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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansThe global economy generally fell short of its forecasts, set to weaken to 2.6 percent this year, but in Sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture-dependent countries such as Benin, Rwanda, Cote d'Ivoire, and Uganda grew positively, according to t...
·almost 5 years ago
"The test of our progress lies in whether we provide enough for those who have little, not whether we add more to the abundance of those who already have much."These words by former US president Franklin D. Roosevelt speak volumes about ...
·almost 5 years ago
Trade and Industry (dti) Minister Ebrahim Patel has expressed concern at growing trade tensions in the global economy."Heightened uncertainty from growing trade tensions and measures is also placing a drag on an already fragile global ec...
·almost 5 years ago
Uganda will invest $205 million in restoring an old railway line linking Kampala to Malaba on the Kenyan border following delays in securing funding for the standard gauge railway.The upgraded meter gauge railway line is expected to boos...
·almost 5 years ago
Zimbabwe has become the latest Southern African nation to take on elephant conservationists, by demanding it is allowed to sell its stockpile of ivory to raise money for conservation.Wildlife authorities in the cash-strapped nation estim...
·almost 5 years ago
Morocco and China, signed a 140 million (Morocco Dirham) agreement for technical and economic cooperation, to finance and bolster joint public projects. Since 2009, trade in Morocco has increased to $4.7 billion annually. As of 2016, Ch...
·almost 5 years ago
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday signalled the end of a controversial extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed after some of the most violent protests since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.In...
·almost 5 years ago
President Donald Trump's renewed focus on what he calls "unfair" exchange rates could presage a new global battlefield that has the potential to do great damage to the world economy.Trump has spent two years attacking the underpinnings o...
·almost 5 years ago
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held its 19th Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz in June 2019. Following the recently re-elected Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, the affirmed “close personal friendship” between Russian Presiden...
·almost 5 years ago
Government has said it will offer Chinese companies and individuals investing in Uganda various tax incentives and free land offerings to help mitigate job creation and youth unemployment.The incentives, among them 10-year tax holiday fo...
·almost 5 years ago
A Chinese ban on Canadian meat could affect over a fifth of the pork that the Great White North exports there and represent a hit of over $373 million on trade between the two countries, Statistics Canada (StatCan) data suggests.On Tuesd...
·almost 5 years ago
As China solidifies its new status as superpower, we’re launching a series looking at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power and how its power might be threatened.Chinese leader Xi Jinping ...
·almost 5 years ago
On June 28 and 29, the G20 summit will convene for the 14th time in Osaka, Japan. This gathering of leaders from the world’s leading economies, including the EU, plus invited guests and international organisations, ought to offer an impo...
·almost 5 years ago
Last week, the 12th US-Africa Business Summit, a high-level event attended by 11 African heads of state and government and some 1,000 business leaders, was held in Maputo, Mozambique. During the three-day event, US officials unveiled a $...
·almost 5 years ago
An enormous and increasing portion of the foreign development aid coming into Africa annually is for media development. Foreign aid funds diverse projects, ranging from investigative journalism in Nigeria, to stories on Chinese building ...
·almost 5 years ago
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is turning 84 on July 6. With his advancing age, the question of who will succeed him, has become more pressing. Winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and one of the most ...
·almost 5 years ago
The United States and China have reached a truce in their escalating trade war. Following a meeting between US president, Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping at the G20, the two leaders agreed to renew talks. Tariffs, wh...
·almost 5 years ago
The much talked about trade war between the US and China is one component of a broader confrontation between the two largest economies in the world. Their relationship has been deteriorating rapidly over the past 10 years, and the extent...
·almost 5 years ago
After years of relative silence, debates about the pros and cons of tariffs in international trade have become a regular feature. The renewed interest has been sparked by the actions of US President Donald Trump, the first president sinc...
·almost 5 years ago
China’s signature policy programme, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has opened contemporary opportunities for Zimbabwe to elevate its relationship with Beijing. During the second BRI summit, China was ready to unlock multi-billion dol...
·almost 5 years ago
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last Friday backed Chinese technology giant Huawei to help the country score a first to achieve cutting-edge 5G technology. Huawei, which has a massive global imprint including in Zimbabwe, is lead...
·almost 5 years ago
The President of South Africa addressed the third China International Import Expo. The International Import Expo takes place despite the challenging circumstances in which the world finds itself. He said as the world embark on the d...
·over 3 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State of the Nation Address after the election was received with some scepticism. Some of his political opponents questioned his dreams and urged him to face reality. Sceptics aside, the president made c...
·almost 5 years ago
The controversy over Pelosi’s visit stems from the “one China” policy – the diplomatic stance under which the U.S. recognizes China and acknowledges Beijing’s position that Taiwan is part of China
·over 1 year ago
The five Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have announced the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order.
·8 months ago
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa believes China would help South Africa move with speed to modernise electricity infrastructure to immediately minimise the effects of load shedding.
·8 months ago
While China as a state is expected to peddle politically correct and diplomatic homilies about mutual development and win-win cooperation, ordinary Africans, especially in countries where they have the power to vote for their leaders, wi...
·4 months ago
China is keen to get its story across in global affairs. As a rising power, some might say established power, China still wants to reassure its long-standing partners of the developing world, Africa in the context of this piece, that its...
·4 months ago
The Security Council rejected Palestine’s request for UN membership on Thursday, with the United States casting a veto.
·5 days ago