News

If Africans shouldn’t emulate Rwanda’s model, why should they emulate that of the West?

Rwanda has, for years, been a victim of blanket judgments and facile generalizations. Commentators, even amongst those willing to admit meaningful progress in the lives of Rwandans, have paradoxically refused to acknowledge the democratic credentials of Rwanda’s administration.  We live in a world where radical individual freedom has been preferred …

Read More »

Zimbabwe urged to accelerate adaptation to climate-smart agriculture to boost economic growth

Wheat is sprayed with fertilizer at Ivordale Farm on August 1, 2018 outside Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)  Zimbabwe has been urged to accelerate adaptation to climate-smart agriculture in order to boost economic growth. Speaking at a webinar on Investment Priorities for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Zimbabwe, World Bank …

Read More »

Africa-China in a Journey of a Score Years

China and all but two of the 55 African countries were enslaved by European colonialists who looted them and carried out unspeakable atrocities, including the massacre of millions. Even after independence, they were subjected to control by their former slave masters who taught them that they could develop only based …

Read More »

China’s post-pandemic rebound key to Africa’s economic recovery – Zimbabwean Expert

By TafaraMugwara, Zhang Yuliang China’s post-pandemic economic rebound is key to Africa’s economic recovery since the continent largely depends on commodity exports to the Asian country, a Zimbabwean expert has said. In an interview with Xinhua on Tuesday, Donald Rushambwa, a researcher at the Harare-based China-Africa Economic and Culture Exchange …

Read More »

China offers comprehensive support to kick-start African Free Trade

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 …

Read More »

Kenyan scientists root for agroecology to boost pandemic recovery

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 …

Read More »

BRICS media leaders meet for post-COVID-19 exchanges, cooperation

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 …

Read More »

38 million jobs lost in East Africa due to COVID-19 pandemic: report

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 …

Read More »

Let’s hope Biden fixes blunders of predecessor

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 …

Read More »

Rwanda, Israel sign agreement to boost ICT, innovation

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: …

Read More »