Country: Kenya
Kenya Court Orders Secret China Railway Contracts Released
Kenya’s Court of Appeals issued a landmark ruling rejecting the government’s decade-long effort to keep secret the $4.5 billion in China Exim Bank loan contracts used to finance the Standard Gauge Railway. The decision marks a major victory for civil society ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Middle East War Divides BRICS at India Meeting
Indonesia plans to centralize exports of key commodities through a state-run agency. President Prabowo Subianto announced on Wednesday that “The sales of all our natural resources, starting with palm oil, coal and ferroalloys, must be through a state-owned enterprise appointed by the Indonesian government as the sole exporter.” ...
Kenya’s Court of Appeals Orders Release of Secret Chinese Railway Loan Contracts
Kenya's Court of Appeals issued a landmark ruling that dismissed the government's decade-long effort to keep secret the $4.5 billion loan contracts with the China Exim Bank that were used to build the Standard Gauge Railway. Friday's ruling, made public on Tuesday, ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Africa’s EV Future Hinges on Escaping Dependence Just Like South America
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. The e-mobility industry can create jobs in Global South countries without necessarily relocating the entire value chain from China. This ...
Kenya’s China Trade Gap Shows Why Beijing’s New Market Access May Not Be Enough
The war in the Persian Gulf and the slowing global economy are not having any visible impact on China's status as the world's most powerful trading power, according to new data released by the General Administration of Customs in Beijing.
Macron Courts Africa With ‘Third Way’ Vision Amid Rising U.S.-China Tensions
The words "predator" and "predatory" have figured prominently in French President Emmanuel Macron's ongoing state visit to Kenya, where he's been working hard to reposition France and Europe in Africa, contrasting their approach with China's on the continent. As he's done ...
The Drive to Deepen China-Africa Clean Tech Cooperation
In a Beijing exhibition hall last autumn, representatives from several Chinese firms talked with government officials and businesspeople from 16 African countries. They discussed off-grid solar, clean stoves and electric mobility. What options are available, they probed, and how would they work on the ground? ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: From Oversupply to Chinese EV Makers Courting Africa, Latin America and Asia
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. China's overcrowded domestic market has led to a bruising price war. By contrast, overseas markets offer room for growth - ...
First Tariff-Free African Shipment Clears Chinese Port, Signaling New Trade Era
Chinese customs officers working the late shift on Friday at the port of Shenzhen in southern China cleared the first shipment of African produce and flowers to enter the country under a new tariff-free regime that went into effect at midnight on May 1. ...
The New Era of Duty Free China-Africa is Set to Begin
Starting on Friday, 20 more African countries will be able to export their products to China tariff-free. The specific list of countries and products that qualify for this benefit was unveiled by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council in Beijing.