African Politics Meets Chinese engineers: The Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway Project in Kenya and East Africa
On May 31, 2017, Kenya inaugurated its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) built by China Road and Bridge Corporation and financed largely by Chinese credit lines, closing a 110—year chapter of reliance on colonial infrastructure.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Where does Africa fit?
Earlier this year, president Xi Jinping strode the world stage at Davos with his statement that ‘We should commit ourselves to growing an open global economy … Pursuing protectionism is like locking oneself in a dark room.’
Diffusing Chinese Rice Technology in Rural Tanzania: Lessons from the Dakawa Agro—Technology Demonstration Center
During the Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2006, the Chinese government pledged to build 10 agro—technology demonstration centers across Africa.
We Are Not So different: A Comparative Study of Employment Relations at Chinese and American firms in Kenya
One of the most common critiques of China in Africa is that Chinese firms exploit local laborers and undermine labor standards.
China and Uranium: Comparative possibilities for Agency in Statecraft in Niger and Namibia
In 2007, A Chinese state—owned nuclear company, CNNC, announced China’s first investment in a uranium mine in Africa, in Niger.
The AU’s new institutional reforms: implications for its relations with China
Today’s global political landscape is characterised by a number of disruptions to the status quo. A challenge to democracy revealed itself in the form of populism, as the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s win attested. The threat of climate change, violent extremism and mass migration continues to shake Africa.
Trump and Africa: Making China great again
If the first two months are anything to go by, 2017 will be an unusual year for Africa as two of its largest trading partners – China and America – are undergoing major political and economic transitions.
National Pride, Power and China’s Political Calculus in Ethiopia
Contrary to the predominant perception of all of China’s key partners in Africa being either resource rich or economic powerhouses, Ethiopia is neither.
China’s ban on domestic ivory trade is huge, but the battle isn’t won
China has published a notice that the processing and sale of ivory and ivory products ‘will be stopped by December 31, 2017.’ Following a decision taken at the latest Convention on International Trade in Endangered Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference to end all domestic trade in ivory, China has duly made a credible commitment to this end.
Chinese Medical Teams in the DRC: A Comparative Case Study
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is, by area, the largest Sub-Saharan African country, with a population of almost 100 million people. At the end of 2018, the DRC went through its first peaceful transition of power since independence in 1960.