Day: November 26, 2019
“We’ve Been Waiting for China to Go All-in in African Digital in Full.”
The Bloomberg BusinessWeek Podcast featured an interview in their weekly show with TechCrunch journalist Jake Bright who's broken of the deal news around the recent spate of Chinese venture capital investments in African start-ups. The discussion with Bright that focuses on ...
Chinese, Russian Warships Arrive in Cape Town for Inaugural Joint Exercises with South Africa
Chinese, Russian and South African warships assembled in Cape Town on Monday for the start of Exercise Mosi, the first-ever joint naval exercises among these three countries. Yesterday and today the ships will be docked for public relations events and then on Thursday, they will head out ...
Ghana’s Risky $2 Billion ‘Roads for Resources’ Gamble with China
Ghana is moving forward with an environmentally-risky resources-for-infrastructure deal with the Chinese state-owned construction conglomerate Sinohydro. According to the agreement, Ghana will provide 5% of its bauxite reserves to Sinohydro in exchange for a $2 billion package of infrastructure that includes ...