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The Historical Irony That Brits Would be Calling on China to Pay Reparations Over COVID-19
Lagos-based international affairs analyst and CAP columnist Ovigwe Egegu noted the historical irony today about British calls for China to pay reparations for the COVID-19 outbreak. ...
China Sends Medical Teams to Africa as Part of New, Stepped-up Aid Push
China is boosting its COVID-19 aid efforts in Africa by sending medical teams to various countries and also connecting local health providers across the continent with infectious disease experts back in China. The deployment of medical personnel to countries like Algeria and, soon, Nigeria, is part of ...
Tweet of the Day: It’s Been a Good Week for Huawei in Africa
Just days after Safaricom acting CEO Michael Joseph brushed off U.S. concerns about using Huawei equipment on its new 5G network in Kenya, the Chinese telecom giant also received good press in Nigeria for the company's corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Nigeria Doesn’t Want to Have to Choose Between the U.S. & China
Tensions between the United States and China have deteriorated significantly in recent years amid bitter disputes over trade, technology and geopolitical competition around the world. Other countries are increasingly being drawn into this rivalry and either directly or indirectly forced ...
Rebuttal: Clarifying the U.S. Policy Approach Towards Africa
Editor's Note: A number of current and former United States government officials took issue with many of the points that I raised in my recent column on U.S. foreign policy towards Africa ("China's role in Washington's divided, confusing foreign policy towards Africa") and disagreed vehemently both ...
China Emerges as Key Theme in Discussion on How to Create Jobs in Nigeria
The NewThink podcast is a new show hosted by two of Washington's most well-known Africa analysts, Aubrey Hruby from the Atlantic Council and Former Liberian Public Works Minister and current fellow at the Center for Global Development, Gyude Moore. In this episode that focuses on how ...
No One Should Be Surprised That a Major Chinese Aid Project is Being Built in an African Leader’s Hometown
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari led a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this week for a new $50 million transportation university in Daura, Katsina State. The primary objective of the new school will be to train Nigeria's railway engineers to operate a growing number of rail lines that the Chinese ...
If First Lady Aisha Buhari is so Keen to Follow China’s Example, Then Why Not Go All the Way, Suggests Nigeria’s Twitterverse
First Lady's Aisha Buhari's endorsement of the controversial social media and her comparison with internet control in China provoked a passionate response on Twitter. Accountant Obinna Nwosu's tweet suggesting other ways Nigeria can follow China's example received more than 1,500 likes and hundreds of retweets.
Nigeria, Zimbabwe Move Forward With Controversial Chinese-Inspired Social Media Laws
Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari, said the time has come to regulate social media and online content and that the spread of lies and fake news is "getting completely out of hand.” In a speech on Friday to the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the First Lady ...
The Rise of Chinese Private Sector Investment in Africa
Chinese investors have been wary of the African market. For a long time, China's cash-rich venture capital, private equity, and corporate investors have preferred the stability in the U.S. or the cultural familiarity in Southeast Asia's markets. Africa, in their view, ...
Mobbed at Tiananmen Square, Stunned in China’s Harbin
“We must have made a grave mistake by even taking the decision to enter square as people of color. Blacks are a rare sight in China and Chinese love seeing blacks and Africans in particular, in their midst.” Nigerian journalist Soni Daniel commenting a ...
African Governments Need to Negotiate Better Deals With China. Here's How They Can Do It.
Africa's rising indebtedness to China is prompting concern across the continent that governments need to do a better job negotiating infrastructure financing deals. Too often, critics contend, the Chinese are simply out-maneuvering their African counterparts in the negotiating process.