning memory and storage solutions across Africa

MARRAKESH, Morocco, May 31, 2023/APO Group/ — 

Lexar, a leading global brand in memory and storage solutions, has announced the launch of its state-of-the-art photography, videography, and gaming portfolio at GITEX Africa 2023 (https://GITEXAfrica.com/). The largest technology event in the African continent presents a unique opportunity for Lexar to showcase a variety of award-winning memory and storage solutions, including DRAM, internal SSDs, portable gaming SSDs, in addition to microSD™ cards to keep up with the increasing growth in the mobile category.

The African tech ecosystem is one of the fastest growing in the world, and Gitex Africa 2023 presents an ideal industry platform that brings together over 5,000 attendees from around the world to Africa’s technology hub, Morocco. Lexar aims to connect with key stakeholders, major distributors, resellers, tech-savvy gamers, digital content creators and technology enthusiasts representing Morocco and Africa’s digital ecosystem. The event is scheduled to run until June 2nd, 2023 in Marrakech. Lexar will be exhibiting at their stand on Central Aisle, Booth 4C-35.

“Lexar’s participation in GITEX Africa 2023 is a testament to the company’s commitment to innovation, and a strategic step towards playing a crucial role in enhancing Morocco’s digital economy and enabling the young tech community in Africa at large,” said Fissal Oubida, General Manager – Middle East, Africa, CIS and Indian subcontinent, Lexar. “The efforts taken by the Moroccan leadership have helped position the country as a hub for future technological innovations that are geared to meet the growing demands of Africa’s digital urban community. We are committed to meeting the evolving needs of a dynamic technology eco-system in Morocco, and Gitex Africa provides us with an ideal platform to network with key stakeholders, potential partners and customers from across the African continent.”  

Lexar’s award-winning product portfolio has a proven track record of allowing content creators to capture for longer, while offering blazing transfer speeds to accelerate workflows. The products are designed to enable photography and videography professionals and enthusiasts get their best shot, while allowing gamers to play at their peak without worrying about load times, stuttering graphics, or game lag.

“We look forward to establishing long-term alliances and commitments at Gitex Africa 2023. Lexar is geared towards providing the best innovative technologies and solutions to help our consumers access, protect, and store their most valuable digital data. Our participation at Gitex Africa will go a long way in our efforts to bolster our brand visibility across our target segments, provide support to our customer base, while also connecting with potential partners and clients,” concluded Adil Bouamar, Senior Sales Manager North Africa, Lexar.

We are committed to meeting the evolving needs of a dynamic technology eco-system in Morocco

Lexar’s extensive photography, videography, and gaming portfolio launched at GITEX Africa 2023, include:

  1. Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type B Card SILVER Series: The Lexar® Professional CFexpressTM Type B Card SILVER Series is designed to leverage the capabilities of next-level cinema cameras and high-resolution DSLRs, allowing you to capture high-quality images and 8K video. It also features high-speed performance of up to 1750MB/s read, and 1300MB/s write. This card is backwards-compatible with select XQD® cameras for added versatility, enabling existing devices with next-generation performance.
  1. Lexar® Professional CFexpressTM Type B / SDTM USB 3.2 Gen 2 Reader: 

The Professional CFexpressTM Type B / SDTM USB 3.2 Gen 2 Reader lets you use one port to offload from two slots—one for CFexpress cards and one for SD cards at the same time. Transfer speeds up to 10Gbps allow you to quickly offload high-res images and 8K RAW videos with ease, and the product design leverages USB 3.2 Gen 2 speeds which will fast-track your workflow too.

  1. Lexar® ARES RGB DDR5 Desktop Memory: 

The Lexar® ARES RGB DDR5 Desktop Memory allows hardcore gamers and PC enthusiasts to experience superior performance with next-gen DDR5. Featuring a premium aluminum heat spreader, game in style and keep your system cool for ultra-fast performance, stability and reliability.

  1. Lexar® NM790 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD: 

Perfect for Work and Play: Designed for hardcore gamers, professionals, and content creators, the Lexar® NM790 SSD has the performance you need to accelerate your game and keep up with your creative endeavours.

  • Compatible with PlayStation 5: Designed to be the perfect partner, the Lexar® NM790 SSD is compatible with laptops, desktop computers, and the PS5.
  • Powerful but Energy Efficient: With up to 40% less power consumption, Lexar® NM790 SSD keeps energy costs down and lets you go longer between charges of your laptop battery.
  • Incredible speeds to get the job done: With a blazing 7400/6500MB/s sequential read/write speeds, the Lexar® NM790 SSD has the performance to put you across the finish line first or easily meet your most demanding deadlines.
  1. Lexar® JumpDrive® Dual Drive D400 USB 3.1 Type-C: 

The Lexar® JumpDrive® Dual Drive D400 USB 3.1 Type-CTM is a 2-in-1 flash drive that allows you to seamlessly transfer content between your USB Type-CTM and Type-A devices. Featuring a stylish metal casing and swivel design for added protection, this drive is as tough as it is fast with transfer speeds up to 130MB/s.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of GITEX Africa.

