Africa’s largest e-commerce platform has discovered an unexpected weapon in its battle against Chinese shopping giants: embracing the very merchants that power its competitors while capitalizing on ...
No other country comes near the depth and breadth of China’s engagement in Africa. It is Africa’s largest trading partner, bilateral creditor and a crucial source of infrastructure investment. Chinese ...
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 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 ...
Despite much talk of a slowdown, there is reason to believe that Chinese loans to African countries will increase in 2024. Throughout both the COVID-19 pandemic and much of 2023, there was been an ...
For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost ...
WHEN IT COMES to building big things in Africa, China is unrivalled. Beijing-backed firms have redrawn the continent’s transport map. Thanks to China’s engineers and bankers you can hop on a train in ...
Recent reports from several think tanks detailed the important role of the media in framing—and at times, facilitating or limiting—Chinese influence across Africa. These reports highlight the CCP’s ...
Chinese carmaker Chery is deepening its African expansion with plans to begin production at a South African plant it is acquiring from Nissan by the end of 2027, marking a significant shift from ...