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The African Continental Free Trade area to create a big market of $2.5 trillion and attract foreign investment

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the other hand is a brainchild of the African Union and can be considered as “Free- trade zones on steroids”. In other words, the intentions, the urgency, the preparedness to implement by members is more exemplified compared to what was done during …

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China’s COVID-19 experience: pragmatism over politicization

By any measures, COVID-19 has been one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced in modern time. On a global scale there are more than 12 million confirmed infections and 560,000 deaths. Even as China managed to resume its economic and societal operations, it has been besieged by a …

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Ghanaian students’ passion for Chinese language continues amid COVID-19

The passion of Ghanaian students for learning Chinese continues amid COVID-19 through online teaching, said Chu Beijuan, chief of the Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana. Chu said the teaching staff at the institute have been trying to diversify online Chinese courses during the school suspension, which was warmly …

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Chinese company partners with Kenyan government on affordable housing project

The Samara Housing Project, of which the China Building Technology Group Kenya (CBTG) is the contractor and financier, is expected to deliver close to 2,000 housing units and a mall at the Migaa Golf Course. In attendance for the project’s commissioning ceremony were Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles …

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China really stands with Africa during COVID-19 crisis, says Kenyan party leader

The China-Africa friendship has most recently been magnified by the quick response and massive resource mobilization for Africa after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in the continent in March, a Kenyan party leader has said. Africa is not only impressed by responses from the Chinese government but also Chinese …

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AU appreciates China’s ‘significant contribution’ to efforts against COVID-19 in Africa

The African Union (AU) on Saturday voiced appreciation for “the significant contribution” made by China to the efforts against COVID-19 in Africa. This message of appreciation was contained in a communique issued at the end of a video-teleconference meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the AU Heads of …

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Chinese First Lady donates Covid-19 medical equipment to Rwanda

Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has received 12,000 body temperature testers and 18,000 surgical face masks from the First Lady of China, Peng Liyuan, to the First Lady of Rwanda, Jeannette Kagame. The consignment was received on Tuesday, July 7, by Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Director General of RBC, saying it will …

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Peng Liyuan expresses China’s support to Africa in the fight against COVID-19

China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan replied to a message from Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, the first Lady of the Republic of the Congo and the new president of Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), and expressed support to the African people in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. …

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60 years of Ghana-China diplomatic relations: A journey worth celebrating

July 5, 2020, marks the establishment of the 60 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Sixty years of enduring and exemplary relations and cooperation between the two countries is worth celebrating and pondering over. Ghana established diplomatic relations with China shortly after becoming a Republic in July 1960, one …

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My great learning experience in China.

The last quarter of 2019, I got an opportunity to join and participate in the Dongfang program, a high level and the first such program of Peking University on Governance, which brought together 37 scholars from 32 countries in five continents of the world. The program consisted of informative lecturers, …

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