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Africa

Can a Chinese-led multilateral initiative help unlock more sustainable infrastructure in the Global South?

The MCDF has made its first grant in Africa. What role can this new institution play in the life cycle of infrastructure financing in developing countries?

2023年6月11日 in Africa, Overseas finance.

A Nigerian journalist’s outlook on the Chinese path of development and the future of China-Africa relations

Nigerian journalist Solomon Elusoji was invited to a reporting and study trip in China as part of Beijing’s public diplomacy. He wrote about the experience in a new book.

2022年9月30日 in Africa, BRI in media.

Re-imagining the “debt crisis” in Africa

Development Reimagined’s Jade Scarfe argues that thinking about debt to Chinese and Western creditors from the debtor perspective presents new ways forward

2022年8月10日 in Africa, Overseas finance.

BRI Notebook: “Racism for Sale”

With economic ties ever growing between China and Africa, new business opportunities are emerging. The pressing question is: what kind of ethical guardrails do you put around such new businesses?

2022年6月21日 in Africa.

Agriculture for food plus agriculture for wealth: China-Africa agriculture cooperation in new cycles

2022 marks the beginning of the three-year China-Africa Cooperation cycle and China’s five-year plan cycle for International Agriculture Cooperation. What do they mean for China’s agricultural aid and investment in the African continent?

2022年4月20日 in Africa.

“Stepping up” Chinese solar and wind investment in Africa: an interview with Dr Shen Wei

China wants to increase renewable investments in Africa, but how can it turn around years of energy investment flowing into fossil fuel and big hydro? Dr. Shen Wei shares his views.

2022年1月17日 in Africa, Energy investment.

China and Africa’s post-Covid partnership: key takeaways from FOCAC8

With FOCAC8 concluded in Senegal, the two sides have co-written a new chapter in an evolving relationship

2021年12月6日 in Africa.

Covid-19 and Chinese Soft Power in Africa: Q&A with Ambassador David H. Shinn

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso shares his view on how recent events may reshape China-Africa relationship

2020年5月10日 in Africa.

Bring back the “Bandung Spirit” in China-Africa relationship

Chinese scholar Liu Haifang argues that China should re-discover its early embrace of Africa to build a new foundation for China-Africa solidarity.

2020年5月2日 in Africa.

After Guangzhou, 3 things will shape China-Africa “brotherhood”

A quick take on the aftermath of the diplomatic crisis triggered by Guangzhou’s Covid-19 measures targeting African communities

2020年4月20日 in Africa.

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