Rajpriya Gautam

Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa increased by 8% in 2020 compared to the previous year, from $2.7 billion to $2.96 billion. Including the 2020 investments, the total Chinese FDI on the continent amounts to $47.4 billion, according to data in a new report published by the China Africa Business Council (CABC). Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Even Amid a Pandemic, Chinese FDI in Africa Jumped Almost 10% Last Year appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/31/...

When the Chinese-owned African mobile money app OPay wrapped up a massive $400 million investment round led by Japan’s Softbank and a who’s who of Chinese venture capital firms, the magnitude of what happened hadn’t really registered. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Now That Chinese-Owned OPay Has Become Africa’s Third Tech Unicorn, the Magnitude of What Happened Last Week is Starting to Settle In appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/31/now-that-chinese-owned-o...

Chinese vaccine shipments to Africa increased by 2.4 million since last week to 56.3 million total doses delivered to date. As of this week, Africa accounts for just 8% of China’s total global vaccine distribution,  according to Beijing-based consultancy Bridge Beijing’s latest vaccine tracker report. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Chinese Vaccines Trickle Into Africa at a Slow, Steady Pace But Hardly Enough to Make a Big Impact appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.co...

China’s ambassador to South Africa, Chen Xiaodong, is emerging as a key voice in the bitter dispute with the United States over the origins of COVID-19. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China’s Ambassador to South Africa is Putting Himself in the Middle of the COVID Origin Dispute With the U.S. appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/31/chinas-ambassador-to-south-africa-is-putting-himself-in-the-middle-of-the-covid-origin-dispute-with-the-u-s/

Zhou Aile, or Paula as she’s known back home in Gabon, first moved to China 13 years ago to study Mandarin. Since then, Zhou, like other ambitious young African expats, has been working hard to make a name for herself as a media personality, especially online where she’s closing in on a quarter of a million followers on Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Meet Zhou Aile, An Aspiring Chinese Social Media Star From Gabon appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https:...

The Congolese government started its review of Chinese mining contracts trying to land a big fish, by launching a commission to investigate  China Molybdenum’s massive Tenke Fungurume (TFM) cobalt and copper mine  in southern Lualaba Province. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post The DR Congo Government Now Has Sicomines in its Sights as the Investigation Into Chinese Mining Contracts Advances appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/30/the-dr-co...

Chinese ambassador to the DR Congo, Zhu Jing,  paid a visit on Friday to Minister of Mines N’samba Kalambayi  in an effort to calm rising tensions over videos depicting  abuse of local employees ,  illegal mining activity  and  environmental destruction by Chinese mining companies  among other transgressions. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China’s Ambassador to the DRC Tries to Calm Tensions in Meeting With Mining Minister appeared first on The China Africa Project . source ...

The Chinese embassy in Kinshasa rallied to the defense of its embattled mining companies in the DRC, blaming recent controversies on “individuals who have fabricated stories and spread false information to attack and denigrate, without scruple and without any foundation, Chinese companies to incite hostility.” Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post In Characteristically Bombastic Fashion, PRC Embassy Says Chinese Companies in the DRC Are the Victims of “Rumors and Slander” appeared first on The China Africa Project . sou...

Zambia’s newly-named finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said he’s going to prioritize closing a restructuring deal with the International Monetary Fund because it would give creditors confidence and the government cheaper and longer-term financing. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Zambia’s New Finance Minister Says a Deal With the IMF is Key, Avoids Any Mention of Chinese Debt appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/30/zambias-new-finance-minister-says...

Announcing yet another early-stage Africa-focused company being backed by the Beijing-based MSA Capital is becoming a monthly ritual.  African mobile money start-up PawaPay is the latest to attract MSA Capital financing as part of a $9 million seed round . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post MSA Capital is the Chinese VC Firm to Watch When it Comes to Investing in African Start-Ups appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/30/msa-capital-is-the-chinese-vc-firm-to-wa...

The African Union Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Bankole Adeoye,  took delivery late last week  of a batch of 15,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines donated by the Chinese government. Chen Xufeng, the chargé d’affaires at the Chinese mission to the AU, said the vaccines were intended to be used by AU Commission officials and other African diplomats in Addis Ababa, Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post The African Union Is the Latest International Organization to Receive COVID-19 Donations From Chin...

