Two staff members take a test ride on electric motorbikes imported from China in Accra, Ghana, October 8, 2021. /Xinhua For a long time, Ghana’s public transportation system has been a key source of carbon dioxide emissions. To address the challenge, SolarTaxi Ghana Limited, a Ghanaian start-up, has decided to make a …
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China’s foreign trade maintains robust growth, reports improved quality
By Zhao Yang, Guo Xiaoyu A loaded ship leaves a container terminal in Lianyungang, east China’s Jiangsu Province, July 13, 2021. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua) China’s foreign trade maintained robust growth with strong resilience and improved quality in the first three quarters of the year, backed by the country’s steady economic development. China’s total imports …
Read More »China’s 2021 growth moderates to 8%: IMF Report
Africa China Review Staff Writer China’s growth will moderate to 8 percent, while the world economy is estimated to grow at 5.9 percent this year according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report. Although the uncertainty of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic still prevail, a global recovery is on the increase. …
Read More »Tanzania: Relief Fund to Uplift Families Out of Poverty
World Bank/Flickr Dar es Salaam’s Rapid Bus System (file photo). ECONOMISTS have expressed their high hopes on the 1.3tri/- soft loan released by International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Tanzania, saying the funds will uplift the living standard of those pulled down below poverty line by the Covid-19 pandemic. The funding was meant …
Read More »Africa: Malaria Vaccine Drive to Begin Across Africa With WHO Support
WHO / Chris Black According to the World Health Organization, approximately 90% of malaria cases and deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda where this women is seeking treatment for her child. The World Health Organization has said the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, marking …
Read More »Human rights standards shall not be monopolized
Pan Deng A farmer harvests rice in Shanghua Village, Tianzhu County in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, September 2, 2020. /Xinhua In the last 20 years of the twentieth century, China actively joined the wave of globalization. Since then, the development and prosperity of this Asian country have been accompanied by criticism on human rights issues according …
Read More »Sino-US trade talks should be more candid, experts advise
By LIU ZHIHUA,ZHONG NAN in Beijing and ZHAO HUANXIN in Washington [Photo/IC] As China and the United States have started to improve bilateral economic and trade relationship, the top two economies should conduct more trade consultations with a more rational and candid approach, according to experts and business leaders. The two …
Read More »Africa: President Emmanuel Macron Admits France Owes Africa a ‘Debt’
By Cellestine Olilo French President Emmanuel Macron says his country owes Africa, which it must now repay progressively. At the first-ever France-Africa Summit, that excluded politicians, the French leader said that Africa’s relations with France, one of its former colonial masters, has not always been beneficial for both sides, but said these …
Read More »Right path to national rejuvenation
By Fan Peng A commemorative meeting marking the 110th anniversary of the Revolution of 1911 is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct 9, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] In the important speech to mark the 110th anniversary of the Revolution of 1911, President Xi Jinping summarized the historical experiences …
Read More »Uganda Marks Another Covid Low-Key Independence Fete
By Elizabeth Kamurungi Pixabay, Pixabay, GCIS/Flickr, Pixabay, Rachel Mabala/Daily Monitor, Keith Kasaija/Unsplash Kampala, Uganda flag, President Yoweri Museveni, Nile River, Kasese District. Uganda marked her 59th Independence anniversary, the second one devoid of the usual countrywide fetes because of restrictive measures instituted to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. The historic October 9 celebrations are to be marked in a “scientific manner”, …
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