Local Politics Meets Chinese Engineers: A Study of the Chinese-Built standard Gauge Railway Project in Kenya
As part of China’s new ‘Belt and Road Initiative,’ Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) aims to open East and Central Africa up to Chinese trade and investment.
What Happened to China Development Bank’s $3 Billion Loan to Ghana?
In 2010, Ghana secured a $3 billion loan from the China Development Bank to finance urgently needed gas projects. Six years later the agreement still faces major setbacks.
Looking Back and Moving Forward: An Analysis of China-Africa Economic Trends and the Outcomes of the 2015 Forum on China Africa Cooperation
In early December 2015, Chinese and African officials met in Johannesburg at the sixth Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) meeting.
Provincial Chinese Actors in Africa: The Case of Sichuan in Uganda
In 2001, the Chinese government began a strong, sustained push for Chinese companies to increase their outgoing investment.
Do Huawei’s training Programs and Centers Transfer Skills to Africa?
Huawei Technologies first entered the African telecommunications market in 1998 when it began operations in Kenya. The company sees Africa as a market with a tremendous amount of growth potential.
Technology Transfer in Telecommunications: Barriers and Opportunities in The case of Huawei and ZTE in South Africa
Two of the most rapidly globalizing multinational corporations emerging from China’s recent economic transformation are Huawei Technologies (Huawei) and Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation (ZTE).
Major Constraints of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Botswana
Botswana has adopted environmental assessments (EAs) as a tool to protect the environment against the adverse impact of developments.
Drivers of Regional Integration: Value Chains, Investment and New Forms of Co-operation
This collection of papers is a combined initiative of Economic Policy Forum member think tanks and is the result of two round-table discussions under the Regional Integration research stream.
Policy reform is key for future of mining
As a mining jurisdiction, South Africa’s score (relative global rank indexed out of a maximum of 100) on the Fraser Institute Investment Attractiveness Index has fallen from 56.1 in 2011/12 to 52.6 last year.
Challenges of European External Energy Governance with Emerging Powers
Three years of international research in Europe and the BICS countries (Brazil, India, China and South Africa) has resulted in a new book, ‘Challenges of European External Energy Governance with Emerging Powers’.