Jevans Nyabiage

China has turned to public-private partnerships (PPP) to finance big African infrastructure projects under a grand China investment initiative, a shift experts said could reduce Beijing’s financial risks while easing debt pressures on African countries. By granting Chinese companies long-term […]

Nigeria is actively courting Chinese investment with the establishment of a dedicated office to streamline partnerships just months after President Bola Tinubu’s return from Beijing. In September, the Nigerian president attended the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing and

When Rwandan President Paul Kagame spoke at the recent Doha Forum, he sang China’s praises. “We have been benefiting from the cooperation and the attitude of bringing everybody to the table where everyone feels they are winning in the process,”

China’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa Xue Bing has visited Somalia to assure the nation of Beijing’s support, amid a push by Washington officials for recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland. Xue, who was appointed in 2022

As gold prices surge, Chinese investors are betting on Africa to secure gold supplies by stepping up mining activities in South Africa and Ghana, the continent’s two top exporters of the precious metal. China-African Precious Metals Company (CAPM), a subsidiary

Talks are at a late stage for China to finance and build a major highway in Kenya that passes through the Rift Valley to the western part of the country and possibly bankroll the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway

The presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes at a time of rising geopolitical tensions on multiple fronts. As part of an in-depth series, Jevans Nyabiage takes a look at whether Africa is expecting a president with African

Chinese pharmaceutical giant Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical is expected to complete the first phase of its manufacturing facility near Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s biggest city, for antimalarial drugs and antibiotics by the end of the year. The manufacturing facility, financed with €50

An attack on a private Chinese gold mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in July, reportedly carried out by local militia, “left several Chinese nationals dead or missing”. It was not an isolated incident. Security issues

China is on a mission to recreate the ancient Silk Road to East Africa – through air, railroad and sea links under its Belt and Road Initiative. Beijing is also increasingly promoting the interconnected development of transport links and industrial