Africa and China intensively working and excelling their cooperation via economic, industrial zones, modern agriculture, innovation, technology, tourism and energy cooperation projects, social benefits of infrastructure and other tremendous ties. The ground breaking and unveiling ceremony for the China aided Project of African CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) …
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China holds key economic meeting to plan for 2021
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks during the annual Central Economic Work Conference in Beijing, capital of China. The annual Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from Dec. 16 to 18. (Xinhua/Huang …
Read More »From poverty to prosperity; Xi Jinping on good governance
Reading the third volume of “Xi Jinping’s book: The Governance of China” has made to understand that a visionary leader will always find it easy to succeed and build his country with passion. Taking over from former President Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping knew how strong their leaders have been and …
Read More »Africa not fully ready for successful COVID-19 vaccination campaign: W.H.O.
The World Health Organization expressed concern about Africa’s preparedness to conduct a successful coronavirus vaccination campaign once the prospective vaccines are rolled out. “The average readiness across the region is unfortunately only at 36 percent. This is really far below the desire benchmark of 80 percent to conduct a successful …
Read More »China’s growth to boost world economic recovery
As the year is drawing to a close, China’s economic rebound from COVID-19 is gathering pace as mirrored by improvements in key growth figures, which, for many market watchers, are a boon for the world economy still scrambling to shake off the severest recession in nearly a century. In the …
Read More »Ethiopia takes over operation of Chinese-built satellite
The Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite-1, the African nation’s first satellite, has been handed over to its Ethiopian operators, according to the China Academy of Space Technology, which designed and built the spacecraft. A delivery ceremony was held earlier this month in Beijing with participants from both countries, it said in …
Read More »China to deepen global cooperation
China is willing to boost cooperation with all other countries for mutual benefit and win-win results, Premier Li Keqiang said in a speech delivered via video link on Dec 14, to an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of signing the Convention on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Long …
Read More »Paving the Way – Towards a Fully Connected Africa
By HOU Tao, Duse, a remote town in Northeast Kenya with a population of around 3,000 people, had no connectivity until 2017, when RuralStar, a solution providing remote broadband coverage, was launched and brought transformational impact. The nurse working at the local dispensary can now place orders online whenever medicine …
Read More »DR Congo: Still hostage to history?
By: Mweusi Karake On Monday 7th December 2020, the world watched one of the most embarrassing, parliamentary debate, in Africa’s largest and best resources endowed country, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the Palais du Peuple , The People’s Palace , the seat of the National Assembly and Senate …
Read More »Xi calls for closer cooperation with Somalia
By ZHANG YUNBI President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Monday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his message, Xi said that China and Somalia have always understood, supported and helped each other over …
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