Tag: China
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🇬🇭🇨🇳 Ghana Seeks Deeper China Mining Partnerships Focused on Processing and Technology
Ghana is pressing Chinese mining investors to move beyond raw mineral extraction toward processing, technology transfer, skills development and local supply chains.
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🇿🇲🇨🇳 Zambia Maps Its Mineral Future as China Seeks Deeper Critical-Minerals Cooperation
Zambia’s nationwide geological mapping programme is 93.6% complete as officials and Chinese representatives discuss opportunities in copper and other critical minerals.
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🇳🇬🇨🇳 China Supplies Nearly 40% of Nigeria’s Imports in First Half of 2026
Nigeria imported N11.01 trillion worth of goods from China in January-June 2026, making China the source of 39.27% of Nigeria’s total imports during the period.
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🇰🇪 Kilimani’s Emerging Chinatown: How Chinese Influence Is Reshaping a Nairobi Neighborhood
How and when it started Kilimani has long been an upper‑middle‑income Nairobi neighborhood, but it began shifting from low‑density residential to high‑density mixed‑use from the 2000s onward, creating space for new foreign‑owned businesses.[3] Most Chinese migrants arrived in Kenya from the late 1990s and especially after the early 2000s infrastructure boom, then clustered near the…
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🇨🇳 Are You Dead? What China’s Darkly Humorous Viral App Reveals About Urban Loneliness
A bluntly named Chinese app called “Are You Dead?” has exploded in popularity, and its rise says as much about modern loneliness as it does about technology. [1][2] What the app actually does The app, known in Chinese as “Sileme” (literally “Are you dead?”), is built around a single, stark function: proving that you are…
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EXPERIENCE AFRICA 2024 OPENS ITS DOORS TO RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE
Experience Africa, the premier trade event for the African travel industry, kicked off in London today with unprecedented attendance and engagement. The event has drawn 602 attendees from 37 countries, showcasing the growing global interest in African tourism. The show saw a notable surge in international buyers, signalling strong interest in the continent’s diverse tourism…
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Abidjan’s fine financial balancing act for acquiring new arms
Ivorian Army chief of staff General Lassina Doumbia in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, 20 February 2022. © Issouf Sanogo/AFP Plagued by budget shortages, the Ivorian General Staff is struggling to conclude certain purchases of strategic military equipment, a situation benefiting the Chinese military-industrial complex. […]