Month: September 2020
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NGO Takes Zim Government to Court to Stop Chinese Mining Operations in the Hwange National Park
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association announced that it will take legal action to stop Chinese mining operations in the Hwange National Park. Last week, the Zhongxin Mining Group Tongmao Coal Company began mining in two coal concessions that were allocated ...
U.S., Europe Becoming Increasingly Worried Over China’s Dominance of the World’s Cobalt Supply Chain
With ties between China and the U.S. and Europe becoming increasingly strained, there's growing concern in Washington, Brussels, and other European capitals about China's dominance over the supply for strategically vital metals and minerals, especially cobalt. Cobalt is widely used in ...
Pandemic? Pfffff! Chinese Phone Giant Transsion Still Generating Huge 2020 Profits
Transsion, the Shenzhen-based African mobile phone giant, posted surging revenue and profits for the first half of 2020. The ongoing pandemic doesn't appear to have dented demand for its phones and services. Profits for the first six months of the year jumped 33.4% compared to the ...
Facing the Prospect of Getting Booted Out of the U.S., TikTok Looks to Expand in Africa
The Chinese-owned short-form video platform TikTok appears to be ramping up its staffing in Africa as it faces an uncertain future in the United States. The company recently posted an ad on LinkedIn to recruit an Influencer Manager ...
China Now the Top Destination for African Students, Says New Report
China is surging ahead of France, the United States and the United Kingdom to become the top destination for African students seeking to study abroad, according to new data from the Beijing-based consultancy Development Reimagined (DR). While Europe as ...
Join a Virtual “Open Day” Tour of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital Hosted by Chinese Construction Company’s Odd Mascot
China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) held a virtual "Open Day" (kind of like an open house) for everyone to see how the construction of the new Egyptian administrative capital is coming along. It's an interesting video just ...
Is Debt-for-Equity Chinese for “Debt Trap?”
Tucked away in a remote corner of Southeast Asia, an important experiment is now underway that could have profound implications for how China manages its vast loan portfolio in Africa and in other developing regions. Last week, Laos's state-owned electric power ...
Chinese Energy Engagement in Africa
China plays an indispensable role in Africa's burgeoning energy market as a financier and contractor for much of the new electrical capacity across the continent. China's building large new coal plants in Zimbabwe, solar power facilities in Kenya and Zambia and ...
The Joy and Pain of Developing Kenya’s Specialty Tea Production
Tea farmers in Kenya’s central highlands say Chinese interest in their tea is improving their income, but the journey for Chinese tea enthusiast and founder of the Chinya Tea Development Company Lewis Gao has not been easy. He came to Kenya ...
How China’s Evolving Energy Mix Will Impact Its Foreign Policy in Africa
Since 2008, China has been gradually shifting its oil procurement strategy away from Africa towards producers in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. Today, Angola is the only African country in China's list of top ten suppliers. Security is ...
Africa to G20 Members: Pay a Little Now or Pay a Lot Later
When things fall apart no one will be able to say they didn't see it coming. Last year, when we spoke with Ghananian conservationist Kofi Agbogah, executive director of the NGO Hεn Mpoano, for the ...
China’s New Ambassador to Kenya Will Face Many of the Same Challenges He Encountered in Nigeria
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta received credentials from six new envoys on Wednesday including China's Zhou Pingjian. The new Chinese ambassador replaced Wu Peng who recently returned to Beijing to become the Foreign Ministry's top diplomat for sub-Saharan Africa. ...