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China’s digital hub Hangzhou hosts conference on AI, OPC

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HANGZHOU, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 June 2026 – The inaugural AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference was held from June 29 to 30 in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, capital city of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Centered on one-person company (OPC), a new form of smart economy in the AI era, the conference program comprised one opening ceremony and two parallel breakout sessions.

It gathered around 400 delegates from government departments, industry associations, financial institutions, AI enterprises and OPC startup operators across the country. Participants exchanged insights on AI innovation pathways and cross-industry integration strategies, injecting strong impetus into Hangzhou’s ambition to develop a national benchmark hub for AI+OPC entrepreneurship.

A series of key launches and milestone ceremonies took place during the opening segment. Official releases included the 2026 national OPC development observation report, Hangzhou’s 2026–2028 action plan and supporting policies to build a national AI+OPC entrepreneurship hub, and a catalog of actionable AI+OPC application scenarios. Attendees also received an in-depth interpretation of the specifications for AI-enabled OPC community services and evaluation.

The ceremony featured multiple landmark initiatives: plaque awarding for Hangzhou’s priority AI+OPC incubation communities and dedicated observation sites, the official launch of the AI+OPC Community Alliance initiative, and a kickoff marking the official construction of the national AI+OPC entrepreneurship hub.

The open forum session featured keynote speeches from distinguished industry and academic leaders. Speakers included Pan Yunhe, former executive vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at Zhejiang University; Liang Gui, former executive vice governor of Jiangxi Province and ex-director of the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; and Zou Ling, head of Hong Hub, Shangcheng District’s single-member unicorn startup acceleration community, who shared cutting-edge insights from varied perspectives.

A panel dialogue followed, bringing together representatives from Moshu OPC Community (Beijing E-Town), the School of Future Science and Engineering at Soochow University, Qingju Hub · Future Digital Intelligence Port (Shangcheng District), and Puhua Capital for in-depth industry exchanges.

Complementary concurrent events held throughout the conference included an OPC capital-industry matchmaking salon, a symposium on industry-education integration for AI-powered OPC sectors, and a national exchange forum for AI+OPC community practitioners.

OPC has emerged as a vibrant new engine driving economic vitality and underpinning high-quality development. Against the backdrop of a new development era, the inaugural Hangzhou AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference unites OPC innovators nationwide.

Drawing on the creative energy of millions of independent super-individual operators, the event delivers sustained digital momentum to fuel Hangzhou’s super-individual economy, while rolling out replicable local practices and actionable Hangzhou solutions to advance high-quality growth of smart economies nationwide.

 

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Hainan FTP marks 6-month milestone of special customs operations, signs deals during Hong Kong visit

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 June 2026 – As the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) marked the six-month milestone since the launch of its full special customs operations, a Hainan provincial delegation wrapped up a three-day visit to Hong Kong. During the visit, the delegation signed deepened cooperation agreements with several major local chambers of commerce and promoted the latest policies introduced since the island-wide special customs operations took effect.

According to data released by Hainan Province during the visit, Hainan’s foreign trade has surged since the launch of special customs operations. As of June 17, the province’s total goods imports and exports reached RMB 173.98 billion (approximately US$24 billion), up 54.6% year on year. Imports of zero-tariff goods hit RMB 2.645 billion, a 120% jump that generated tariff savings of RMB 440 million. A total of 172,100 new market entities were registered—a 61% increase—including 1,240 foreign-invested enterprises. Zero-tariff items now account for 74% of all tariff lines, benefiting more than 12,000 market entities.

During the Hong Kong visit, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hainan Provincial Committee (CCPIT Hainan) signed separate deepened cooperation MOUs with the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Under the MOUs, the parties will establish a regular liaison mechanism for the periodic exchange of economic and trade information, and will promote collaboration in areas including professional services, green finance, the digital economy, supply chain management, and cultural tourism. Mutual enterprise service desks will be set up to provide consulting services regarding policies and projects. The parties will leverage their complementary strengths to help Chinese mainland enterprises access overseas markets via Hong Kong, while facilitating Hong Kong companies’ entry into the Chinese mainland through Hainan.

The delegation also held talks with the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, exploring ways for British and American businesses to leverage Hainan’s value-added processing tariff exemptions and multifunctional free trade accounts to position themselves in regional supply chains and cross-border investment and financing. HSBC, De Beers, and other British firms are already active in Hainan, and the UK served as the Guest of Honor country at the 2025 China International Consumer Products Expo.