Chinese ambassador Zhang Lizhong and Ugandan Vice President Jessica Alupo announced on Friday that China would provide a second shipment of 300,000 vaccines. It’s not clear from the announcement if the vaccines will be sold or donated.  The first batch delivered in July  was delivered as part of a donation from the Chinese government. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Uganda Set to Receive More Chinese COVID Vaccines appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/...

Interpol has canceled the red notice arrest warrant requested by China for Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan, who was detained in Morocco last month . The red notice flagging Aishan as a member of “terrorist” organizations, and issued at China’s request, led Moroccan authorities to detain the 33-year-old computer engineer and father of three after he arrived in Casablanca on July 19. Aishan, who is also known as Idris Hasan, has been based in Turkey since 2012, where he worked on a Uighur diaspora online newspaper.  (THE TIMES) Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? L...

China Molybdenum Co. (aka China Moly), the world’s second-largest copper and cobalt mining company, has denied reports that its contracts for the massive Tenke Fungurume Mine (TFM) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now under review by the government in Kinshasa. There is no “so-called investigation,”  said the company in response to questions by the popular Chinese news site Guancha (观察). Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Chinese Mining Giant Denies Media Reports Its Mining Contracts in the DRC Are Un...

The Chinese government announced new plans this week to increase engagement in Africa’s tech sector by expanding partnerships in a number of areas including digital economy, smart cities, and 5G mobile communications.  Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China Plans to Ramp Up Digital Engagement in Africa appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/26/china-plans-to-ramp-up-digital-engagement-in-africa/

With cryptocurrencies becoming more popular around the world, China is now moving quickly to establish its own digital currency as a global standard, particularly in emerging markets like Africa where the mobile payment sector is booming. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post New Paper Calls For the Creation of a China-Africa Digital Currency Trading Hub appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/26/new-paper-calls-for-the-creation-of-a-china-africa-digital-currency-tradin...

Nigeria’s once-thriving textile sector is now fast disappearing due largely to competition from Chinese imports. But don’t blame the Chinese,  said Mansur Ahmed, president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria , who puts a lot of the responsibility for the industry’s demise squarely at the feet of the government in Abuja. High production costs, poor power supply, bad roads, worsening security conditions, and legions of rogue Nigerian importers have all made it impossible for the industry to compete with low-cost imports.   Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a su...

China’s crude oil imports from Africa fell sharply last month with demand expected to remain flat through the third quarter. Overall, shipments from African exporting countries fell 5.1% from June and but plummeted 41.5% compared to the same time last year. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post African Oil Exports to China Plunge in July appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/24/african-oil-exports-to-china-plunge-in-july/

The Ethiopian Ministry of Finance (MOF) is bundling together the debts of six of its largest state-owned enterprises and will transfer the liability for these debts from the firms to the MOF itself. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Ethiopia Moves to Restructure SOE Debt, No Word Though On China Loans appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/24/ethiopia-moves-to-restructure-soe-debt-no-word-though-on-china-loans/

China shipped 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African countries last week, with total deliveries across the continent now at 53.9 million,  according to the latest Vaccine Tracker Report data from the Beijing-based health advisory firm Bridge Consulting . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China Begins to Distribute More Vaccines Beyond MENA to Sub-Saharan African Countries appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/24/china-begins-to-distribute-more-vacci...

The Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe has proved yet again how easy it is to provoke them into a furious froth on Twitter. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Fake… Pathetic… Losers… Liars… All in a Single Raging Chinese Diplomatic Tweet appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/25/fake-pathetic-losers-liars-all-in-a-single-raging-chinese-diplomatic-tweet/

Last week we told you about how  Chinese expatriates in Ghana were getting scammed by fraudsters  posing as currency exchange dealers on WeChat. Now, victims of similar schemes from the Chinese diaspora in other African countries are gathering on various WeChat forums to share how they were tricked into giving hucksters large amounts of money. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post WeChat Currency Scams Are Widespread Within the Chinese Expat Population in Africa appeared first on The China Africa Project . sour...

China’s nationalist model of cyber sovereignty received another endorsement in Africa on Monday when Ethiopian officials unveiled new ambitions to “ replace ” U.S.-made social media and communications apps with local versions that can be regulated and censored. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Ethiopia Seeks to Follow China’s Example By Creating Its Own Social Media Apps as Alternatives to Facebook and Twitter appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/24/ethiopia-see...

