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U.S. Targets China’s Dominance in Africa’s Critical Minerals With New Stockpile Plan

The United States is moving to build new stockpiles of critical minerals as part of an effort aimed at countering China’s dominance over supply chains that run through Africa and other parts of the Global South and underpin clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and defense industries. ...

China’s Role Looms Over Ethiopia’s Stalled Debt Talks With Bondholders

Ethiopia’s debt restructuring negotiations are facing renewed strain as private bondholders push back against objections from the Official Creditor Committee, led by China and France.  Bondholders are complaining that they are being unfairly treated in comparison with bilateral lenders. China is the ...

Kenya Cuts Debt Costs With Yuan Swap as China Ties Reshape Financing

Kenya reduced its external debt-servicing costs by about $167 million after using a yuan-for-dollar currency swap linked to its debt with China. This is the first time Nairobi has specified the exact figure, after announcing the swap in October. The transaction lowered ...

Mozambique’s President Opens Chinese-Owned Graphite Processing Plant

Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo opened a 200,000 metric ton per year graphite processing plant at a Chinese-owned mine on Friday, as the south-east African country boosts output of the battery mineral. Annual global mined graphite production is 1.6 million metric tons, ...

Senior Kenyan Diplomat Visits Beijing as Nairobi Deepens Development Talks With China

Kenya's Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Korir Sing'Oei, is in Beijing this week for talks with senior Chinese development and finance officials. Sing'Oei's first stop on Monday was at the headquarters of the China-Africa Development Fund, where he met with senior ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Confusing Developments in “Development”

This week I’m in Brussels, where I took part in a workshop on how the EU should shape its development strategy in response to China’s global influence.
I have joked in the past that it feels like I’ve attended this same ‘EU, Africa, and External Development Partners’ conference for ten years straight. 

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Ghana Joins China-Backed International Mediation Body

Ghana is the newest member of the Chinese-initiated International Organization for Mediation (IOMed). Ambassador Kojo Bonsu on Tuesday signed on as a founding member of the Hong Kong-based international mediation body that now includes 38 other countries. The IOMed launched last ...

China Drives Nearly a Third of South Africa’s Import Tax Revenue

South Africa’s latest tax data underscores just how central China has become to the country’s trade and fiscal base. Figures released by the South African Revenue Service show that Chinese imports accounted for 30.9% of total import tax revenue, exceeding the ...

Africa’s Mining Crackdown Signals a Strategic Shift for Chinese Operators

Citing the Portuguese news site Jornal Notícias, Cape of Good Hope Observations 好望观察, a WeChat public account that tracks African industry, recently drew the attention of Chinese readers to a small incident in Mozambique that went largely unnoticed in English-language media. ...

Guinea’s Bauxite Exports Jump 25% to 183 Million Tons in 2025 on Chinese Demand

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila Guinea's bauxite exports rose 25% in 2025 to 182.8 million metric tons, official data seen by Reuters showed, cementing its dominance in aluminum ore supply. A record 74% of shipments went ...

China’s Africa Lending Enters a New Phase as Mega-Loans Give Way to Targeted Finance and Investment

Chinese development finance in Africa is moving away from its traditional model of large sovereign loans for mega-infrastructure projects. Boston University's latest data shows Beijing increasingly channeling support through alternative mechanisms, including foreign direct investment, equipment trade, and financing arrangements with ...

China’s Evolving Lending Footprint in Africa: Selective Engagement and Strategic Retooling

By Mengdi Yue and Yiyuan Qi Chinese loans to Africa are down once again, but not out.  Boston University Global Development Policy Center’s newly updated Chinese Loans to Africa (CLA) Database shows that, despite a slight rise in 2023, Chinese ...

China’s Africa Lending Nearly Halved in 2024, Shifts to Yuan

By Colleen Goko Chinese lending to Africa nearly halved to $2.1 billion in 2024, the first annual decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country shifts to selective, strategic projects, according to data released on Wednesday by Boston University. ...
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