After several years of declining funding, the African end of the Belt and Road Initiative seems to be roaring back. The newest Griffith University/Green Development Finance Center data on the Belt and Road Initiative shows that engagement with Africa jumped by 395%, while a few big projects boosted engagement in Nigeria alone more than twelvefold.
These shifts indicate a window of opportunity for African electrification. 60% of Africans still ...
Tag: Johannesburg
Related Posts
Taiwan Accuses China of Playing “Little Tricks” in South Africa
Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung accused China of playing "little tricks" in South Africa as part of a campaign to force Taipei to move its representative office from the capital Pretoria to the commercial hub in Johannesburg. Lin's comments on Friday followed ...
Chinese FM Wang Yi Takes Swipe at U.S. During UN Stopover
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi left New York on Wednesday for Johannesburg to attend a two-day G20 foreign ministers gathering that begins on Thursday. Earlier, at the United Nations, Wang spent a frenetic day on Tuesday zipping between Security Council meetings ...
South Africa Says It Will Take Action if Taiwan Continues to Refuse to Move Its Rep Office out of the Capital
The South African government is facing mounting pressure from members of parliament over how it's going to respond to Taiwan's apparent refusal to relocate its representative office from Pretoria to Johannesburg. Taiwan was ordered in order in October to move its liaison ...
China Nearly Done With Its Aid Program to Bring Satellite TV to 10,000 Rural Communities Across Africa
It's been almost ten years since Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled a plan at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Johannesburg to install satellite television dishes in 10,000 rural African communities. Now, nine years later, only a few hundred installations are left.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Zambia Debt | Lula’s China Diss | China-Africa Journalism
Zambia suffered a major setback this week in its nearly three-year odyssey to restructure $32 billion of debt when the country's bilateral creditors led by China and France pushed back against bondholders. Plus, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued ...
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
TRANSLATION: Risks and Benefits if Indonesia Aligns With BRICS
The following is a summary translation of an article published in Bahasa on the Indonesian news website Tirto.id, written by reporter Andrian Pratama Taher, that combines several Indonesian analysts’ perspectives on the potential benefits and risks of Indonesia joining BRICS. ...
No New Members Will be Added to the BRICS Bank, Says CFO
While the BRICS group itself will become larger at the conclusion of the ongoing leaders summit underway in Johannesburg, that is not the case for the bloc's bank known as the New Development Bank. "There will be no announcements this week,"
U.S.-Based Analysts Reflect on This Week’s BRICS Summit and What It Says About the Current State of International Relations
As the BRICS summit draws to a close in Johannesburg, international affairs analysts at prominent U.S.-based think tanks and universities are reflecting on many of the key takeaways from the three-day event: WEST'S FAILURE: "The enthusiasm of many developing ...
The Fate of the BRICS Depends on Xi and Modi
Forget about everything that you've heard about this week's BRICS summit in Johannesburg because none of it matters. The fact that Putin didn't go in person seems important, right? No, not really. What about the idea of a dollar-killing BRICS currency? ...
BRICS Summit Kicks Off in Johannesburg
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in South Africa for the BRICS summit, which starts on Tuesday 22 August, in Johannesburg. According to a draft program circulated earlier, the summit will kick off with a session in the afternoon focusing on the BRICS Business Forum, after which ...
Xi Jinping Will Cover Many Bases During His Visit to South Africa
China’s President Xi Jinping's visit to the BRICS summit also includes an official state visit to South Africa on Tuesday. Both governments emphasized their long relationship (this year marks 25 years of diplomatic ties) and said they want to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership.
Possible Xi-Modi Meeting in Johannesburg?
One of the closest-watched interactions at the summit will be between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping. Tensions between the two Asian superpowers have been rising due to an ongoing border dispute and larger geopolitical wranglings. There are