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China is prepared to assist countries in Africa launch a continental free trade and investment platform, drawing on its international trade experience, a senior Chinese official said in Nairobi on Sunday. Chang Hao, deputy director-general at the International Cooperation Centre of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (ICC-NDRC), said that …

Kenya should encourage small-holder farmers to embrace nature-based food production systems that guarantee food security and climate resilience amid shocks linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists said. Mary Nyasimi, executive director of Nairobi-based Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa, said that ecologically friendly agricultural practices have the potential …

The fifth presidium meeting of the BRICS Media Forum was held via video link Monday, with members pledging joint efforts to improve the forum mechanism and step up post-COVID-19 exchanges and cooperation among BRICS media. In the fight against COVID-19, media organizations from BRICS countries have actively fulfilled their social …

The Eastern Africa region’s labour market has been the worst hit on the continent from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as an estimated 38 million jobs lost. “When the COVID-19 pandemic sent the global economy into a recession, the East Africa region was not spared,” according to a new …

By Chen Weihua US president-elect Joe Biden’s announcement of his foreign policy team on Tuesday is good news for China and the world which have suffered dearly from the incumbent US administration’s disruptive and destructive “America first” policy. By appointing people such as veteran diplomat Tony Blinken as secretary of …

By Halligan Agade Rwanda and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which seeks to boost the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and innovation sector. according to Ingabire, Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation, the partnership will enable both countries to learn from each other different solution-oriented tech-based practices. She said: …

By Cong Peiying Before the two-day World Internet Conference and Internet Development Forum opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Monday, the organizing committee released an action plan on how to build a mutually beneficial cybercommunity, including taking initiatives to better safeguard personal information and strengthen data security. In a congratulatory …

2020 has been the most extraordinary year since 1945. The pandemic has, in an utterly new way, tested virtually every government in the world to the limit. Already, of course, it was taking place in the context of the growing divide between the U.S. and China. But we need to …

by Xinhua writers Lyu Tianran, Frank Kanyesigye and James Gashumba  Almost every month, Kigali resident Yves Ishimwe would order products from China, usually electronics but also lady’s handbags. The 23-year-old graphics designer started doing this in 2019 after a friend recommended him a cross-border online shopping platform, KiKUU. Headquartered in …

Kishore Mahbubani As we know, in the year of 2020, humanity is experiencing one of the greatest crisis in human history. I am of course referring to COVID-19. Even more damaging, the global economy has suffered, and once again global poverty is rising.   The first question we need to …