Month: October 2019
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It’s Starting to Settle-In That Russia’s Coming Back to Africa. So What Does That Mean for Africa and Everyone Else?
With their leaders back from Russia, several of Africa's major newspapers devoted considerable space this weekend to digest the Russia-Africa summit and how does Moscow's resurgence on the continent complicate ties with other major powers, namely China and the U.S. ...
South Africa President Reflects on Russia Summit and Defends Chinese Lending Practices
In his regular email newsletter, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reflected on last week's inaugural Russia-Africa Summit and the changing geopolitical dynamics in Africa. Key Highlights from President Ramaphosa's Newsletter: "What we are ...
Zimbabwe Elephant Sale to China Sparks Outrage, Prompting New Set-Back for Chinese Public Diplomacy in Africa
Up to 30 young elephants were flown overseas this weekend from Zimbabwe, reportedly to zoos in China, prompting widespread anger in Africa, Europe, and the United States. News headlines, conservation groups, and social media users all expressed varying of ...
Gyude Moore on Why Some African Countries Prefer to Deal with China and Russia Over the U.S.
"American involvement comes with American values: protection of minorities, freedom of speech, open societies, free trade. And so when the U.S. engages with a country, those are the terms on which it engages. Russia is not going to advocate for those. Neither will China."
A Cautionary Lesson About Chinese Manufacturing in Africa
The pace of Chinese manufacturing going offshore has picked up significantly in the past year, spurred on by U.S. sanctions and the worsening U.S.-China trade conflict. Regardless of what's going on with the U.S., manufacturers were already motivated by China's rising ...
Tweet of the Day: Without China and Russia in Africa, the U.S. Would Likely Lose Interest
Onye Nkuzi is a Nigeria-based analyst who has more than 114,000 followers on Twitter and regularly comments on U.S.-China-Africa issues. You can follow him on Twitter ...
With No Evidence, Some US & EU Media Frame Russia Summit as Move to Challenge Chinese Influence in Africa
Agence France Presse and Newsweek were among the Western news outlets who have framed the Russia-Africa Summit story as a bid to somehow "confront" or "challenge" China's massive influence in Africa. What's interesting, though, is that none of that rhetoric is coming from the Russians themselves. Quite ...
The Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi Sounded an Awful Lot Like a China-Africa Summit
China's emergence as a major global power over the past quarter-century has not been accompanied by the rise of a Sinocentric worldview. Unlike the U.S. or Europeans in previous eras, where countries in those regions were able to position themselves at the apex of global power for ...
Rwanda Partners with DP World, Alibaba and Zhejiang Province to Open New $35 Million Dry Port
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Dubai Ports World Chairman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem officially inaugurated the Kigali Logistics Platform, Rwanda's largest inland cargo handling facility. The new dry port also hosts a 2,500-square meter bonded warehouse as part of the Rwanda Digital ...
Landry Singé: 3 Things to Watch for at the Russia-Africa Summit That Starts Today
The inaugural Russia-Africa Summit that starts today in the Black Sea city of Sochi will focus on three specific areas, according to Professor Landry Signé from the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. "Pragmatic economic cooperation, military-technical partnerships, and ...
China Was Never Going to Seize the Port of Mombasa if Kenya Defaulted on its SGR Debts
For many Kenyans, the Port of Mombasa is much more than just a container terminal that facilitates shipping trade with the outside world. It's a prized national asset that serves as an indispensable economic hub for all of East Africa and a facility that hundreds of thousands ...
How African Countries Can Benefit From the U.S.-China Trade War
It's conventional wisdom that the worse the U.S.-China trade war becomes, the worse it will be for African countries who are effectively caught in the middle. But that may be the case, writes Botswana Trade Minister Bogolo Kenewendo in a new article published on ...