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Right Now, It’s the U.S. Fed, Not China That’s Making African Borrowers Very Nervous

The Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, DC, on January 22, 2022. Stefani Reynolds / AFP
While one U.S. foreign policy analyst after another sounds the alarm on the threats posed by Chinese debt in Africa and elsewhere, the reality is that finance policymakers across the continent ...
by Eric Olander

Contrasting U.S. and Liberian Views on the Role of Chinese Lending in African

Gyude Moore, senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development, and Jennifer Hillman, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations discuss the role of Chinese infrastructure finance during a webinar by the NGO Network 20/20.
There’s been a noticeable increase this year in the frequency of seminars (off and online) in the United States about the Belt and Road and China’s role in Africa in particular. Generally speaking, ...
by Eric Olander

The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe Rallies to Defend Chinese Businesses in Worsening Stand-off With Civil Society Groups

The Chinese embassy in Harare stepped up on Monday to defend Chinese businesses, mostly in the mining sector, against accusations of environmental and social abuse made by a coalition of ...
by Eric Olander

Report: Increased Chinese Economic Engagement in Africa Has Led to Enhanced Political Alignment

Source: Carla D. Jones, Herman Ndofor and Mengge Li.
China is realizing significant political dividends from its steadily rising economic engagement in Africa over the past two decades, according to new findings by a trio of scholars in the ...
by Eric Olander

A Flurry of China-Africa Webinars at Institutions Across the U.S.

A webinar hosted by The Hoover Institution at Stanford University about China’s Global Sharp Power in Africa.
Interest in China-Africa relations among scholars and institutions in the U.S. appears to be on the rise in 2022, at least as measured by the number of webinars on the topic over the ...
by Eric Olander

5,600kgs of Ethiopian Coffee Sells Out in Just 5 Seconds on Alibaba’s Livestream

Ethiopia's ambassador to China Teshome Toga appeared as a guest on the livestream hosted by influencer Li Jiaqi to sell Ethiopian coffee on Alibaba's T-mall platform.
When Ethiopian ambassador to China Teshome Toga agreed to join online influencer Li Jiaqi on a livestream on Alibaba’s mega e-shopping platform T-mall to sell Ethiopian coffee, he no doubt imagined that he would ...
by Eric Olander

Construction of an Important Sino-Nigerian Infrastructure Experiment is Almost Finished, Says Transportation Minister

Nigeria’s Transportation Minister (and likely presidential candidate) Rotimi Amaechi conducted a site visit on Saturday of the massive Lekki Deep Seaport project in Lagos where he said construction is now 80% finished. He ...
by Eric Olander

Uganda Hosts Trade and Investment Forum in Beijing

The Ugandan embassy in Beijing and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs convened a hybrid on and offline conference on Friday to discuss how to boost Chinese trade and investment in the East ...
by Eric Olander

Heated Confrontation Between Chinese Businesses and Civil Society Groups Intensifies in Zimbabwe

A simmering conflict between a coalition of 27 civil society groups in Zimbabwe and Chinese enterprises, mostly mining companies, boiled over late last week when organizations representing both sides published scathing statements about ...
by Eric Olander

It’s Becoming Increasingly Difficult For African News Consumers to Figure Out What’s Legitimate News About China and What’s Propaganda

A column published on one of Ghana’s largest news portals, Ghanaweb, on Sunday highlights the difficulties confronting readers in determining what is legitimate editorial content and what is state-produced propaganda. Last week, 
by Eric Olander

WEEK IN REVIEW: Three Chinese Warships Head to Gulf of Aden For Anti-Piracy Mission

One of the three Chinese warships that departed from port in Guangdong to take part in multinational anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. Image via Xinhua.
Three Chinese warships left Guangdong on Saturday and are now making their way to the Gulf of Aden to take part in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. However, the key question is ...
by Eric Olander

Morocco Bet Heavily on Chinese Vaccines But With Infections Now Surging, Will Those Jabs Hold Up Against Omicron?

File image of a A Moroccan health worker administering a dose of the Sinopharm vaccine for Covid-19 at a vaccination center. FADEL SENNA / AFP
COVID infections are once again rising fast in Morocco. The Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 9,355 cases and 13 deaths, the highest level in five months. This is a huge ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Vaccine Update: Distributions in Africa Remain Highly Skewed in Favor of North Africa

Source: Bridge Consulting
As of this week, China has distributed 117.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines throughout with just under 40% of those shipments provided as donations, according to the latest data from ...
by Eric Olander

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.
The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked ...

