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A Kenya Airways plane is seen at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo by Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Kenya Airways (KQ) and privately held aerospace company Avianor have made history with the first-ever cabin cargo repurposing of a Boeing 787 into a so-called “preighter”. A “preighter” is …

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which officially came into place on 1st January 2021, will if implemented; be one of the largest trading blocs in the world. I am aware that my usage of “if” sounds pessimist, but as they say “once bitten twice shy”. I grew up …

Zimbabwe will receive 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by China, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Thursday. Mnangagwa revealed this in a televised address to the nation, his first since returning to work this week from his annual leave. “Allow me to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt and sincere …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will help the continent overcome some of its pressing economic challenges. The President, who made his comments during a meeting with AFCTA’s Secretary-General Wamkele Mene, reaffirmed Kenya’s commitment to the African Continental Free Trade …

By MA HANZHI Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) started on Jan 1 this year. Out of the 55 members of the African Union (AU), 54 have signed the treaty, Eritrea being the sole exception. So far, 34 countries have ratified the agreement, including the largest economies …

Dr Efem Ubi, Director of Research, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, says the allegation by critics that Nigeria is gradually ceding her sovereignty to China on account of excessive borrowing is untrue. Ubi made this assertion on Friday in Abuja in a presentation at a round table organised by the …

A train station in suburban Abuja, Nigeria, July 26, 2016. /Xinhua The Africa-China cooperation is described as a relationship between two partners in which Africa wants to gain from China’s development model and circumvent western pressure, to make political and economic reforms such as infamous structural adjustment, through Chinese soft …

By Herieth Makwetta The construction of Tanzania’s first phase of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro is expected to be completed and operational this year, after the Government released Sh274 billion to the contractors. This was said by the government spokesperson Dr. Hassan Abbas on …

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat discussed on Sunday preparations for the upcoming AU Summit, dispute about Ethiopia’s Nile dam and recent developments in the continent. During a meeting in Cairo, Sisi and Mahamat exchanged views on a number of African …

The strong do what they will, the weak endure what they must, goes a saying. The West today considers itself strong and rich, relegating most countries in Asia, Africa, and South America to “third world” or “global south” status. Western countries would have us believe that their prosperity is due …