China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer market ...

China’s expanding role in the region reflects a willingness to assume duration and exposure where Europe has chosen restraint ...

Resource-rich Namibia starts the year with the prospect of multibillion-dollar investments in nuclear power, minerals processing and housing for its police force, in a series of deals unveiled during ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $51 billion in financing to Africa, during the summit he hosted for the continent's leaders in Beijing last week. The move comes as the U.S. scrambles to regain ...

Africa has become a new hotspot for Chinese exports as Donald Trump’s tariffs redraw trade for the world’s biggest manufacturing nation. With a 25% on-year jump to $122 billion, growth in sales to the ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. On the infrastructure front, a consortium of Chinese banks led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China reportedly provided 85 percent ...

The Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is held in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province, on June 11, 2025.

China is shifting its energy investments in Africa from fossil fuels to renewables, with solar and wind power projects now constituting a majority of its energy engagements on the continent. Africa's ...

China continues to dominate trade with the continent. But overlending—and US initiatives to extend its security and investment footprint—are challenging its position. China solidified its position as ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

Illegally logged rosewood from Masoala and Marojejy in Antalaha, Madagascar, Feb. 22, 2005. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Erik Patel Subscribe for ads-free reading For centuries, cultures around the globe ...