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China's state-run Global Times newspaper took aim at an erroneous report published on the Taipei-based news website Taiwan News that 47 Chinese workers who contracted COVID-19 last week in Uganda had previously been vaccinated with a Chinese C19 vaccine. ...
Uganda Confident It Will Secure $2 Billion China Exim Bank Loan to Build New Standard Gauge Railway
The Ugandan government is reportedly in talks with the China Exim Bank to secure a $2 billion loan to build a new Standard Gauge Railway, according to the Daily Monitor newspaper. The head of Uganda Railways Corporation, Stanley ...
No Excuses. China Exim Bank Rejects Uganda’s Appeal For Repayment Delay
Back in August, the Ugandan government asked the China Exim Bank for a repayment delay on the loans needed to build the $1.7 billion Karuma dam project. A week went by and the bank replied with a simple answer: no. The government had requested the repayment delay ...
Challenging Pax Americana: The Commercial Imperative in Chinese Arms Exports To Africa – a Case Study of Uganda and Kenya
Professor Elijah N. Munyi from United States International University in Nairobi is a leading scholar in U.S.-Africa policy, with particular expertise in military relations. Professor Munyi published a working paper this week that coincided with his participation in the China-Africa Research Initiative's annual conference that ...
Following President Xi’s UNGA Speech, Chinese Diplomats in Africa Double-down on Vaccine Accessibility Pledge
Chinese diplomats in Africa are reaffirming President Xi Jinping's pledge to make a COVID-19 vaccine available to people across the continent once it's tested and ready for distribution. Fang Yi, the political attaché at the Chinese embassy in Uganda,
Uganda’s National Debt Surged 21% to Offset the Downturn Brought on by COVID-19
The Ugandan government has significantly increased its borrowing in a bid to help mitigate the financial impact of the ongoing economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Central Bank on Tuesday said that in the period from June 2019 to June 2020, borrowing increase by ...
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 ...
There’s Growing Excitement That a New Ugandan-Chinese Smartphone Will Help to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
Bloomberg's Quick Take team showcased the new G507 smartphone made by the Chinese company SIMI and manufactured locally in Uganda. The phone comes equipped with a body temperature scanner that the company claims is similar to those temperature guns that have become a widespread tool to detect ...
Rice Was Grown the Traditional Way for Millenia in This Small Ugandan Village Until a Chinese Company Arrived
Rashidah Mpinga, a large-scale rice outgrower in Kalungu, an agricultural district in Uganda’s Southern Region, gets ready to harvest her rice. She’s going to rent a combine harvester and a tractor from Zhong’s Industries Limited, a Chinese private enterprise. She expects to ...
COVID-19 Crisis Sparks New Drive in Africa to Reduce Dependency on Chinese Imports and Boost Local Manufacturing
The disruption to global trade due to the COVID-19 outbreak and high levels of dependency on imported Chinese goods are prompting policymakers in a growing number of African countries to develop new initiatives that aim to boost local manufacturing. Uganda Wants ...
The Crisis in Hong Kong Emerges as Key Messaging Theme for Chinese Media, Diplomats Across Africa
Chinese diplomats, missions, and media across Africa have been steadily ramping up their messaging about Hong Kong in recent weeks in what appears to be a concerted effort to build support for Beijing's handling of the ongoing political crisis in the territory.
A Chinese-built Road in Uganda Makes Life a Whole Lot Easier for Local Farmers
In 2014, Longjian Road and Bridge Company Limited, a Chinese construction firm, won a contract to rebuild Yellowknife road and Kabula access road, in Masaka, an agricultural city in Southern Uganda (East Africa). The two roads among several others plus buildings were ...