Category: Summits
A Not-So-Extraordinary Summit
This week's 'Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19' was largely uneventful. The initiatives announced in President Xi Jinping's address were either projects that had already been announced before (China building the Africa CDC, which will now be accelerated) or long-term Chinese standard operating procedure ...
“Nothing New Here” Concludes Leading China Scholar About Xi Jinping’s African Debt Cancellation Offer
Mariana Rudyak, a prominent China scholar at the University of Heidelberg in Germany who specializes in Chinese foreign aid, provided a short assessment of President Xi Jinping's announcement that Beijing would cancel interest-free loans due before the end of the year.
Xi Jinping Bolsters China’s COVID-19 Diplomacy in Africa With Virtual Leaders Summit
Xi Jinping delivered the keynote address at a hastily arranged virtual African leaders summit on Wednesday where the Chinese president reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to provide financial and material support to combat the pandemic. There was very little new information contained in ...
China Steps Up COVID-19 Diplomacy in Africa With Hastily Arranged Virtual Leaders Summit
The Chinese government announced on Tuesday that President Xi Jinping will chair what appears to be an impromptu China-Africa leaders summit that to address issues ranging from COVID-19 mitigation, debt relief for African countries and Chinese infrastructure construction projects on the continent that have been adversely impacted ...
Tweet of the Day: It Shouldn’t Come as a Surprise if People Are Skeptical of the UK’s Newfound Interest in Africa
Charles Robertson is the Global Chief Economist at the investment banking firm Renaissance Capital. He is a regular commentator on emerging market issues to his 17,000+ followers on Twitter. You can ...
So the UK Now Wants to Compete With China in Africa. Here’s What They’ll Need to Do
15 African heads of state were in London yesterday for the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit that was hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Harry. Like so many other "Africa Summits" in Russia, Japan, Turkey, and India among other places, China, although rarely mentioned, loomed large ...
In a Bid to Challenge China, Britain Will Reallocate $500 Million of its Aid Budget to Jump Start Private Sector Investment in Africa
African leaders from 20 countries are in London today where they will take part in the UK-Africa Investment Summit. The summit, hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, aims to chart a new post-Brexit course for British foreign policy on the continent that has ...
France Announces Plans to Host Africa Summit in 2020
France's ambassador to South Africa, Aurelien Lechevallier, unveiled plans for a new France-Africa Summit that will take place next year in South Africa. He added that president Emmanuel Macron will come to South Africa for the event, which is scheduled for next June.
Tweet of the Day: Call for the U.S. to Host Its Own “Africa Summit”
While a growing number of African social media users are becoming increasingly frustrated by their leaders going overseas for one "Africa Summit" after another this year, Ethiopian-American businessman Zamedeneh Negatu says there should be one more on the calendar, in the United States.
France Hopes a Focus on Small Business Will Help it Gain an Advantage Over China in Africa
The French government has urged business leaders and investors at a key summit last week to be bold about investing in Africa. Paris is banking on the potential of small to medium enterprises (SME) to catch up in the race with China. But investors are reluctant to ...