Category: Development
Podcast Transcript: What Lessons Can Africa Draw From China in Urban Transportation?
ERIC: Hello and welcome to another edition of the China in Africa podcast. I'm Eric Olander and as always I'm joined by Cobus Van Staden, a senior China-Africa researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg, South Africa. ...
What Lessons Can Africa Draw From China in Urban Transportation?
Africa is urbanizing faster than any region in the world. Today, an estimated 472 million Africans live in cities and that number is expected to double over the next 25 years, according to research by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. That ...
African Governments Need to Negotiate Better Deals With China. Here's How They Can Do It.
Africa's rising indebtedness to China is prompting concern across the continent that governments need to do a better job negotiating infrastructure financing deals. Too often, critics contend, the Chinese are simply out-maneuvering their African counterparts in the negotiating process. This is the core of ...
The U.S. Wants to Challenge China’s Dominance in Lending to Developing Countries. Here’s How They Plan To Do It.
U.S. president Donald Trump signed the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development, also known as the BUILD Act, into law on October 5th, creating a powerful new development finance organization that is aimed at challenging China’s dominance in lending to developing countries. The ...
Chinese Money for African Infrastructure Likely to Top FOCAC Agenda
There is a lot on the agenda for the upcoming 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that will convene in Beijing on September 3. Leaders from 50 African states will be in town to discuss everything from enhanced Sino-African military ties, ...
China Now a Major Player in the African Aid Business
China has spent an estimated $400 billion on foreign aid and development since 2000, making it one of the largest donor countries in the world. Much of that money has been directed at Africa, home to seven of the top ...
Does China’s Growing Investment in Overseas Aid Lead to More Influence in Places Like Africa?
A new AidData survey of nearly 3,500 policymakers in 126 developing countries that receive aid reveals China’s expanding foreign aid portfolio is translating into greater influence with leaders in those countries receiving that aid, but also that ...
African College Students are Packing Classrooms to Learn Mandarin Chinese
China’s cultural footprint in Africa has lagged far behind its surging economic engagement across the continent. Now, there are indications that may be beginning to change.Chinese movies and TV shows are now easily accessible in dozens of countries thanks ...
How Africa Benefits From China's Aging Population
China's rapidly aging population presents a huge challenge for the country as it needs to find new ways to pay for rising healthcare and social welfare benefits.And that's where Africa may be able to help. Home to one of the youngest populations on ...
China Is Challenging the West's Dominance in Foreign Aid
Quietly, and largely out of sight, China has emerged to become a major player in the foreign aid space, challenging institutions and norms long established by the West. Although China's international development budgets remain a tightly guarded state secret, new data indicates Beijing is ...