The Nigeria-based, Chinese-owned mobile payment platform OPay  closed its latest funding round with $400 million of new investment  in a deal that values the company at an impressive $2 billion. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Nigeria-Based, Chinese-Backed Mobile Money Platform OPay Raises $400 Million From Softbank-Led Round appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/24/nigeria-based-chinese-backed-mobile-money-platform-opay-raises-400-million-from-softbank...

The Sino-Congolese mining company Sicomines  held a signing ceremony on Saturday  for one of its largest community development initiatives in the joint venture’s 14-year history. The company will spend almost $12 million to upgrade the infrastructure and provide development assistance to local communities around its mines. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Sino-Congolese Mining Venture Sicomines Launches Conveniently Timed Social Development Program appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/...

Théo Ngwabidje Kasi (photo), governor of South Kivu province in the Eastern DR Congo,  ordered six  Chinese-owned mining companies to suspend operations  in a bid to “restore order” after weeks of mounting tensions between the companies and the community. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Congolese Governor Orders Suspension of Six Chinese Mining Companies in South Kivu Over Environmental Violations appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/23/congolese-governor-orders-suspensio...

In what’s becoming an increasingly frequent pattern,  another video appeared online on Sunday  showing a heated exchange between a Chinese and Congolese miner. The video that is now circulating widely on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube does not provide a lot of contextual information as to when and where it was shot and what specifically the two were fighting about. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Yet Another Social Media Video Revealing Tensions Between Chinese and Congolese Miners appeared first on The China Africa Project . source h...

Residents of the Pakistani port city of Gwadar gathered this weekend to mourn the death of two children killed on Friday by  a suicide bomber who once again targeted Chinese nationals.  A group called the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack, the third incident targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan this year. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Terrorists in Pakistan Again Target Chinese Nationals in What’s Become an Unprecedented Challenge For the Belt and Road appeared first on The China Africa Pro...

The Washington Post  picked up on a story today about an alleged Chinese “black site” in Dubai that was reportedly used to detain a young Chinese woman  and at least two Uyghurs. The Post based its Editorial on a story  published last week by the Associated Press  that detailed the allegations of the alleged Chinese detention facility in the UAE. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Reports of a Chinese “Black Site” in the UAE Used to Target Uyghurs Gaining Momentum in U.S. Media appeared first on The China Africa Project . sourc...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry seemingly went out of its way on Friday to challenge an August 19th story  published by The Economist  that was critical of China’s plans to finance the construction of a new deep-water fishing port in Sierra Leone: “many Sierra Leoneans fret that the project may threaten the surrounding rainforest and the country’s fledgling tourism industry.” Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post China Slams Economist Report on Beijing’s Financing of New Fishing Port in Sierra Leone appeared first on The China Africa Project . ...

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley took exception to questions posed by BBC journalist Zeinab Badawi in a recent interview for the program Global Questions that the Caribbean country is at risk of becoming a “pawn” of China due to rising investment. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Barbados PM Pushes Back on BBC Journalist About China’s Growing Investments in the Caribbean appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/23/barbados-pm-pushes-back-on-bbc-journalist-about-chinas-growing-investments-...

The Facebook-led 2Africa undersea data cable initiative announced that it will add three more countries to its list of landing sites across Africa.  Seychelles, Comoros, and Angola will all be connected to the billion-dollar, 37,000-kilometer cable that will connect Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. In what is now an extremely rare example of China-Western technology cooperation, China Mobile International is a member of the project’s telecom consortium, which also includes Orange and Vodafone.  (REUTERS) Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The pos...

The recent announcement of an initiative to rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has generated a lot of debate among scholars and policyholders trying to understand its feasibility, particularly in Africa. What is not in doubt is that the G7’s Build Back Better World (B3W) plan is up against a formidable rival with a substantial lead. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post G7’s Global Infrastructure Initiative Will Have to Contend With China’s Massive Lead in Africa appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaprojec...

Chinese chemicals manufacturer Jiangsu Lopal Tech announced a new joint venture with a Chinese fertiliser company to build a new factory to manufacture materials for use in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries  that are used to power electric cars. When fully operational, the new plant in central Hubei province will produce up to 50,000 tons a year. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post China’s EV Battery Industry Headed in Two Seemingly Opposite Directions appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com...

