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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday highlighted the extraordinary achievements women have made in the society and the challenges they face globally, calling for joint efforts to promote gender equality and women’s development around the world.   Xi made the call in Beijing via video when addressing a high-level meeting …

Pan-African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique said it has signed an agreement with two Chinese construction firms to scale up the development of large-scale affordable housing projects in Kenya and across Africa. The company said the MoU which it signed with the two Chinese firms, Amberton International Holdings and Sichuan …

The global mobile money industry is growing rapidly in terms of the number of transactions, user accounts and services deployed across multiple geographical regions. In 2019, the industry crossed several milestones with the number of registered mobile money accounts exceeding one billion globally and daily transaction volume nearing USD 2 …

Today we congratulate the people of China and the leadership on the occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China(PRC). The anniversary comes at a challenging time not only for China but the whole world due to the challenges caused by the outbreak of …

The question of whether President Yoweri Museveni will be on the ballot paper for the forthcoming 2021 general elections or not, will be determined today by the East African Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania. The regional court that will be presided over by Principal Judge, Monica Mugenyi, is expected …

Tanzania’s electoral body announced on Tuesday it has set a total of 80,155 polling centers ahead of the October 28 general elections. Mbarouk Salim Mbarouk, the vice-chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), said 79,670 out of the 80,155 polling centers have been set in mainland Tanzania and 485 centers …

China and Africa are consolidating, promoting and embracing broader prospects for common development China and Africa share strong, fraternal and comprehensive relations and cooperation that are going from strength to strength. The constructive China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against the novel coronavirus on June 17 reaffirmed the friendship and growing cooperation …

Kenya plans to focus on the Chinese market in order to boost its exports in the next few years, an official said in a recent interview. Wilfred Marube, CEO, Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (KEPROBA) told Xinhua in Nairobi that China offers the greatest potential out of the country’s …

South Sudan on Thursday signed a deal with the Chinese government that will lead to construction of the Jur River bridge linking Juba to the Bahr El Ghazal region and its northern neighbor Sudan. Simon Mijok Mijak, Minister of Roads and Bridges said the project will be funded through a …

China has integrated its development with the common development of other developing countries and has carried out thousands of assisting projects, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday. Addressing the High-level Video Conference on Poverty Eradication and South-South Cooperation, Wang said that as the good brother, friend …