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  • Ghanaian president inaugurates China-aided fishing port

    Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday inaugurated a China-aided fishing port complex in Jamestown, a coastal community in Accra, the country's capital.

    September18,2024


  • Shanghai sees growing trade with Africa in Jan-July

    China's financial hub Shanghai saw its trade with African countries grow 9.4 percent year on year to 218.53 billion yuan (about 30.73 billion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of 2024, official data showed Tuesday.

    September04,2024


  • World Insights: Africa embraces green transport with rapid adoption of e-bikes

    In Kenya's capital Nairobi, motorcycles have become an essential choice for residents due to their flexibility, convenience and affordability, with an increasing number of electric models on the roads.

    August14,2024


  • China, Africa trade in intermediate goods grows 6.4 percent in Jan.-July

    China's trade with Africa in intermediate goods posted 6.4 percent year-on-year growth in the first seven months of 2024, official data showed Tuesday.

    August14,2024


  • China strengthens agricultural research collaboration with Africa

    After several academic exchange trips to China, Thomas Gbokie, former deputy agriculture minister for regional development, research and extension at the Liberia Ministry of Agriculture, decided to continue his studies in China in 2018.

    July31,2024


  • Standard Chartered Bank to fund green Chinese firms in Africa

    Standard Chartered Bank is keen to provide significant financing to Chinese firms that uphold green ethos to expand their footprint in Africa, an executive said on Friday.

    May11,2024


  • Chinese scientists plan to boost cassava yields in Africa

    Chinese agronomists said they plan to boost the cultivation of better-quality cassava varieties in Africa, which relies on the starchy tubers as a major source of food.

    November16,2023


  • Interview: Belt & Road Initiative cements Africa-China cooperation, says South African lawmaker

    Africa and China can use their collective influence to "drive things for the better" for the continent in particular and the world in general, said Lechesa Tsenoli, deputy speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa.

    October12,2023


  • Chinese hybrid rice helps Africa enhance food security

    In June, a bowl of hybrid rice from Africa appeared as a special offering at the tomb of Yuan Longping, China's "father of hybrid rice." The gift was brought in person by Rakotoson Philibert, former Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar.

    October07,2023


  • Chinese pharmaceutical companies explore market in Africa, Middle East at Cairo expo

    Dozens of Chinese pharmaceutical companies have participated in Pharmaconex 2023, an ongoing international pharma exhibition held in Egypt's capital Cairo, in order to explore business opportunities in Egypt and the rest of Africa and the Middle East.

    September05,2023


  • Chinese firm in Zimbabwe marks Africa Day with cultural exchange event

    Chinese invested lithium mining and processing firm Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ) on Thursday marked the 60th anniversary of Africa Day with a cultural exchange event where guests were entertained by cultural performances from Zimbabwe and China.

    May26,2023


  • Chinese, African firms ink fruit procurement deals worth about RMB 70 mln at conference in Changsha, Hunan

    Chinese and African enterprises have reached fruit procurement and strategic cooperation agreements valuing about 70 million yuan at the 2022 China-Africa Fruits Promotion Conference held on Tuesday in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province.

    November30,2022


  • China Focus: Chinese SOE strives for win-win investment partnerships with Africa

    In the ground control room of a copper mine in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, technicians from Zambia and China are busy remotely maneuvering the unmanned underground mining machinery.

    September06,2022


  • BRI injects impetus, stability to francophone Africa, experts say

    China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is building an open platform of cooperation and injecting growing impetus and stability into development of French-speaking African countries, experts said during a three-day international colloquium in Cameroon capital city of Yaounde.

    May30,2022


  • Across China: Livestream e-commerce injects new impetus for China-Africa trade

    Tungamirai Eric Mupona, a young Zimbabwean student, proudly introduced African specialties and delicacies at a livestream sales session from Hangzhou, the capital of east China's Zhejiang Province.

    May07,2022


  • China exports 20,000 upper-air weather balloons to Africa

    A total of 20,000 weather balloons produced by a Chinese company have been distributed to 16 African countries for upper-air meteorological observation.

    February17,2022


  • Africa, China to go further in common ambition of shared prosperity: Senegalese president

    Senegalese President Macky Sall said that Africa and China want to go further in their common ambition to achieve shared prosperity for the well-being of the African and Chinese peoples.

    November30,2021


  • Feature: China-aided water projects bring joy to communities in Africa

    China-funded borehole drilling projects are providing a lifeline to water-deprived communities in Africa where easy access to clean and safe drinking water remains a challenge to some populations on the continent.

    November18,2021


  • Chinese mitten crabs exported to Africa

    Chinese mitten crabs weighing 438 kilograms were on Wednesday exported by air to Nairobi, capital of Kenya. It was China's first export of the species to an African country.

    November12,2021


  • China injects vitality into Africa's green transition, says Kenyan expert

    Progress towards the realization of carbon neutrality in Africa has accelerated thanks to capital flows, technical and knowledge transfer to the continent facilitated by China, a Kenyan expert said on Monday.

    November09,2021


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