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Rwandan Trade Industry Leaders Urges Businesses To Look Beyond China To Source Imports
Severe shipping disruptions brought on the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in much higher import costs in Rwanda, especially from China, prompting one industry official to urge businesses to find alternate suppliers. The 10% increase in Chinese imported goods is brought on ...
China’s Huge Chili Pepper Market Now Open to Rwandan Exporters
The Rwandan embassy in Beijing is celebrating the opening of the China market for its country's chili pepper exporters. A 200kg shipment arrived in the central Chinese province of Hunan on Wednesday, making Rwanda the first African country to export peppers like this to China.
Why Is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Lending Money to Rwanda?
It came as a bit of a surprise to some that the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved its first project in sub-Saharan African country a few weeks ago with a $100 million loan to Rwanda as part of the bank's COVID-19 Crisis Recovery ...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame Channels the Growing Outrage in Africa Over Vaccine Hoarding by Wealthy Countries
There's a real disconnect in how people in the Global North and South are framing the vaccine inequity crisis. In the U.S., Europe, and Japan, the bulk of the news coverage on the issue focuses on the impact of Chinese and ...
China Provides Modest Debt Relief and New Grant to Rwanda
Rwanda's Finance Minister Uzziel Ndagijimana and Chinese ambassador Rao Hongwei announced on Friday that Beijing would forgive $6 million of debt and provide a new $60 million grant to the government in Kigali as part of COVID-19 relief efforts. If the debt forgiveness ...
Paul Kagame: “I Don’t Think China Has Forced Any Country in Africa To Take Their Money”
President Paul Kagame joined former U.S. National Security Advisor for what has become a trademark for the Rwandan leader to be brutally frank with U.S. and European interlocutors about sensitive political issues in Africa, including China's presence on the continent. President ...
A Pair of Chinese Provinces Move to Boost Ties With Kenya, Rwanda
One of the big misperceptions about China's economic engagement in Africa is that the central government in Beijing and its state-owned enterprises are the only Chinese actors on the continent. A pair of announcements this week highlight the large and growing role that Chinese provinces play in ...
China Launched a Virtual Trade Show With East Africa This Week That It Says Will Get 10,000 Attendees
With physical trade fairs all shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese trade promotion authorities are experimenting with new virtual models. On Monday, a China-Africa virtual expo kicked off, reportedly with more than a thousand exhibitors from both regions and organizers say they're confident ...
Namibian Beef Exports to China Continue While Dozens of Other Countries Halt Meat Trade Due to COVID-19
China's General Administration of Customs published a list of 46 meat processing plants around the world that have halted exports to China due to COVID-19 outbreaks among their workers. But Namibia, so far, is not on the list. ...
A Critical Look at Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Africa
The Chinese take a very different approach to their agricultural development programs in Africa compared to those of traditional donors. Rather a conventional aid model, China instead built dozens of centers in countries across the continent that bring together Chinese technical ...
African Leaders Plead For Faster Debt Relief at International Summit
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta used his opening speech at a virtual leaders summit of the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to plead for more debt relief, particularly for the world's poorest countries. "The debt of many member states continues to rise. ...
Chinese Miltary Donates COVID-19 Supplies to the Rwandan Military
A Chinese People's Liberation Army cargo plane landed Wednesday to deliver $300,000 worth of COVID-19 PPE and other medical supplies. The PLA donated the material to their counterparts in the Rwandan Defense Force. It's not clear from the statement on the ...