In the media

06/07/2025

Inside China and Tanzania’s ‘very special relationship’ – found nowhere else in Africa

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

23/06/2025

One Biden-era energy policy Trump is embracing

E&E News by Politico

18/06/2025

Warum China in afrikanische Eisenbahnen investiert

Frangfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

08/06/2025

Afrika Express

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

22/04/2025

Why Kenyan President Ruto’s visit is a ‘symbolic’ win for China as US tariffs rock world

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

07/04/2025

After delay, new Chinese funding plan will help extend railway to Uganda, Kenya says

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/03/2025

The railway that China hopes will take on the US in Africa

Financial Times

26/01/2025

중국의 아프리카에서의 경기장 외교, Pt. 1: 나이로비의 탈란타 스포츠 경기장 (China’s Stadium Diplomacy in Africa, Pt. 1: Talanta Sports Stadium in Nairobi)

Geoje Top News (South Korea)

24/01/2025

China’s Stadium Diplomacy in Africa, Pt. 1: The Talanta Sports Stadium in Kenya

The Diplomat (Arlington, USA)

20/01/2025

Why China may step up African security efforts after Wang Yi’s ‘close call’ in Chad

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

09/01/2025

China, Congo draw up a road map for Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion Africa investment pledge

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

05/11/2024

The brand new £10billion African railway project that will connect two incredible cities

Daily Express (London)

03/10/2024

China to bring Tanzania-Zambia railway back to full speed with US$1 billion boost

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

03/10/2024

China investe bilhões e promete transformar ferrovia africana (China invests billions, vows to transform African railway)

O Cafezhino, Brazil

03/10/2024

La Cina rinnoverà Tazara, la ferrovia africana da Tanzania a Zambia, per contrastare l’Occidente (China to renew Tazara, the African railway from Tanzania to Zambia, to counter the West)

Scenari Economici, Italy

03/09/2024

African leaders look to China for project funds and trade deals at Beijing summit

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

02/06/2024

China hands over the keys to the railway as African countries take control of 2 major belt and road projects

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

05/05/2024

What has driven China to bankroll controversial Ugandan crude oil pipeline?

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

08/04/2024

‘New normal’: Chinese revenue from African projects is in decline, and the situation is unlikely to change

RTV (Dhaka)

06/04/2024

‘New normal’: Chinese revenue from African projects is in decline, and the situation is unlikely to change

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

23/02/2024

Global Gateway: Rinnovato Patto UE-Africa Per Sfide Infrastrutturali (Global Gateway: Renewed EU-Africa Pact for Infrastructure Challenges)

Africa24.it

18/03/2024

How China and Angola are redefining economic ties for a post-oil, post-loans era

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

13/02/2024

Nigerian rail projects drive home China’s belt and road commitment to African infrastructure development

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/02/2024

China plans to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway in race to control critical mineral trade routes

Zambian Observer (Lusaka)

11/02/2024

China to invest $1bn in refurbishing vital railway linking Tanzania and Zambia

Africa Briefing (London)

09/02/2024

China plans to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway in race to control critical mineral trade routes

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

01/02/2024

EU’s Global Gateway keeps focus on investments in Africa

Science Business (Brussels)

30/01/2024

Global Gateway behält Schwerpunkt auf Investitionen in Afrika

China.Table (Berlin)

29/01/2024

Mit Global Gateway versucht sich die EU in strategischem Handeln

Africa.Table (Berlin)

17/01/2024

Book discussion of ‘The Political Economy of China’s Infrastructure development in Africa: Capital, state agency, debt’

The Book Series by Anotida Chikumbu

17/01/2024

La Cina è in procinto di gestire la ferrovia Africana TAZARA, mentre le potenze si contendono il controllo delle rotte commerciali dei minerali (China is poised to operate Africa’s TAZARA railway as powers vie for control of mineral trade routes)

Africa24.IT

13/01/2024

Red Sea attacks, Horn of Africa issues and war in Gaza set to dominate discussions during Wang Yi’s African trip

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/01/2024

China-Africa Relations in 2024: Insights From Six Experts (44’30” – 51’00”)

China Global South Project podcast

04/01/2024

Inside Tanzania-Kenya Fight to Control East African Markets

The Chronicles (Kigali)

