How a small firm is set to charm the continent

Transsion has set up two R&D centers in Nigeria - Africa's most populous country - and Kenya to offer tailor-made smartphone features for its African customers.

Making dark skin shine in selfies

Everyone in the world loves selfie, and African customers are no exception. But it is quite difficult for them to have good pictures, because darker skin makes it difficult for many cameras to recognize their faces. To solve this problem, Tecno smartphones locate consumers' face by focusing on their teeth and eyes. It has performed data analysis on African users' face shapes, colors and their preferences of photo effects to determine how much extra light exposure is needed to lighten up their photos.