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The NüVoices podcast interviewed the Chinese-American freelance journalist April Zhu about her experience reporting on the China-Africa story from her home in Nairobi. April is an accomplished journalist who reports extensively on China-Africa issues with a distinctive emphasis on issues related to ...
Huawei Has Leveraged the COVID-19 Crisis to Enhance Ties With African Governments
Seemingly every week since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, has seen a new announcement of a Huawei technology donation to an African government in support of their effort to combat the pandemic. Huawei appears to be skilfully taking advantage of ...
The U.S. will Find Persuading Africans to Abandon Huawei a Tough Sell
The UK's decision to remove Huawei equipment from its new 5G network marks a significant win for the United States, who's been lobbying governments for years to stop using the Chinese telecom company's gear. The U.S. alleges, so far without evidence, ...
Calling it a “Fake Security Scare,” Leading Kenyan Newspaper Urges Telcos to Stay Out of US/UK Fight Over Huawei
One of Kenya's largest newspapers, The Star, published a blistering editorial on Sunday that implored the country's telecom operators to stay out of the escalating feud between the US/UK and China over Huawei. The paper's editorial board was blunt ...
Africa Week 2020 in Beijing
The fourth annual Africa Week event will take place in Beijing from July 20-July 25. Africa Week is a unique series of seminars, excursions, film screenings, and always concludes with a start-up competition for local African entrepreneurs in China:
Neither a Pandemic nor Economic Crisis Appears to be Slowing China’s Infrastructure Building Spree in Africa
Regular readers will have noticed the almost daily announcements of Chinese infrastructure projects across Africa. While quantifying all these new contracts is a challenge, it does appear that China's state-run construction companies' African operations have been quite resilient during the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent economic crisis. ...
Washington’s Outspoken Ambassador to Kenya Doesn’t Think Too Highly of Chinese Universities
Never one to mince words, the normally outspoken U.S. ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter, got into a squabble over the weekend with a pair of Kenyans who were enquiring about the status of student visas to the United States that are now in question following President Trump's ...
Kenya’s Inability to Get Shippers to Use its New SGR Cargo Depot in Naivasha Raises Doubts About Debt Repayment
Only 14 cargo trains traveled on the new Mombasa-Naivasha standard gauge railway (SCR) line in June despite the government's order that all goods destined for Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan be cleared at the Naivasha inland container depot (ICD). The resistance ...
Kenya-China Debt Relief Talks Stall
Critical debt restructuring talks between China and Kenya have stalled over Nairobi's sudden decision to participate in the G20's debt service suspension initiative (DSSI) after all. Previously, the Kenyan government said it would not participate in the G20 program because it is too restrictive and prevents the ...
New Documentary Makes the Case for Kenya’s Embattled Standard Gauge Railway Cargo Lines
Supporters of Kenya's ailing Standard Gauge Railway produced a 20 minute-documentary that was broadcast on national TV this week in an attempt to persuade an increasingly skeptical public of the SGR's merits. The program was produced by ChamsMedia, ...
Kenya’s Embattled Standard Gauge Railway Reopens After COVID-19 Lockdown and Now Has to Earn a Lot of Money Fast to Repay Chinese Loans
Kenya's ailing Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) announced plans to resume passenger service between Nairobi and Mombasa now that President Uhuru Kenyatta lifted the partial lockdown in the capitol. During the lockdown, brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak, the SGR only carried cargo on its various ...
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Infrastructure Development in Africa
By Emmanuel Amoah-Darkwah and Ricardo Reboredo Africa has not been spared from the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting -3.2% GDP growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, while the World Bank also projects GDP growth ...