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  • Interview: AfCFTA chief underscores "unprecedented" opportunity for Africa-China collaboration

    Africa and China have an "unprecedented" opportunity for collaboration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, the AfCFTA chief has told Xinhua.

    April02,2021


  • Infrastructure, financing biggest hurdles to AfCFTA implementation: expert

    Poor infrastructure and insufficient funding could be the biggest obstacles to the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, an expert told Xinhua in a recent interview.

    July03,2019


  • China hails official launch of AFCFTA operational phase

    China on Monday applauds the official launch of the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, stressing that the move injects strong power to multilateralism and free trade.

    July09,2019


  • African ministers wrap up conference vowing commitment to AfCFTA

    African finance ministers and policy makers on Tuesday wrapped up their 5-day conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa reaffirming their commitment to the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA).

    May17,2018


  • Create a unified market and spur development potential amid new opportunities brought by AfCFTA

    With a view to the Africa's development needs and policy environment on expanding trade on the continent and African countries' resource endowments, Chinese enterprises can increase investment in this continent, making contribution to Africa's poverty alleviation and modernization drive.

    June12,2019


  • China to play bigger role in Africa's infrastructure construction after AfCFTA taking effect

    The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will enable China to play a greater role in participating in infrastructure construction in Africa.

    February15,2019


  • Interview: Cooperation with China will advance industrialization in Africa, says Ghanaian official

    African countries should take the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo as an opportunity to strengthen cooperation with China to advance their industrialization and infrastructure development, a senior Ghanaian official said Monday.

    May16,2023


  • Experts call for closer BRI cooperation for industrialization in Africa

    Experts have called for the realization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement and the enhancement of China-Africa cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to drive sustainable growth in Africa.

    November20,2023


  • ​Speedaf completes new round of financing to boost China-Africa express dev.

    Speedaf, a joint venture in logistics invested by Chinese leading express enterprises, on Tuesday announced the completion of the A+ round of financing, which stands at hundreds of millions of yuan, to build itself the No.1 China-Africa express brand, reported Securities Daily recently.

    June11,2021


  • C. China’s Hunan reports record-high foreign trade with African countries in 2020 despite COVID-19

    Central China's Hunan Province reported record-high foreign trade with African countries in 2020, local customs said Monday.

    January26,2021


  • Feature: Chinese electronics firm eyes African free trade agreement to expand business

    Eight months into production in Uganda, ENGO Holding Limited is making breakthroughs across Africa.

    August18,2020


  • Interview: China-Africa cooperation in COVID-19 fight bearing fruits: Kenyan expert

    The cooperation between China and Africa during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic registered significant breakthroughs including minimizing its severity on the continent's public health systems and livelihoods, a Kenyan expert said on Tuesday.

    January20,2021


  • Chinese FM holds talks with Nigerian counterpart

    Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Tuesday during an official visit to Nigeria.

    January06,2021


  • UN official says Chinese engagement propels electronic trading for Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic

    The engagement of Chinese companies, such as the Alibaba Group, in electronic trade has rekindled sales for African businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior United Nations official said on Friday.

    May18,2020


  • China-Africa Cooperation Prospers against Covid-19

    China has contributed to Africa’s economic growth by over 20% for consecutive years. Despite a gloomy picture of the global market, China-Africa trade was approaching US$180 billion in 2020. 

    January04,2021


  • Morocco Economic Facts & Figures 2019

    Morocco is located at the northwestern end of the African continent, connecting Algeria in the east and southeast, the western Sahara in the south, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the north, and Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar. The land area is 459,000 square kilometers.

    March11,2021


  • Belt & Road Weekly Vol. 6 No.12

    This issue introduces China's steps towards building a national emissions trading system (ETS) with the revised version of interim regulations on carbon emissions trading management drafted by the country's ecology and environment ministry, as well as the development of its digital industries.

    April01,2021


  • China-Africa friendship helps Africa's socio-economic development: AU official

    Africa needs to take full advantage of its relationship with China to build up its technical, technological and industrial capacities for accelerated development, an African Union (AU) official has said.

    August23,2019


  • Rwandan lower house ratifies treaty establishing African Continental Free Trade Area

    Rwanda's lower house, Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill approving ratification of the treaty establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

    April25,2018


  • S. Africa to initiate process to sign Africa's free trade treaty

    South Africa's Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Bulelani Magwanishe on Monday said his country will soon initiate a process to sign African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

    June05,2018


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