02/01/2024

Uganda to start building oil pipeline with pipes from China as opposition mounts

Kazi-Njema (Hoima, Uganda)

31/12/2023

Uganda to start building oil pipeline with pipes from China, as opposition mounts

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

31/01/2023

Uganda to begin China-backed oil pipeline construction amid growing opposition

The Black Examiner (Hoima, Uganda)

23/12/2023

Kenya pins rail hopes on PPP funding from China firms for belt and road project

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

05/12/2024

Cornered. Uganda chases China’s cash after Western lenders baulk at bankrolling projects over human rights issues

UG Standard (Kampala)

02/12/2023

Uganda chases China’s cash after Western lenders baulk at bankrolling projects over human rights issues

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/11/2023

China on track to control African Tazara railway despite geopolitical needling over control of mineral trade routes

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

16/10/2023

Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative running out of steam?

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

08/10/2023

Kenya to seek US$1 billion from China for stalled railway, ‘more time’ to repay debts, deputy president says

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

02/10/2023

Africa and the Second Cold War: Infrastructure, corridors, and critical minerals with Dr. Tim Zajontz

The Roundtable podcast

17/09/2023

As coup follows coup in West Africa, could Cameroon be next?

Radio France International

10/09/2023

How Egypt and Ethiopia joining Brics could help boost China’s influence in Africa

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

01/09/2023

China’s Indispensable Role in Africa’s Railway Renaissance (podcast)

China Global South Project

21/08/2023

Chart of the Day: The possible expansion of the BRICS

CGTN (Beijing)

21/08/2023

BRICS And Africa: Balancing Interest Between Geopolitics And Development

Eurasia Review

19/08/2023

Brics summit: African countries wait in the wings for expansion of economic bloc as China goes on post-Covid charm offensive

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

24/07/2023

China-Africa relations: Wang Yi pledges Beijing will help Ethiopia recover and boost ties with Kenya and Nigeria

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

17/07/2023

Biden’s overseas mineral strategy faces early test

Politico E&E News

04/07/2023

Tazara-Bahn soll modernisiert werden

Africa.Table (Berlin)

23/06/2023

This time for Africa: Chinese lured by untapped potential say it’s ‘not optimal market’, but one ‘where we could survive’

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

11/06/2023

Can Uganda’s Turkish move push China to return to Kenyan leg of major African rail link?

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

04/06/2023

EE.UU. compite con China por minerales en África (U.S. Competes with China for Minerals in Africa)

Qva En Directo (Cuba)

03/06/2023

US eyes chance to challenge China’s dominance in key African trade corridor

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

27/05/2023

Com relações diplomáticas ameaçadas, RD Congo contesta acordos bilionários com a China (With diplomatic relations threatened, DR Congo contests billion-dollar agreements with China)

A Referência Notícias internacionais

23/05/2023

Congo leader to prospect for better mining deal, improved relations during China visit

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

16/05/2023

Xi Jinping hosts Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki in Beijing, shoring up ties

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

19/04/2023

Tanzania: Is it too late for the US to play catch-up with China?

The Africa Report

19/04/2023

Xi calls for upgrade to China-Gabon ties in talks with ‘old friend’ Bongo

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

09/04/2023

I finanziamenti cinesi stanno ritornando in Africa, dato che l’Europa non dà nulla? (Is Chinese funding back in Africa, as Europe does not give anything?)

Scenari Economici

08/04/2023

Is China making a cautious return to African infrastructure funding?

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

03/03/2023

Why Chinese players are taking private stakes in Africa’s new megaprojects

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

13/02/2023

China can be expected to pivot back to Angola, analysts say

Macao News

12/02/2023

‘Business as unusual’: a new era in ties between China and Angola

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

11/02/2023

Why did China’s Belt and Road Initiative funding in sub-Saharan Africa fall to historical low last year?

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

29/01/2023

Trung Quốc biến đổi nền kinh tế châu Phi như thế nào? (How has China transformed the African economy?)

