Notes Access the Dangote Book here. We have a LinkedIn page here. Always use Mini-MBA, not “MBA”. Tekedia Live (optional webinar) begins next week Saturday (Sept 12); access details would be provided in Week 2 board. Use this week to get used to the process. Innovation & Growth The Innovation and Growth of Firms – Ndubuisi […]
Week 4 Session
Notes Tekedia will be offline 6pm-9pm WAT on Friday, Sept 4, for an upgrade Tekedia Live – Week of Aug 31 Mon – None Tue – None Wed – 7pm-8pm | Process Improvement – Rasheed T. Adebayo | Zoom Link Thur – 11am – 12 noon | General – Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Zoom Link Fri […]
Week 11 Session
Notes: Tekedia will be offline 6pm-9pm WAT on Friday, Sept 4, for an upgrade Tekedia Live Monday – None Tues – 7pm-8pm | Leading and Managing Teams – Engr Dr Chisom Ezeocha | Zoom Link Wed – None Thur – 7pm – 8pm | Supply Chain Systems and Management – Ayodele Adenaike | Zoom Link Friday […]
China Essentially Bans The Sale of TikTok As It Restricts Special AI Exports
As U.S. plots a ban on TikTok, the video sharing sensation, China has thrown confusion by making it very clear: you can sell TikTok but you cannot sell the AI which makes it what it is. Yes, China is banning the export of special AI. Interestingly, it is the AI that companies like Microsoft, Oracle, etc are actually racing to lay their hands on. Everyone knows the ingredients in the TikTok soup is the good stockfish of AI which China is the world’s leader when it is prepared on mobile for the consumer village square. Without that AI, it is just another boring short video dumping site!
China announced new restrictions on artificial-intelligence technology exports that could further complicate the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations, while intensifying the tech battle between the world’s two largest economies.
The new restrictions, unveiled Friday by China’s ministries in charge of commerce and science and technology, cover such computing and data-processing technologies as text analysis, content recommendation, speech modeling and voice-recognition.
Here is the explanation.
The company is concerned that the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly announced the “Announcement on Adjusting and Issuing the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted to Export” on August 28. The company will strictly abide by the “Regulations on the Administration of Technology Import and Export of the People’s Republic of China” and “China The Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited from Exporting and Restricted Exports deals with related businesses related to technology export.
Now, you know what is happening: Reels can go and win via Instagram but the consensus is that Reels is not as cool as TikTok. China wants it that way: keep the ingredients of AI home. Pity ByteDance (TikTok’s parent) investors: they are between a deep blue sea and a devil here.
Do You Know The Oasis In Your Business
In geography, an oasis is an isolated area in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source, such as a pond or small lake. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough. In any business, there is an oasis (a product or service) which supports every aspect of that organization. Do you know the oasis in your business?
Your best product is the oasis in your business. Every other product feeds on that best product. If you build your investment around that main product, you will find success, because those investments will have a clear “customer”, and that reduces market risks. In other words, if your new business investments are geared to support the best product, and the best product is doing well, it means the risks on the new investments will be easily managed. Provided the best product continues to do well, demand on the new investment is assured. That is the One Oasis Strategy.