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Kenya’s China Debt Deal Challenges Old Narratives

Kenya and China have reached a groundbreaking agreement to restructure $3.5 billion in railway loans, converting them from U.S. dollars into Chinese yuan. The move could save Kenya $215 million in debt servicing costs and marks the first time an African ...

Chinese Companies Are Changing the Way They Operate in Africa

By Elisa Gambino and Costanza Franceschini For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost $50 billion to African transport ...

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. ...

Inside the Bid: How Chinese Power Projects Are Procured in Africa

Behind every power plant is a crucial decision: who gets to build it, and how. Whether a project is delivered on time and on budget often hinges on how it was procured. Was it awarded through a competitive bidding process or negotiated behind closed doors? Were contractors ...

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How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Nigeria Exports First Made-in-Africa EV to U.S. as Chinese Automakers Step Up Global Push

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EV Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. BYD is expanding its line-up for overseas markets by giving access to all of its China-developed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recapping the Fundamentals: Key Lessons on Chinese Financing for Power Projects

The financing may be Chinese, the builders Chinese too, but the consequences are overwhelmingly those of the host state. Decisions, often made in boardrooms thousands of kilometers away, can shape the development trajectory of African countries for decades. That is why understanding how Chinese infrastructure projects are ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: African Exporters Lobby U.S., While Eyeing Chinese Alternatives

Reuters reports that African exporters have embarked on a final effort to save the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade pact that gives the continent duty-free access to the U.S. market. The act will expire at the end of the month. Delegations from five African manufacturing ...

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 ...
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