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How China’s Technology Startups Are Scaling Across Africa
Computer Village in Lagos, Nigeria is a curious combination of old and new. Dirt roads are lined by hundreds of kiosks featuring the latest mobile phones and computers. Hawkers and criers call out deals at the entrance to both bric-a-brac sheet ...
A Popular Nigerian Political Commentator Offers China Some Sobering Advice: Be Careful, There Are More of You Here Than Us Over There
In response to the growing alienation that a lot of Nigerians and other Africans feel about China in the wake what happened in Guangzhou last month, popular online commentator Onye Nkuzi (nom de plume) cautioned that unless China makes meaningful progress in persuading Africans that it does ...
Two Chinese Nationals Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Bribe a Senior Official in Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Agency
Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested two Chinese nationals, Meng Wei Kun and Xu Koi, this week for allegedly attempting to bribe the head of the EFCC's office in the northern city of Sokoto. The two were reportedly caught in an undercover sting operation after they ...
China’s Subtly Revising the Narrative of the Origin of Its “Miscommunication” With Nigerians and Other Africans in Guangzhou
Confronted with overwhelming criticism in Africa following widespread reports of maltreatment of and discrimination against African residents in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou last month, the Chinese government has been trying (largely unsuccessfully) to reshape the narrative according to their interpretation of the events.
China’s Ambassador to Nigeria Defends Treatment of Africans in Guangzhou
China's ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjiang, defended his government's treatment of Africans in Guangzhou in an interview published Wednesday with the Nigerian newspaper Punch. Ambassador Zhou stuck closely to the existing talking points on China's handling of the reported maltreatment of ...
Across Africa and Black Diaspora Rage Steadily Increases Over Reports of Discrimination and Maltreatment in Guangzhou
It's been several weeks since the first reports of widespread mistreatment of and discrimination against African residents in Guangzhou first emerged, and since then anger and frustration among broad swathes of African civil society and the larger global black diaspora has only intensified.
New Details, Photos Emerge Following Osun State Raid on an Allegedly Illegal Chinese Mining Operation
Government authorities in the southwestern Nigerian state of Osun released new information and photos about Sunday's raid on an allegedly Chinese-run illegal mining operation. Deputy Chief of Staff to the State Governor, Abdullahi Binuyo (photo top right), said that, in addition ...
The Chinese Embassy’s Response to Representative Benjamin Kalu’s Motion to Check the Immigration Status of Chinese Nationals in Nigeria
Shortly after Representative Kalu introduced his motion in the Nigerian House of Representatives, the Chinese embassy responded with a short statement, published only in Chinese, on the embassy website. The embassy framed its objection against the motion around "media reports" rather than directly taking on the Nigerian ...
Nigeria’s Emerging Role in China-Africa Relations
One of the unexpected outcomes of the COVID-19 crisis is its rapidly escalating impact on the relationship between Nigeria and China. Several African governments have protested the treatment of African migrants in Guangzhou, but Nigeria is emerging as the epicentre of a diplomatic crisis in China-Africa relations. ...
Nigerian Representative Benjamin Kalu Explains Why He Wants to Check the Immigration Status of Every Chinese National in the Country
The following is a transcription of a 13-part Twitter thread published by Nigerian Representative Benjamin Kalu that explains the motivations behind his recent motion to heighten immigration enforcement against Chinese illegal immigrants. Earlier, I moved a motion along with ...
Representative Benjamin Kalu: “We Want to Know How Many Chinese Are in Nigeria”
Nigerian Representative Benjamin Kalu appeared on Plus TV to discuss the motion he submitted in the House of Representatives calling for immigration checks of every Chinese national in the country. STARTING WITH CHINESE: "What COVID has done ...
Video Released of This Week’s Police Raid of Alleged Illegal Chinese Gold Mining Operation in Nigeria
There's new video available that shows Nigerian authorities in Zamfara state raiding the home of two Chinese nationals who allegedly ran an illegal gold mining operation. They were arrested and have been transferred to a detention facility in Abuja. Authorities say ...