The Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, has committed to partner with African countries to develop ecosystems and a digital economy, and promoting e-payments. In this regard, Alibaba inaugurated the Global Ecommerce Talent (GET), which happened to be Africa’s first ecommerce training programme. The Alibaba Group, further through the extension of the …

Solidarity in anti-pandemic battle injects new impetus into China-Senegal relations In the face of the threat from the novel coronavirus, which has spread around the world, China has been adhering to a people-oriented philosophy and focusing on building a community with a shared future for mankind, working with other countries …

The world is undergoing profound changes and facing increased instability in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. China has played a key role as a stabilizer in uncertain times. Through “cloud diplomacy” in the form of phone calls, correspondences and video conferences, Chinese President Xi Jinping has shared …

In light of increasingly sharp criticism and harsh policies against China, one might be forgiven for thinking the U.S. is willing to risk everything (well, almost) to prevent the Asian giant from challenging its global supremacy. The anti-China narrative goes from “badmouthing” to implementing in-your-face policies against the Asian country. …

On April 14, 2013, Frederic Pierucci’s life was forever changed. He was an executive of Alstom, a French power and transportation conglomerate, with a happy family and promising future. On that day, he was arrested by the FBI when his plane landed at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, for …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …