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Kenya on Tuesday appealed to the international community to promote equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine amid the latest breakthrough at the late-stage trials conducted by leading manufacturers. Patrick Amoth, director-general of health in the Ministry of Health said that Kenya has welcomed the announcement of the development of an effective …

By: Mweusi Karake A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, so goes a Chinese proverb. October 10th was 20th Anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), so much has been said and written about FOCAC, it is difficult to say anything new; never the less …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday ratified Nigeria’s membership of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, as the implementation of the agreement formally takes-off on January 1, 2021. This is as the Council has approved N62.7 billion for the construction of Kano-Dawakin-Tofa-Gwarzo-Dariyo road …

By: Mweusi Karake An Italian diplomat, and son-in-law of Mussolini, Count Caleazzo Ciano in the year 1942,  coined a philosophical phrase,  “La victoria trova cento padri, e nessuno vuole riconoscere l’insuccesso.” Meaning: “Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan”. This can hardly be true about the firing of …

The walls of al-Hanager Art Center of Egypt’s Opera House are ornamented with paintings featuring China’s natural beauty created by an Egyptian artist. “The exhibition includes 20 paintings of different sizes on the Chinese nature such as mountains, lakes, bridges, houses, etc,” the Egyptian artist Abdel-Moneim Moawad told Xinhua. Dubbed …

By Hudson Kuteesa The foot-hold of Rwanda’s coffee in China is expected to grow even more as one Chinese investor looks to open coffee shops in his city, serving exclusively Rwandan coffee. Anthony Chen, 27, a businessman from Hangzhou has recently opened business dealings with Rwandan coffee producers, and in August …

Over the past 20 years, the China-Africa Cooperation Forum has continuously improved and upgraded and is now an important platform for consultation and dialogue between China and Africa.  The consultation mechanism and dialogue channels between China and Africa are becoming increasingly diversified. This is mainly manifested in the establishment of …

The recent elections of Joe Biden to succeed Donald Trump could  be a wake-up call to the South African electorate.  However, the concrete answer could still be two years away and expected in 2024, when South Africa will hold the next presidential elections. Africa in general, has in the past …

At the ongoing Third China International Import Expo (CIIE), African companies are showing an unyielding spirit despite the prevailing challenges such as lockdowns, travel restrictions and delays in shipping their wares to China that could have otherwise deterred their participation in the expo this year. I visited some of the …

As England faces another lockdown, domestic tourism in China is blossoming at around 80 percent of last year’s figures thanks to new travel trends and innovations in the Chinese market, an article on the website of the British newspaper The Telegraph has said. Written by travel writer Thomas O’Malley, the …