November’s COP30 gathering in Belém, Brazil, marks three decades since COP1 in Berlin in 1995, and raises a sobering reminder of how deep we’ve sunk into a climate morass of our own making amid non-stop warnings. The evacuation of millions of people and the deaths of at least seventeen due to Typhoon Ragasa’s rampage through the Philippines, Taiwan, and China couldn’t have been more pointedly timed as U.S. and Chinese ...
Category: China-Africa
China–Kenya Security Talks Take on Weight Amid U.S. Concerns
China's envoy to Kenya, Guo Haiyan, paid a courtesy call to Kenya's Interior Ministry on Monday, where she met with Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen for talks focused on enhancing cooperation in law enforcement, security, and border management. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Normally, ...
New China-Africa Air Cargo Route From Hainan to Kenya, South Africa
The Kenyan cargo airline Astral Aviation launched new direct service between the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Africa, with service to both Nairobi and Johannesburg. The first flight took off late last week, ferrying 48 tons of Chinese electronics and e-commerce goods. ...
South Africa Solar Boom Signals Rebellion Against “Malfunctioning Energy Systems”
In many African countries, the future of electricity generation lies in renewables, and South Africa, where over 85% of the energy comes from coal-fired power plants, is already undergoing a shift. Last year, South Africa imported Chinese ...
$80 Billion Zambian Lawsuit Triggers Outrage on Chinese Social Media
China’s social media has been buzzing after Zambian farmers filed an $80 billion lawsuit against Sino-Metals, a Chinese-owned copper mining company, accusing it of causing an environmental disaster following the collapse of a mining waste dam earlier this year. Beyond the ...
Wealthy Nigerians Turn to Chinese Solar Panels as Grid Falters
Wealthy Nigerians are fueling a surge in Chinese solar panel imports, underscoring the country’s deep energy crisis, where more than one-third of the population continues to live without access to electricity. While acknowledging the electricity access problem, Ebipere K. Clark, ...
Powering Africa: China’s Expanding Role in the Continent’s Energy Future
This report, authored by International Development expert Dr. Frangton Chiyemura, examines the scale and significance of Chinese-backed energy projects across Africa. From solar parks in Mali to massive hydropower dams in Zambia, it explains how these initiatives are distributed, why they matter, and what they mean ...
Africa Buys More From China Than Ever. That’s a Problem.
China-Africa trade in the first eight months of the year increased by 15% to more than $220 billion, on track to break another annual record. A significant portion of that growth, however, stemmed from a surge in Chinese exports to African ...
Chinese EV Giant Reenters South African Market
The Chinese car company Geely has announced it will return to South Africa, about a decade after it withdrew from the market. It has reportedly secured 35 dealerships around the country, aiming for 40 before its official launch. South Africa’s ...
Deals Signed at China-South Africa Trade and Investment Conference
The 9th China-South Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Conference opened in Johannesburg on Tuesday. It was marked by the signing of several deals, including an MoU for closer cooperation between the umbrella industry body Business Unity South Africa and ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Chinese EVs Insurance Crisis, African Countries Accelerating Adoption And Watu’s E-Bike Boom
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. China’s rapid expansion of electric vehicle (EV) ownership highlights significant gaps in the auto-insurance sector, offering ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Spiro-Church Charging Push, Ethiopia’s EV Future, and Europe’s ICE Lobby
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. Innovations in Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) market continue with partnerships that are as unique as the solutions they ...
China Launches Coordinated Media Campaign to Promote New Global Governance Initiative in Africa
The Chinese government launched what appears to be a coordinated media campaign across Africa to promote Beijing's new Global Governance Initiative (GGI), which President Xi Jinping announced at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Over the past week, a mix of ...