6-Day China-Africa Great Lakes Import Expo Concludes in Wuxi

A 6-day convention aimed at promoting trade between China and countries surrounding the Great Lakes region in southeastern Africa wrapped up on Thursday in Wuxi. In all, representatives from 12 African states took ...
by Eric Olander

Four Chinese Nationals Refused Entry in the DR Congo, Deported Back to China

Two of the four Chinese nationals who were denied entry to the DR Congo last week because they didn't have the proper entry papers.
A group of four Chinese nationals who arrived at the Lubumbashi International Airport in the southern DR Congo last week were refused entry into the country and were deported back to China. Congolese ...
by Eric Olander

Africa Check Challenges a VOA News Report on the Share of Kenya’s External Debt Owed to China

The African fact-checking service Africa Check called out the U.S. government-run news channel VOA for mischaracterizing the share of Kenya’s external debt to China. In an article published on January 6th ...
by Eric Olander

Wang Yi’s Recent Tour of East African and Indian Ocean States Provokes Anxiety Among Indian Analysts

File image of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Narendra Modi. Minister Kenzaburo FUKUHARA / POOL / AFP
India has long regarded the larger Indian Ocean region and portions of East Africa as within its traditional sphere of influence, at least in relation to China. So, it’s not surprising that Chinese ...
by Eric Olander

Howard W. French on the Similarities (and Differences) Between the Soviet Union’s Advances in Africa and China’s Engagement Today

Author and journalist Howard W. French prompted a lively discussion on Twitter this week following the publication of his weekly World Politics Review column that drew parallels between the Soviet Union’s ...
by Eric Olander

A China-Africa Love Story Hits The Big Screens

A new, big-budget romantic comedy centering on a China-Africa love story is now in wide release in Chinese multiplexes. “My African Bride,” whose title in Chinese translates to “a daughter-in-law in the village,” tells ...
by Eric Olander

China-Africa Trade in 2021 Amounted to $254 Billion, Breaking an All-Time Record

Two-way China-Africa trade surged last year to a new record of $254 billion, an impressive $67 billion increase from the 2020 total of $187 billion, according to data released by ...
by Eric Olander

Rwanda’s Ambassador to China is Becoming an Innovative Pitchman for His Country’s Coffee Industry

Rwandan ambassador to China James Kimonyo delivering a package of Rwandan coffee to a customer in Beijing. Image via CGTN Francais.
If African countries are going to close their gaping trade deficits with China they’ll have to find new ways to sell more of their goods to Chinese consumers. And James Kimonyo thinks he knows ...
by Eric Olander

Anzetse Were Has Something to Say to the International Media About Its Coverage of China-Africa Relations

Chinese President Xi Jinping (on the screen) delivers his speech during the China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on November 29, 2021. SEYLLOU / AFP
Longtime Africa-China analyst and Nairobi-based development economist Anzetse Were is exasperated from the international media’s shoddy coverage of China’s engagement with Africa. “The narrative on Africa-China relations in global media has been persistently ...
by Eric Olander

Join Two South African YouTubers For Brunch And a Candid Discussion about the Experience of Black Africans in China

Two South African expatriates living in China sat down for brunch last Sunday to share some straight talk with their YouTube subscribers over what it’s really like to be Black in China. The ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Total Global Trade Passed $6 Trillion For The First Time Last Year With Africa’s Share Set to Remain At Around 4%

Photo by Marco Bianchetti on Unsplash
For the first time, China’s external trade in 2021 surpassed $6 trillion in a single year, up 21% compared to the previous year, according to new data from the General ...
by Eric Olander

Ghana Tries to Defend Itself Against Debt Critics

The Ghanaian Finance Ministry is angrily refuting recent reports by Bloomberg News reflecting the increasingly widespread perception in the global financial community that the country is now over-extended and facing debt distress. ‘There ...
by Eric Olander

China and the Burgeoning Debt Crisis in Africa

With more than 20 African countries now approaching or confronting debt distress, according to the IMF, a trio of scholars at the London-based international affairs think tank Chatham House mapped ...
by Eric Olander

Meet the CityBug: The Newest Chinese-made EV to Go On Sale In South Africa

The Eleksa CityBug, a newly available EV in South Africa. Image via Eleksa.
South Africa lags far behind other middle-income countries in the availability of electric vehicles but Chinese brands like Eleksa are hoping to change with the introduction of new cars like the $15,000 Citybug. ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Auto Majors See South Africa as a Key Market to Compete Head-On With Global Rivals

The Chery Tiggo 8 Pro SUV. Image via Chery.
South Africa’s intensely competitive car market may provide a glimpse into the future of global automotive trade with Chinese brands successfully competing with rivals from the U.S., Germany, Japan, and South Korea. In ...
by Eric Olander

6 Chinese Nationals Arrested in Kenyan Crackdown on Illegal Immigration

Kenyan immigration arrested six Chinese nationals last week as part of a broader crackdown against foreigners illegally living and working in the country. The six range in age between 25 and 30 years ...
by Eric Olander
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