China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Wednesday, focusing on strategic trade access across eastern ...

The annual visit to 4-5 African countries has become traditional – but each year it’s still accompanied by concrete ...

Africa has become a new hotspot for Chinese exports as Donald Trump’s tariffs redraw trade for the world’s biggest manufacturing nation. With a 25% on-year jump to $122 billion, growth in sales to the ...

In 1985, the American magazine Newsweek reported that the number of high-rise buildings in Shanghai, China’s biggest commercial city, could be counted on the finger tips. By 2005, 20 years later, when ...

Africa’s vast resources, youthful population, and strategic location present a unique opportunity to reshape global partnerships.[1] Rather than remain a passive recipient of aid, Africa must assert ...

In the current trade conflict between the US and China, the most misunderstood player isn’t China or the US — it’s Africa. And that’s no coincidence. Too often, the continent is treated as a pawn in ...

Zambia's 2033 ⁠dollar bonds climbed one cent to 72.35 cents on the dollar, their highest level in ⁠three weeks, ‌according to ...

Zambia has held preliminary talks with China on a potential currency swap, a move that could help reduce risks in ...

China’s own history explains much of its posture. It knows what it means to be poor, sanctioned, excluded and underestimated.

At the close of a year in which Africa’s underlying economic problems continue to worsen, the Johannesburg G20 summit on ...