Sesame, which originated in Africa, was introduced to China via the Silk Road trade route over 2,000 years ago and later became a major oil crop for the Chinese people.

November11,2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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