Day: November 2, 2020
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In a single file, farm workers carry up to 25 kilogrammes of Virginia leaf tobacco on their shoulders. Titus Gurupira (45), a farmer on a farm in Mvurwi, 100 km north of Harare, pleads with his workers to hurry with the picking ahead of the hectic marketing ...
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Amid Rising COVID Infection Rates, Kenya Looks to China For Help in Securing Vaccine Supplies
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Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister and S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India
In the space of 24 hours, between Sunday and Monday, the foreign ministers from both China and India laid out their respective governments’ positions on the escalating war in the Middle East. In Beijing, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, was unsparing in his criticism of ...
China’s Cryptocurrency Now Has a Foothold in Places Like Africa With the Introduction of Huawei’s Latest Phone
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China Dominates Almost Every Layer of East Africa’s Mobile Technology Sector
Chinese technology permeates nearly every level of the East African mobile technology stack with the notable exception of operating systems that are still dominated by Google and Apple, according to a post by Kenya-based technology analyst Michael Kimani. While Kimani focused his analysis on ...
China Responds to Accusations That It’s Not Doing Enough To Help Resolve Zambia’s Escalating Debt Crisis
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Africans Borrowed Heavily From China and Other Bilateral Creditors. Now That Debt is Getting Away From Them
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Worrying About Huawei in Africa Misses the Bigger Issue
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