Category: China-Africa

Chinese, Iranian Warships in South Africa for Exercises

Chinese and Iranian warships were docked off South Africa's main navy base Thursday ahead of exercises that officials said were also meant to involve Russia. The January 9-16 "Will for Peace" drill hosted by South Africa risks further straining its ties ...

African Union Reaffirms ‘One China’ Policy in FM visit

The African Union reaffirmed its commitment to the "One China" policy, denying Taiwan's independence, during a visit by China's top diplomat Wang Yi to its headquarters in Ethiopia on Thursday. Wang was at the start of a visit to several east ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Driving Kenya’s First Locally Built Electric Car as BYD Dethrones Tesla and China’s ICE & EV Dual Strategy

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. African countries are embarking on an unprecedented bout of techno-social evolution brought about by Chinese electric vehicle (EV) technologies that ...

China’s Foreign Minister Embarks on Africa Tour

China’s Foreign Ministry announced that Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, and Lesotho from 7 to 12 January. It is a multi-decade convention that the Chinese Foreign Minister’s first overseas tour of the year is to Africa.

2025 China-Africa Year in Review

In this special year-end edition of The China in Africa Podcast, Eric, Cobus, and Géraud look back on the top stories of 2025 and look ahead to the key trend to watch in 2026.  📌 ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

CGSP Take: How Does the Venezuela Crisis Affect China’s Relationship with the Global South?

By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research,
China has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s incursion into Venezuela and its detention of President Nicolás Maduro. 

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China-Africa and the Cost of Unused Talent

When it comes to the China-Africa story, most people first think about infrastructure. Those who follow it more closely might think of diplomacy. But China-Africa relations is also a story about hundreds, maybe even thousands, of African students trained in China through scholarships and bilateral partnerships.

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: China Engineering Africa’s EV Future From Assembly Kits to Full Factories

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. For many African countries to achieve some level of local manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs), completely knocked down (CKD) and ...

Shaping Tomorrow: How China and Africa Are Negotiating a Shared Future

By Gaia Guatri Lagos—At 7:30 a.m., the light rail hums above the gridlock, gliding through the haze of exhaust and early heat. Built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and financed through Chinese loans, the sleek blue carriages slice ...

China’s New Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Tours the Region

China's newly-appointed Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (HoA), Hu Changchun, spent the past week visiting officials in Egypt, Eritrea, and Ethiopia as part of an introductory tour. Last month, Hu succeeded Beijing's first special envoy for the region, Xue Bing, 

High-Level Kenya-China Meeting on Security

Kenya hosted a high-level delegation from China to discuss improving the security of Chinese workers and project sites in the country. Raymond Omollo, Kenya’s Principal Secretary of Internal Security and National Administration and Coordination, met with Zhang Xumin, China’s Deputy Director ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Kenya Builds EVs as China Floods Markets With Gasoline Vehicles

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. Africa is emerging as a critical, increasingly complex space in global electric-vehicle strategy. No longer viewed solely as a source ...

China Presses Its Global Security Vision in Africa With High-Level AU Briefing

The Chinese government is ramping up promotion of its Global Security Initiative to key stakeholders in Africa. Last week, the Foreign Ministry organized a briefing seminar on the GSI at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa for senior-level AU and UN officials.
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