When I was in Lagos, Nigeria, I went to an electronics market called Computer Village. All of the used cell phones there came from China.
So on my recent trip to Guangzhou, China, I wanted to find the source at the other end of this global used electronics supply chain.
From Guangzhou's "Little Africa", Xiaobei, to the Shengxian Dashatou Second-Hand Trade Market, we're helped along the way by a cell phone merchant in Lagos, a Nigerian mother in China, and a Senegalese trader living in Guangzhou.
In my exploration of how the world does business, I’m particularly interested in something I think is really important to the global economy, but that isn’t always in focus - how China trades with emerging markets.
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Computer Village in Lagos, Nigeria
01:49 - China's export economy
02:11 - China's Little Africa
05:11 - Thanks to Perplexity for sponsoring this episode
06:14 - History of Guangzhou and the Canton System
07:01 - The Used Cell Phone Market
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Credits -
Host & Executive Producer - Justin Norman
Executive Producer - Sayo Folawiyo
Producer - Liz Peterson
Local Fixer/Producer - Amy Ip Ka Man
Editor - Duy Ta
Supervising Editor - Le Anh Do
Motion Designer - Thao Phan
DOP - Richie Fowler
Camera Operator - Chung Wan Kin
Camera Operator - Chan Ka Wai
Cinematographer - Lawrence Adejumo
Camera Operator - Ayinla Muhyideen Adedayo
Sound - Imole Aro
Special thanks to:
Mama Alhaja
Toye
Ousman
Ademola
