Category: China-Africa

Angola Turns to China for $4.8 Billion Refinery Loan

Angola’s state oil company, Sonangol, is seeking a $4.8 billion loan from Chinese lenders to finance the long-delayed Lobito refinery, reinforcing Luanda’s continued reliance on Beijing for large-scale energy infrastructure funding. The project aims to reduce Angola’s dependence on imported fuel ...

Congo Offers Tantalum Deposit Under M23 Control to U.S. in Minerals Pact, Document Shows

By Ange Kasongo and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila The Democratic Republic of Congo added the rebel-held Rubaya coltan mine, one of the world's richest tantalum deposits, to a shortlist of strategic assets it is offering to the U.S. under a ...

WTO Head Calls for New Chinese Growth Model

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the head of the World Trade Organization, called on China to change its model of growth because of its impact on global trade surpluses. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, she said that while China wants to support the ...

China Announces Date for African Tariff-Free Market Access

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that goods from 53 African countries will have duty-free access to the Chinese market from 1 May 2026. In a message sent to the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, Xi said universal zero-tariff ...

Looking Beyond “Useful Africa” at the Mining Indaba

With U.S.-South Africa ties in the deep freeze, it was notable to see the sheer size of the U.S. delegation sent to this week’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town – one of the most prominent industry gatherings and one of the few where the Global South ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Why Green Energy Will Be the Big Winner of the Iran Crisis

By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research
Remember “no blood for oil”? Decades ago, the slogan emblematized opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Its logic subsequently shifted as the United States experienced a gas and oil revolution thanks to fracking. 

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Can Africa Win as the West and China Scramble for Minerals?

By Clyde Russell Two multi-billion-dollar rail projects in Africa. One headed west, the other east. One backed by Western countries, the other by China. Both are aiming to ship vast quantities of critical minerals. Welcome to the new scramble for Africa. ...

China’s Zijin to Launch Congo’s First Lithium Output in June From Disputed Manono Deposit

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila China’s Zijin Mining will initiate Congo’s first lithium output in June from the disputed Manono deposit and move immediately to exports, the company and state miner Cominiere said, marking a major step in Beijing’s push to secure ...

Oil-Rich Angola Makes First Major Copper Exports

By Brian Benza Angola's first major copper mine shipped its first concentrates in January, an official said on Tuesday, the first such exports of the clean energy metal as the oil-rich African country diversifies its mineral resources income. ...

China’s Export Surge to Africa in 2025 Complicates Efforts to Rebalance Trade

In 2025, trade between China and Africa reached $348 billion, a 17.7% increase from 2024. As in the previous year, this growth was largely driven by rising Chinese exports, which amounted to $225 billion, compared to $123 billion in imports from the African continent.

South Africa Takes Step Towards Trade Deal With China

South Africa said on Friday that its trade minister had signed a framework economic partnership agreement on a visit to China, which it described as a step towards securing duty-free access to the Chinese market for South African exports. Africa's biggest ...

Anger Mounts in Senegal Over Chinese Firm’s Sanitary Pad Scandal

Anger is mounting in Senegal over the alleged use of expired materials in sanitary pads and diapers by a leading Chinese firm, which denies any wrongdoing or bribery. The West African country's pharmaceutical regulator late last year accused Softcare of possessing ...

China’s Electric Buses in Africa: Clean Transport or a New Dependency?

African cities are growing, increasing demand for transport, and, in the process, choking even faster from diesel-belching public transport vehicles, which remain the backbone of urban life. In this episode of The Africa EV Show, ...
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