Published: August 28,2023 Some 14 km from Garissa town, located in northeastern Kenya, sits one of the country’s hidden gems in the energy sector.Known as the Garissa Solar Power Plant, the 55 megawatts (MW) facility is the “largest grid-connected solar power plant in east and central Africa,” according to Kenya’s Rural Electrification and Renewable …

Published: August 27,2023 China-Africa ties have been reinvigorated with a milestone dialogue event co-chaired on Thursday by the BRICS member countries of China and South Africa, which were also attending the 15th BRICS Summit here this week. At the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue on Thursday, China unveiled a host of new …

Published: August 27,2023 The BRICS group has the ability to lead a broad global development process, improve the current global economic system and address its problems and crises, an Egyptian business expert has said.“BRICS, with its economic, financial and technological capabilities and clear future vision, has the power and ability …

Published: August 26,2023 By XU WEI in Johannesburg  President Xi Jinping delivers an important speech at a press conference during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 24, 2023. BRICS leaders agreed on Thursday to invite six countries, namely Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United …

Published: August 26,2023 hinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that the BRICS is an important force in shaping the international landscape. BRICS countries choose their development paths independently, jointly defend their right to development, and march in tandem toward modernization, which represents the direction of the advancement of human society, …

Published: “There’s a movie called Out of Africa, but I think we should get closer and know about Africa and its people,” Mo Yan, a Chinese of Nobel Prize winner in literature, told Xinhua after his recent tour in Kenya, and he encouraged more Chinese to visit Africa and get …

Published: August 25,2023 By PRUDENCE SEBAHIZI African Continental Free Trade Area. The AfCFTA is a flagship project of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, Africa’s long-term development strategy for transforming the continent into a global powerhouse of the future. The African Continental Free Trade Area is the world’s largest free …

Published: August 24,2023 People attend a farewell ceremony for 2023 Chinese government scholarship winners of Rwanda in Kigali, Rwanda, on Aug. 23, 2023. The Chinese government has this year provided 80 scholarships to Rwandan students to pursue their tertiary education in China, the highest number in recent years, an embassy …

Published: August 24,2023 At the invitation of H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, paid a state visit to South Africa on August 22, 2023. The two leaders had an in-depth exchange of views on China-South Africa …

Published: August 24,2023 By Altaf Moti The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) grouping of emerging economies has been growing in importance in recent years. The combined GDP of the BRICS countries is now larger than that of the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and …