By Gerald Mbanda Several African countries including South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, and Morocco—have signed swap lines with China, strengthening their localcurrenciesyuan settlement frameworks. The Bank of China’s Johannesburg branch issued Africa’s first offshore RMB bond in 2017, marking deeper financial links. The Egyptian minister of investment and foreign trade Hassan El Khatib announced recently that Egypt will allow Chinese companies …

 View of the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone in Ain Sokhna district of Suez province, Egypt. (TEDA Investment Holding Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua) Chinese glassware manufacturer Deli Glass Group will invest 70 million U.S. dollars in Egypt to produce household glassware, the company’s chairperson has announced. Shi Weidong, chairman of the …

Eshetu Tadele, chief executive officer of Tirunesh-Beijing Hospital, speaks at the handover ceremony at the Tirunesh-Beijing Hospital, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 2, 2025. The 25th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ethiopia has donated much-needed medical supplies to the Tirunesh-Beijing Hospital, also known as the Ethio-China Friendship Hospital, located …

By Gerald Mbanda    This photo taken on May 23, 2023 shows trains of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Nairobi, Kenya. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen) Africa is endowed with vast natural resources, yet it remains a continent with the poorest countries in the world. According to the World Bank ranking of low-income economies, 23 …

A Chinese staff provides technical guidance to local workers at the Madagascar plant of China’s Inner Mongolia King Deer Cashmere Co., Ltd. in Antananarivo, Madagascar, March 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Yahui) In an industrial park in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, machines hum as local workers skillfully craft exquisite garments using premium cashmere …

A Chinese expert herds a Jianzhou big-eared goat into a pen at the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre & Data Bank (NAGRC&DB) in Entebbe, Uganda, July 1, 2025. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) Nine Chinese hybrid goats, also known as Jianzhoubig-eared goats, have arrived in Uganda as the East African country seeks to boost its goat …

By Gerald Mbanda On July 1, 2025, China marked the 104th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The CPC was established in July 1921 and has been the ruling party of China since 1949, when it led the Chinese people to victory in the Chinese Civil War. Africa stands …

Enhanced cooperation and mutual exchanges between African and Chinese media organizations hold the key to sustaining friendly ties as the two sides pursue a shared future and common aspirations, a senior Kenyan editor said on Tuesday. Linus Kaikai, group editorial director and head of strategy at Royal Media Services, one of …

Tanzanian Minister Ridhiwani Jakaya Kikwete speaks at the 4th China-Tanzania Job Fair in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 28, 2025.(Xinhua/Emmanuel Herman) A sunny Saturday morning brought a wave of hope for hundreds of Tanzanian university graduates, vocational students, and young professionals who gathered at the Chinese-built library of the University of Dar esSalaam to explore career opportunities …

By Shen Shiwei Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday inaugurated the Magufuli Bridge, Africa’s longest extra-dosed cable-stayed bridge that spans Lake Victoria.  Hassan hailed the bridge, named after Tanzania’s former President John Magufuli, as a milestone infrastructure project in the country, noting it reduces the travel time across Lake Victoria from two hours to five minutes. She …