A supplier ban stopped ZTE’s major operations in 2018. Today, the telecom equipment maker is chasing AI infrastructure while keeping a hand in everything from Mexico’s mobile networks to gaming phones.
The wireless transport specialist connects towers, utilities and offshore operations where fiber is awkward to build. Its next challenge is turning that engineering talent into a less lumpy business.

Tashinga Musiyazviriyo is the Founder and CEO of The Singular, a Johannesburg-based digital transformation company building purpose-driven IoT, AI, and private 5G network solutions across industries including mining, telecommunications, manufacturing, smart cities, and healthcare. With a career forged inside Ericsson's core network engineering teams and a deep grounding in mobile network design and performance, Tashinga brings both technical precision and entrepreneurial drive to the challenge of connecting Africa's industries to the future.