Thái Nguyên (Vietnam)

26/01/2023

Africa’s reliance on China is only likely to get worse

Investment Monitor

16/01/2023

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s 5-nation African tour a show of solidarity, strategic importance, analysts say

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

16/01/2023

Toan tính của Trung Quốc khi củng cố ảnh hưởng tại châu Phi (China’s attempt to consolidate influence in Africa)

Diễn đàn Doanh nghiệp (Vietnam)

16/01/2023

Uganda turns away from belt and road rail deal as China stalls on loans

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/01/2023

China pledges support for reconstruction efforts in war-torn Ethiopia

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

09/01/2023

Qin Gang heads to Africa for first trip as Chinese foreign minister

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

03/01/2023

Tanzania takes on Kenya with Sh271bn SGR link to DRC

Business Daily (Nairobi)

03/01/2023

Tanzania Takes On Kenya With Shs8.2 Trillion Standard Gauge Railway Link To DRC

Business Focus (Kampala)

03/01/2023

Tanzania’s Sh24 trillion SGR link to DRC intensifies trade routes competition with Kenya

The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

2022

Marriage of Choice or By Default? Evaluating Sino-African Relations

Democracy in Africa

24/12/2022

Chinese companies back on track in Tanzania after winning US$2.2 billion railway contract

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

17/12/2022

Africa has ‘more options on the table’ as US seeks to reset ties

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

08/12/2022

Continuità e cautela sono la chiave dei legami Cina-Africa nel terzo mandato di Xi Jinping (Continuity and caution are the key to China-Africa ties in Xi Jinping’s third term)

Africa 24 (Italy)

29/11/2022

Djibouti suspends China and other loan repayments, banks on forgiveness

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

07/11/2022

Tanzania: President Hassan forges stronger ties with a cautious China

The Africa Report (Paris)

01/11/2022

Tanzania’s Hassan makes state visit to China with projects on her mind

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

26/10/2022

20th Party congress primes China for continued confrontation around the world

China Digital Times (USA)

24/10/2022

Continuity and caution key to China-Africa ties in Xi Jinping’s third term

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

11/10/2022

Les Wagner chinois au Congo ? : La Chine déploie des « enquêteurs criminels » en RDC pour sécuriser les mines et ses investissements (Chinese Wagners in Congo? China deploys “criminal investigators” to the DRC to secure mines and its investments)

Congovirtuel

11/10/2022

China, no longer a ‘passive onlooker’, plays new role in African conflicts

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

11/10/2022

Châu Phi: Điểm nóng trong cuộc đua giành khoáng sản giữa Bắc Kinh và các cường quốc (Africa: Hotspot in the race for minerals between Beijing and great powers)

VietnamBiz (Vietnam)

17/09/2022

Zambian debt negotiations hit potential sticking point over treatment of Chinese lender

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

23/08/2022

China ayudará a reconstruir su mayor proyecto en África (China will help rebuild its biggest project in Africa)

CDN News (Dominican Republic)

22/08/2022

50 years on, Chinese role in Africa’s Freedom Railway from Zambia to Tanzania remains on track

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

14/08/2022

Thất bại lớn của Mỹ khi để mất dự án quan trọng về tay Trung Quốc (Big failure of the US as it lost an important project to China)

Zing News (Vietnam)

13/08/2022

How the US lost Africa to China over new disease control centre in Addis Ababa

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

08/08/2022

Chinese relief pledge for Zambia may set example for other indebted African nations

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

25/07/2022

China-Africa relations: Beijing’s ambassador to Burkina Faso works to make up ground on delayed projects

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

19/07/2022

Giới ngoại giao Trung Quốc đổ xô đến châu Phi, ngăn phương Tây làm điều này (Chinese diplomats flock to Africa, preventing the West from doing so)

Dân Việt (Vietnam)

17/07/2022

China Terus Bidik Pertambangan di Benua Afrika, Tak Pedulikan Negara Berbahasa Prancis (China Continues to Aim for Mining on the African Continent, Regardless of French-Speaking Countries)

Serambi News (Indonesia)

17/07/2022

Trung Quốc đấu phương Tây trên đất châu Phi (China vs the West on African soil)

Tuổi Trẻ (Vietnam)

17/07/2022

Chinese diplomats flock to Africa in response to Western charm offensive

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/06/2022

China’s Africa affairs chief to visit debt-hit Zambia days after Xi Jinping call with president

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

03/06/2022

Podcast: The Politics of Chinese-financed Infrastructure Development in East Africa (together with Frangton Chiyemura & Elisa Gambino)

