News on China: Africa Weekly is a short wrap-up of the week’s latest news, events and debates around Africa-China relations published every Friday.
We cover everything from geopolitics and trade to people’s lives and culture.
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Africa Weekly | Introducing The Crane06.09.2022Africa Weekly is now “The Crane: An Africa-China Podcast”! We give you a fresh look at the news, debates, and history around China-Africa relations from the perspective of two young(ish) Africans.
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Africa Weekly | No. 2720.08.2021China is not colonial; Refuting debt myths; ‘Green Silk Road’; Medical internationalism; Boomplay Africa
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Africa Weekly | No. 2613.08.2021Chinese vs US investment; Chinese finance Africa; Transsion leads mobile market; Covid vaccines and manufacturing; C-dramas in Africa
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Africa Weekly | No. 2430.07.2021Mushroom technology; Affordable cars; Kenyan education; Table tennis friendship
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Africa Weekly | No. 2323.07.2021Renewable energy push; Nigerian gas pipeline; DR Congo cobalt miners; Niger-China
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Africa Weekly | No. 2216.07.2021AU-mediated dam dispute; ½ billion Chinese vaccines for COVAX; Ghana-China cardiology cooperation; CPC centenary and Africa
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Africa Weekly | No. 2109.07.2021“Africa Quad”; Boomplay Africa; Cainao’s Nigeria route; Kanafani in China
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Africa Weekly | No. 2002.07.2021Senegalese digital sovereignty; Tanzanian mega projects revived; Sino-Kenyan scientific cooperation; FRELIMO’s Mondlane on China
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Africa Weekly | No. 1925.06.2021Congo-Brazzaville debt; Zambia-China solidarity; Chinese medicine in Equatorial Guinea; Kaunda and China
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Africa Weekly | No. 1818.06.2021BRI vs. G7; Uganda oil production; Zimbabwe-China ties; anti-colonial guerilla training
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Africa Weekly | No. 1711.06.2021Africa embraces 5G despite US; SA artists sings C-Pop; Transsion leads phone market; Iconic Chinese song about Nelson Mandela
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Africa Weekly | No. 1604.06.2021Ethiopian telecoms deal; C-dramas draw African audiences; Ghana upgrades technical education; ancient Chinese coins in Ethiopia
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Africa Weekly | No. 1528.05.2021Hybrid rice in Madagascar; African agency and diplomacy; Chinese vaccines on the continent; remembering “Father of Hybrid Rice”
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Africa Weekly | No. 1421.05.2021Mega projects contractors; US-Africa pivots on China; Chinese study opportunities; African literature in China
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Africa Weekly | No. 1314.05.2021Egypt produces vaccines, infrastructure loans boost local business, Kenyans favor Chinese cars, ancient Chinese voyages
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Africa Weekly | No. 1230.04.2021DRC minerals; leading Chinese infrastructure; US-Africa bilaterals; Guinea-China May Day
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Africa Weekly | No. 1123.04.2021Maritime Silk Road; security cooperation; Ugandan rail project; Afro-Asian Conference
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Africa Weekly | No. 1016.04.2021Chinese hiring practices; Nigerian debt uncovered; Ugandan sericulture; China supported ZANLA
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Africa Weekly | No. 0909.04.2021Chinese FDI in Africa; Ethiopian Airlines soars; Africa & poverty alleviation; Guinea architecture after independence
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Africa Weekly | No. 0802.04.2021Kenya’s 5G launch; Guinean iron ore; Chinese tourism in Africa; Afro-Asian Journalists Association
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Africa Weekly | No. 0726.03.2021Climate change adaptation; Didi enters Africa; Kenya railway operations; Afro-Asian solidarity
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Africa Weekly | No. 0619.03.2021COVID-19 shifts trade; space cooperation; Egypt megaprojects; Zhou Enlai in Tunisia
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Africa Weekly | No. 0512.03.2021“Vaccine diplomacy” debunked; East African railway megaprojects; Chinese adaptive business model; revitalised Chinatown in Mauritius
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Africa Weekly | No. 0405.03.2021Belt & Road energy financing; learning from poverty alleviation; Cape Verde; geopolitical importance
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Africa Weekly | No. 0326.02.2021“Debt-trap” myth debunked; African exports spikes; digital technologies
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Africa Weekly | No. 0205.02.2021Digital Silk Road in Africa; Arab region favors China over US; dropping Chinese workforce in Africa; 50 Years of Nigeria-China friendship
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Africa Weekly | No. 0129.01.2021Kenya debt repayment suspended; Zambian blueberries enter Chinese market; Djibouti-China cooperation