In One Day, Chad Handed ARISE an Industrial Zone and Took a Chinese Grant
The Chad industrial zone at Zindjam goes to ARISE IIP under six contracts, while a 300 million yuan Chinese grant...
August 21, 2026Topic
China in Africa
Chinese Builders Are on Every Package of Ethiopia’s New Airport
The Bishoftu airport shortlist puts ten Chinese contractors across all four packages of a US$12.5bn first phase, with one US...
August 21, 2026
Republic of the Congo Oil Contracts Lock In a US$90 Windfall Trigger
Republic of the Congo oil contracts get a single US$90-a-barrel windfall trigger for their full term, under four bills approved...
August 20, 2026
South Africa Takes Its Grid Rebuild to Beijing
South Africa is pitching Chinese investors on an energy programme worth about R2.2 trillion to 2039, with transmission the binding...
August 4, 2026
Chinese Investment in Egypt Tops US$10 Billion, PM Says
Chinese investment in Egypt has passed US$10 billion, the prime minister says, though Cairo has not said what the figure...
August 4, 2026
Four State Firms Hold 80% of Cameroon’s On-Lent Debt
Cameroon's on-lent debt reached FCFA 845.2 billion at end-June 2026, and four state companies hold 79.5% of it, per the...
August 4, 2026
Congo Approves a US$1.26 Billion Railway for the Lobito Corridor
The Lobito Corridor railway wins a draft US$1.26 billion Congolese convention with Mota-Engil to rebuild 1,004.5 km of track toward...
August 4, 2026
Guinea-Bissau Freezes Ties With Cape Verde Over Arrest
Guinea-Bissau freezes ties with Cape Verde after Praia demanded the release of opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira, jailed over an...
July 23, 2026
Rain and Huawei Claim a World-First 5G Feat in South Africa
South Africa 5G milestone: Rain and Huawei deploy the world’s first multi-thousand-site sub-1 GHz massive MIMO network, lifting capacity up...
July 10, 2026