China Global South Project

20/05/2022

Afrika: erőviszonyok és fejlődés a pandémia tükrében (Africa: balance of power and development in the light of the pandemic)

University of Pécs (Hungary)

14/05/2022

Nairobi tollway an example of China’s new belt and road financing approach in Africa

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

04/03/2022

Annual Two Sessions of political meetings begins in Beijing

CGTN Africa

18/02/2022

抗击中国影响力 欧盟寻求与非洲重启伙伴关系 (To counter China’s influence, the EU seeks to renew the partnership with Africa)

Voice of America (Beijing)

15/02/2022

Kritiken: Väst bäddar för Kina-dominans i Afrika

Dagens industri (Sweden)

08/02/2022

EU chia rẽ trong cuộc cạnh tranh với Trung Quốc ở châu Phi EU divided in competition with China in Africa

Thanh Niên (Vietnam)

07/02/2022

EU wants to rival China’s belt and road in Africa, but will deeds match words?

ABS CBN (Philippines)

06/02/2022

EU wants to rival China’s belt and road in Africa, but will deeds match words?

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

05/02/2022

Nigeria looks to Europe for funding as Chinese lenders move away from costly projects in Africa

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/01/2022

Jeder einzelne ist gefragt

Neue Württembergische Zeitung – Südwestpresse (Germany)

07/01/2022

The context of Wang Yi’s swing through the Indian Ocean Region

NewsIn.Asia (Sri Lanka)

06/01/2022

The Context Of Wang Yi’s Swing Through The Indian Ocean Region – Analysis

Eurasia Review

05/01/2022

Mini tour in Africa orientale del ministro degli Esteri cinese

Africa Rivista (Italy)

02/01/2022

Chinese foreign minister set for 3-nation tour of East Africa as Beijing seeks to deepen ties

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

12/12/2021

China in Africa: no more hard cash as debt-hit nations battle Covid-19 disruptions

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

02/12/2021

#AfricaLive 17GMT 02/12/2021
[from minute 30:13 onwards]

CGTN Africa

15/11/2021

Room in Africa for both China’s belt and road plan and Biden’s B3W

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

18/10/2021

China, Africa and the 3 years since Xi Jinping promised to rebalance trade

South China Morning Post

28/09/2021

El devenir del tren en África avanza impulsado por los millones de China

El País (Spain)

27/09/2021

#GlobalBusiness 18GMT 27/09/2021 [from minute 4:45 onwards]

CGTN Africa

03/09/2021

Afrika im Blickpunkt

Geislinger Zeitung – Südwest Presse (Germany)

18/08/2021

Zambia’s election winner expected to push for 20 per cent cut in country’s debt to China

South China Morning Post

07/07/2021

China seeks common ground with Europe in Africa through infrastructure

South China Morning Post

30/06/2021

Could China’s model of growth be its biggest export to the world?

South China Morning Post

18/04/2024

China looks to recreate ancient Silk Road with network of African ports

Pachodo (Juba)

18/04/2021

China looks to recreate ancient Silk Road with network of African ports

South China Morning Post

27/02/2021

一带一路能源投资大跌 非洲成战略重点
(Belt and Road Initiative energy investment plummets, Africa becomes a strategic priority)

Voice of America

24/02/2021

China’s top diplomat holds debt talks with Zambia after appeal for restructure under G20 common framework

South China Morning Post

12/01/2021

从贷款到疫苗 中国力求扩大在非洲影响力 (From loans to vaccines – China seeks to expand its influence in Africa)

Voice of America (Beijing)

11/01/2021

China sends Africa a signal that Belt and Road Initiative is still open for business

Africa Briefing

10/01/2021

China sends Africa a signal that Belt and Road Initiative is still open for business

South China Morning Post

06/01/2021

Chinese vaccines and more China-funded infrastructure on agenda for Nigeria

South China Morning Post

04/01/2021

China-Africa relations: Chinese foreign minister’s New Year trip still on despite coronavirus

South China Morning Post

20/12/2020

African Railways Feel Pinch of China’s Belt & Road Funding Squeeze

Belt and Road News

19/12/2020

African railways feel pinch of China’s belt and road funding squeeze

South China Morning Post

08/03/2018

SAASUM informs and empowers at 2018 summit

The Saint