Published: July 04,2023 UNDP, China Promoting Renewables in Ethiopia The United Nations Development Program has hailed its partnership with China in promoting the affordable renewable energy in the Global South, highlighting a project with Ethiopia that seeks to expand access to renewable energy in the African country. UNDP Ethiopia Deputy …

Published: July 04,2023 Tanzania’s Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, June 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan) As the world is grappling with challenges like political tensions and climate change, Africa and China will continue to keep …

Published: July 03,2023 By Gerald Mbanda Shanghai City. Photo credit. @Gerald Mbanda I have been to China for a ten days visit that took me to the cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, XI’an and Beijing. It is difficult to know that these cities were once in a lockdown and everything came to a standstill …

Published: July 03,2023 Since growing hybrid rice from China in 2017, Dina’s family living in Mahitsy, a town 35 km northwest of Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, has not only been able to feed themselves, but also saved enough money to build a new house and finance three college students. “This year has …

Published: July 02,2023 South Africa doesn’t buy the “de-risking” rhetoric about China, but sees a lot of opportunities in cooperation with the world’s second-largest economy, a South African envoy has said.“Among the new fields we need to enhance our cooperation are digital economy and e-commerce,” said South African Ambassador to …

Published: July 02,2023 The Third China-Africa Expo- June 29 to July 2 in Changsha. The third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo creates great opportunities for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which deems China a “privileged” and “strategic” partner, Congolese External Trade Minister Jean-Lucien Bussa Tongba has said. During …

Published: July 01,2023 Even after decades, the vivid memories of her time in Africa remain etched in the mind of 90-year-old Zhang Youming. Zhang, a retired doctor hailing from central China’s Hunan Province, is a pioneering member of the country’s first medical aid team to the African continent. During her …

Published: July 01,2023 “If today we see the construction of schools, bridges, and other projects, there is always some Chinese financing involved,” Pedro Magalhaes, rector of Angola’s Agostinho Neto University, has said.“There is no doubt that the financing came at a time when the country needed this positive energy to …

Published : June 30,2023 by Tian Dongdong, Liu Tian and Han Bing Countries defaulting, inflation soaring, people losing jobs and their families facing starvation … This is the bleak picture painted by Western media of the world’s poorest countries falling into a “debt trap.” China, again, became an easy target …

Published: June 29,2023 Ethiopia hopes for a positive decision on its application to join BRICS member states, Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Meles Alem said. “We expect BRICS will give us a positive response to the request we have made,” he said during a media briefing, as quoted by the ENA …