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Chinese multinational, telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei has established its business in Nigeria with plans to benefit from the growing demand of mobile phone usage across Africa. With more than 90 million people with mobile phones in Africa, Nigeria is a good testing ground for the Chinese company’s consumer business. The legal team is led by country general counsel Edwin Yu, who steers the department to deal with a large range of expansive projects in the country. In addition, Huawei Nigeria’s legal team is credited for providing exert guidance on copyright and other intellectual property rights, regulatory compliance for the company’s digital content business services and the legal audit and due diligence of companies and proposed transactions. Social contribution has also been a strong point for the company within Nigeria, with the legal team providing advice in the areas of legislation lobbying, as well as legal and compliance public affairs.