According to industry analysts, amid the shifting international trade landscape, Hainan is leveraging Hong Kong’s “super-connector” role to accelerate its integration with global capital and business networks, while simultaneously offering the Hong Kong business community a policy testing ground for entering the Chinese mainland market.

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Africa’s Grid Constraints Come into Focus as Regional Markets Push Toward Integration

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Regional power pools are advancing and renewable pipelines are growing, but the regulatory and financial architecture needed to connect them remains the continent’s most critical infrastructure gap – an issue central to the Power Africa Today conference at AEW 2026

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 25, 2026/APO Group/ –Africa’s electricity demand is projected to nearly double to 2,291 TWh by 2050, requiring an estimated $30 billion in transmission and grid infrastructure investment to unlock and integrate new generation capacity. Yet across the continent, grid systems are struggling to keep pace with rapidly expanding supply pipelines and rising demand.

In Nigeria, repeated nationwide grid collapses as recently as February 2026 underscore the fragility of aging transmission infrastructure. In East Africa, tower failures along the 428 km Loiyangalani-Suswa line temporarily stranded output from Lake Turkana Wind Power – Africa’s largest wind installation. Meanwhile, demand growth pressures are accelerating across North Africa, where electricity consumption is expected to rise by around 50% by 2035, driven by urbanization, desalination projects, and climate-related temperature increases.

Despite these constraints, generation investment continues to accelerate across Africa, particularly in renewables, gas-to-power and hybrid systems. However, without equivalent investment in transmission and interconnection, much of this new capacity risks being underutilized or stranded. This growing imbalance between generation and grid capacity is driving a sharper focus on system-wide planning and regional market design – issues that will be central to the newly launched Power Africa Today conference at African Energy Week 2026. The platform will bring together policymakers, utilities, investors and developers to explore how regional interconnection, cross-border trading frameworks and financing structures can better align generation growth with grid expansion.

Power Markets Experiment with Reform

Alongside infrastructure challenges, Africa’s electricity sector is undergoing gradual – but uneven – market reform. Most countries still operate vertically integrated systems dominated by state utilities, but a growing number are introducing competitive frameworks to attract private capital and improve efficiency.

Zimbabwe opened its electricity market to full private participation across generation, transmission and distribution in 2025, targeting $9 billion in new investment. South Africa is advancing one of the continent’s most ambitious grid expansion programs, with plans for 14,500 km of new transmission lines and 133,000 MVA of transformer capacity by 2034, alongside mechanisms designed to crowd in private financing. Kenya, meanwhile, has introduced open access regulations enabling independent power producers to wheel electricity directly to multiple off-takers, reshaping how generation assets interface with the grid.

Interconnected electricity markets are the foundation of Africa’s industrial future

Regional Integration Remains Fragmented

Efforts to connect Africa’s fragmented power systems are progressing, though at different speeds across regions. In Southern Africa, the World Bank’s RETRADE SAPP program, approved in 2025, is deploying $12 million to strengthen renewable integration and transmission capacity across 12 member states. In East Africa, the Ethiopia–Kenya–Tanzania Electricity Highway is now in trial operations at up to 2,000 MW, marking a significant step toward a more interconnected regional grid.

West Africa is also moving toward deeper integration, with permanent synchronization of the West Africa Power Pool expected in 2026. Analysts, including the African Finance Corporation, argue that such synchronization is critical to unlocking large-scale hydropower potential and industrial demand across the region. Longer term, full synchronization between the Eastern and Southern African power pools – targeted for the end of 2026 – could create one of the world’s largest cross-border electricity trading corridors.

Building Bankable Financial Architectures

While interconnection is advancing, infrastructure alone is not enough to create investable electricity markets. Investors consistently cite the lack of standardized offtake structures, creditworthy counterparties, and cross-border payment guarantees as key barriers to scaling capital deployment.

New models are emerging to address these constraints. Africa GreenCo, operating across Zambia, Namibia and South Africa, is helping to aggregate independent power producers under a single creditworthy intermediary, standardizing power purchase agreements and reducing counterparty risk. At a broader level, AUDA-NEPAD estimates that Africa requires around $30 billion in additional investment to complete priority transmission corridors and establish three fully interconnected regional trading blocs by 2030.

“Interconnected electricity markets are the foundation of Africa’s industrial future,” said NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber. “The question at Africa Energy Week is not whether integration is possible – the evidence is already there. The question is which regulatory frameworks and financial structures will get projects to financial close, and which markets will be ready when capital is looking to move.”

The Power Africa Today conference will run alongside AEW 2026, taking place October 12–16 in Cape Town, and will focus on the regulatory, financial and infrastructural architecture needed to build interconnected electricity markets capable of attracting institutional capital and delivering reliable, cross-border power at scale.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Energy Chamber.

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