Higher Education Failing to Give Africa’s Youth a Pass
Events globally, across Africa, and in South Africa – urban riots in France in 2005 and Britain in 2011, the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings, student protests in South Africa last year – have thrust the youth into the centre of political attention.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Investment: A Panacea for the Promotion of Investment Act?
On 19 January President Jacob Zuma announced the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Investment. This took some in the investment community by surprise, despite the President’s reference in his 2015 State of the Nation Address to the future establishment of a government clearing house for investment.
Property and Prosperity: Reforming Landholding in Africa
How Africans access – or ‘own’ – their landholdings is a matter of profound importance for the continent’s future.
Media Training for Africa: Is China Exporting its Journalism?
As part of its growing engagement in the African media sector, China leads training courses for African journalists.
How Chinese Money is Transforming Africa: It’s Not What You Think
When, why, and how are Chinese banks really financing African development? This policy brief presents CARI researchers’ analysis of Chinese loans in Africa, drawing from data collected and cleaned by CARI since 2007.
Learning From China?Manufacturing, Investment, and Technology Transfer in Nigeria
As China’s economic boom has boosted domestic growth and income, higher wage costs are moving an increasing number of Chinese firms overseas.
Creating a Market for Skills Transfer: A Case Study of AVIC International
Despite the rapid expansion of Chinese investment in Africa in the past two decades, Chinese companies operating in Africa have often been accused of not
doing enough to encourage local skills development and technology transfer.
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.