Tag: chinafrique

• The New Scramble for Africa: Land Acquisitions, Modern Imperialism, and the Role of the UAE

  June 9, 2024

  When I visited my home country, Sudan, back in 2011, I began to notice a massive shift. https://medium.com/@taisalih/the-new-scramble-for-africa-land-acquisitions-modern-imperialism-and-the-role-of-the-uae-d8e4505f5fd6 more ›

• Africa’s phone phenom: Your guide to Transsion

  December 2, 2020

  After spending the early 2000s globe-trotting for the overseas business arm of Chinese mobile phone maker Ningbo Bird, Transsion founder Zhu Zhaojiang broke out on his own. He opened Transsion’s… more ›

• USA’s DFC approves transactions to Mozambique totalling $1.7 billion

  September 20, 2020

  The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Donald Trump’s secret weapon to counter Chinese influence in Africa, has devoted almost half of its new investment funding to natural gas projects… more ›

• Xi Jinping in Translation: China’s Guiding Ideology

  July 15, 2020

  What ideology guides the star of rising Chinese power? General Secretary Xi Jinping’s answer to this question is unequivocal: “Socialism with Chinese characteristics is socialism, not any other ‘ism.’” Xi… more ›

• Visualizing Africa’s Free Trade Ambitions

  April 18, 2019

  At a glance, it may seem like the world’s biggest technology companies have a lot in common. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/africa-free-trade/ more ›

• The 21st century belongs to China—but the 22nd will be Africa’s

  February 22, 2019

  The 21st century will most likely belong to China as the Chinese Century. But with a rapid increase in Chinese investment and African innovation, the 22nd century may see the… more ›

• What Africa’s emerging cities can learn from China

  December 2, 2018

  What Africa’s emerging cities can learn from China By 2030, more than half of African residents will be living in cities. These cities are being built, in large part, by… more ›

• South China sea – global supply chains

  November 23, 2018

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• One Belt, One Road

  November 23, 2018

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• African entrepreneurs have made Guangzhou a truly…

  January 8, 2018

  African entrepreneurs have made Guangzhou a truly global city » There are certain cities in certain eras that stand out as magnets for those across the globe who have dreams. more ›