JOHANNESBURG, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Chinese lending to Africa nearly halved to $2.1 billion in 2024, the first annual decline ...

New data show China sharply cut loan commitments to the continent in 2024, the first such decline since the Covid-19 pandemic, as it moves away from debt-heavy megaprojects toward smaller, yuan-denomi ...

The Africa Tech Challenge, a corporate social responsibility initiative by China's AVIC Innovation Holding, has also ...

It would be unfair to compare the roles of the two Asian powers, as India and China differ markedly in perspective and capability. Nevertheless, China’s extensive engagement with Africa offers valuabl ...

Despite Chinese investment in African green energy and infrastructure projects, comprehensive diplomatic engagements, and joint innovation ventures, tensions between countries grew in certain corners ...

For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost ...

On the 20th of January 2025, China Daily published a report titled “Closer China-Africa cooperation energises Global South growth,” showing Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s early-year visit to ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

China is shifting its energy investments in Africa from fossil fuels to renewables, with solar and wind power projects now constituting a majority of its energy engagements on the continent. Africa's ...

In recent years, Africa has become a key focus for global infrastructure development, fueled by the continent's need to boost its economic capacity, improve trade, and promote regional integration. In ...

For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost ...

Elisa Gambino’s work was undertaken under the European Research Council advanced grant for the project ‘African Governance and Space: Transport Corridors, Border Towns and Port Cities in Transition’ ...