Chinese ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zhu Jing,  called on Interior and Security Minister Daniel Aselo Okito Koy on Tuesday  to personally intervene in the search for three Chinese nationals who went missing last week and are presumed to have been kidnapped by militants. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post China’s Ambassador to DRC Calls on Interior Minister To Personally Get Involved in the Search For Three Kidnapped Chinese Nationals appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com...

Armas Amukwiyu, a rising star in Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party took some time off from his day job doing political organizing in the northern Oshikoto region to go to Beijing to study politics at China’s most prestigious university. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Up and Coming Leader in Namibia’s Ruling Party is Now Studying Political Science at Peking University appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/19/up-and-coming-leader-in-namibias-ruling-party-is-now-studying-political-science-...

French media and scholars have long struggled to understand the nature of Chinese engagement in Africa, often framing the issue in the context of their own brutal colonial past on the continent. Much of the discourse on the topic in France is whether China is the “new colonial power in Africa” and, for the most part, it doesn’t go beyond that. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Thierry Pairault on What China Really Wants From Africa appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/18/thierry-pairault-on-w...

Editor’s Note: the following is a summary translation of an article posted on the African Research Group’s ( 微信公众号 非洲研究小组) WeChat channel. Minor edits and slight adjustments to the translation have been done to enhance clarity. Please click here to view the original version of the article in Chinese. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Translation: Wu Jiangtao’s Lesson For Other Chinese Entrepreneurs in Africa appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/18/translation-wu-jiangtaos-lesson-for-other-chi...

The Chinese cobalt and copper mining giant China Molybdenum’s recently announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in its already massive Tenke Fungurume Mining (photo) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo prompted new concerns that heightened Chinese control over the cobalt sector would push up prices of the blue metal that’s an essential ingredient in electric vehicle batteries. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Analysts: Chinese Consolidation in the Cobalt Sector Not Likely to Impact Prices appeared first on The China Africa Project . sourc...

Chinese pharmaceutical companies shipped just 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the past week, part of a wider slowdown in recent weeks. In all, China has delivered 52 million jabs to 37 countries across the continent to date but the distribution remains highly uneven,  according to Bridge Consulting’s latest Vaccine Tracker Report . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Chinese Vaccine Deliveries to Africa Slow to a Trickle appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/18/chinese-vaccine-deli...

China’s major oil suppliers in Africa and the Middle East are bracing for a downturn in prices after Beijing ordered the country’s largest refiner, Sinopec, to scale back operations.  Sinopec will reportedly reduce refining of road and aviation fuels by up to 10% in response to the slowdown in the Chinese economy brought on by the resurgence of COVID-19. Saudi Arabia is China’s top supplier overall and Angola is the largest in Africa.  (BLOOMBERG) Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Week in Review: Ore, Oil & Oranges appeared first on Th...

Ballots are now being counted in Zambia’s general election that took place on Thursday. Presidential incumbent Edgar Lungu faces opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema in a contest that has been too close to call for weeks.  Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Zambians Go to the Polls in a Tight Presidential Election with No China-Bashing, For Once appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/13/zambians-go-to-the-polls-in-a-tight-presidential-election-with-no-china-bashing-for-once/

Container ships are stacking up off the coast of eastern China today after authorities closed the massive Ningbo-Zhoushan port  following the confirmation that several employees there tested positive for COVID-19. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Temporary Closure of China’s Ningbo Port Will Only Add to African Traders’ Headaches appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/12/temporary-closure-of-chinas-ningbo-port-will-only-add-to-african-traders-headaches/

More information is emerging about the pioneering deal  announced last week  to open the Chinese market to Rwandan dried chili exporters. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post New Details on Rwanda’s Huge Dried Chili Deal With China appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/12/new-details-on-rwandas-huge-dried-chili-deal-with-china/

With the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit coming up next month in Dakar, there’s growing public discussion about how African stakeholders can achieve a more equitable arrangement with China. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post A Kenyan MP Reflects On What Achieving Real “Win-Win” Ties With China Will Take appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/08/12/a-kenyan-mp-reflects-on-what-achieving-real-win-win-ties-with-china-will-take/

The steadily growing presence of Chinese companies in developing countries has been accompanied by an increase in social, environmental, and human rights violations that threaten Beijing’s ambitions to become a “responsible great power,”  according to the findings in a new report published Tuesday by the London-based Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC). Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Click Here to Learn More The post Report: Human Rights Abuses Cloud China’s Investment Push in The Global South appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chi...