Also known as: e-commerce giant Alibaba
E-commerce giant and Chinese technology company facing US military blacklist designation and EU fines over illegal product sales.
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Joy Online
… Alibaba’s chip-design unit T-Head held 7%, followed by Cambricon at 5%, Baidu’s Kunlunxin at 4%, and Hygon at 3%. …
Nvidia’s China AI-chip share falls as Huawei closes gap, report findsDaily Guide
… Mr Norgah also disclosed that SMEGA had an e-commerce platform that allowed businesses to sell their products to customers in a manner similar to platforms such as Alibaba and Amazon. …
MTN Equips 200 SMEs With Digital ToolsJoy Online
… Chinese startups are leading the race for open-weight models, with Moonshot’s Kimi K3, Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Max and DeepSeek’s V4-Flash rivaling the performance of top U.S. …
Meta launches new AI model as Zuckerberg champions open-weight pushJoy Online
… In June, Anthropic accused Chinese e-commerce and tech giant Alibaba of “illicitly” extracting the capabilities of its Claude AI models using distillation attacks. …
China’s Moonshot AI stole from Anthropic, Trump tech adviser saysJoy Online
… AliExpress, which is owned by the Chinese tech conglomerate Alibaba, has 193 million users in Europe, more than fellow Chinese online retailers Shein or Temu. …
AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for allowing sale of illegal goodsJoy Online
… AliExpress, which is owned by the Chinese tech conglomerate Alibaba, has 193 million users in Europe, more than fellow Chinese online retailers Shein or Temu. …
AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for allowing sale of illegal goodsJoy Online
E-commerce giant Alibaba has launched a high-stakes legal challenge against the US government, suing to be removed from a Pentagon blacklist that claims it is linked to the Chinese military. …
E-commerce giant Alibaba sues US government over defence blacklistBusiness & Financial Times
… As once said by the famous founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, “Buying insurance can’t change your life but it prevents your lifestyle from being changed, you will not turn bankrupt because of buying insurance, but you will cause your families to turn bankrupt if you don’t.” In conclusi …
Charting a sustainable growth path for the insurance industry through bancassuranceJoy Online
The US has added several major Chinese firms, including e-commerce giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD, to a list of companies said to have ties to the Chinese military. …
US adds BYD to list of firms with alleged Chinese military tiesJoy Online
… In the words of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, “We should teach our kids to be creative and independent thinkers… machines are better at remembering, but humans are better at dreaming.” Conclusion: Programmers Cannot Be Replaced by Their Code AI is a mirror, not a mind. …
The programmer’s paradox: Why AI can’t replace humans, only the unwillingNvidia's market share for data-centre AI chips in China fell to 34% in the first half of 2026, with shipments down 44% year-on-year to 678,000 units, as US export controls and domestic rivals including Huawei gained ground. Huawei's shipments nearly doubled to 572,000 units, giving it 28% market share.
13 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Nvidia's market share for data-centre AI chips in China fell to 34% in the first half of 2026, with shipments down 44% year-on-year to 678,000 units, as US export controls and domestic rivals including Huawei gained ground. Huawei's shipments nearly doubled to 572,000 units, giving it 28% market share.
13 October 2026 · Joy Online →
MTN Ghana equipped about 200 small and medium-sized enterprises in the Greater Accra Region with digital solutions through its SME Business Clinic. The YellowBiz suite provides stable internet connectivity, website creation, Microsoft 365 with Teams, affordable voice and data services, doctor-on-call services, and insurance cover, along with MoMo loans in partnership with banks.
11 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a new open-weight AI model called Muse Glimmer designed to run on personal computers with a single graphics card, and announced larger models are coming soon. Zuckerberg argued for lower U.S. barriers to open-source AI to compete with Chinese rivals, championing AI distribution over concentrated corporate control.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
A White House science and technology adviser has accused China's Moonshot AI of carrying out a "large-scale" effort to steal capabilities from top US AI models, including Anthropic's Fable AI, through a process known as distillation. The adviser also alleged that Moonshot gained access to restricted Nvidia servers to train its models.
23 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The European Commission imposed a record €550m fine on AliExpress for failing to properly assess and prevent the sale of illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products on its platform, including fake clothes, unsafe toys and dangerous cosmetics. The two-year investigation found AliExpress's detection systems did not work properly and penalties on traders selling illegal goods were not properly enforced.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The European Commission has fined Chinese online retailer AliExpress €550m for failing to adequately assess and prevent the sale of illegal, unsafe, and counterfeit products on its platform. The fine, issued under the Digital Services Act following a two-year investigation, found the company's detection systems did not work properly and allowed products to remain online for weeks after being flagged.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
E-commerce giant Alibaba has sued the US government to challenge its inclusion on a Pentagon blacklist that designates it a "military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defence industrial base." Alibaba argues the determination has no basis in fact or law, noting that its platforms are built for retail and cloud computing, not weapons, and that every multinational operating in China must comply with the same local rules.
23 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Bancassurance—a partnership model where banks sell insurance products directly to customers—has emerged as a critical growth channel for Ghana's insurance industry, offering banks additional non-banking income and addressing the country's low insurance penetration rate. The arrangement differs from traditional insurance distribution channels and is regulated by both the National Insurance Commission and Bank of Ghana.
18 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The US Department of Defence has added major Chinese companies including e-commerce firm Alibaba and electric vehicle maker BYD to a list of firms with alleged ties to the Chinese military, raising tensions between Washington and Beijing. The inclusion is intended to alert American organisations to business risks but does not immediately impose sanctions.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that AI, as a creation of human ingenuity, cannot replace humans because it is fundamentally dependent on human minds that program and govern it. Rather than wholesale replacement, AI serves to augment human capability and only replaces those who resist adaptation.
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →