A Libyan Bank Is About to Put China’s Payment App in Its Customers’ Hands
Libya Alipay payments are coming: North Africa Bank says customers will soon pay Chinese suppliers by phone, as Libyan banks...
September 8, 2026Topic
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Djibouti Earns Its Living From One Neighbour and One Map
The Djibouti Ethiopia corridor generates more than 75 percent of GDP, while Chinese lenders hold close to half of a...
September 4, 2026
Stolen South African Chrome Is Already Inside the World’s Stainless Steel
Illegal chrome mining South Africa costs about 600,000 tonnes a year, roughly 10% of output, and launders into the legal...
September 4, 2026
Egypt and China Expand the Suez Zone and Widen Their Currency Swap
The Egypt China Suez agreement launches a third phase of the Cairo-Beijing industrial zone and widens a local-currency swap worth...
September 4, 2026
Egypt Battery Storage Talks With Huawei Cover 4,000 Megawatt-Hours
Egypt battery storage talks with Huawei cover 4,000 megawatt-hours and local manufacturing, but no contract, value or site has yet...
September 3, 2026
Xi Jinping Lands in Cairo With a US$19 Billion Trade Gap Behind Him
The Xi Jinping Egypt visit runs from 30 August to 3 September, his first in ten years, with Chinese exports...
September 1, 2026
Egypt’s Canal Zone Pulled In US$7 Billion in a Year, Most of It Looking East
The Suez Canal Economic Zone attracted US$7 billion across 117 projects in a year, with revenue up 37% and Chinese...
September 1, 2026
Zanzibar Starts Spending a US$3.1 Billion Health Promise With Washington
The Tanzania US health agreement, worth about US$3.1 billion over five years, entered implementation talks with Zanzibar officials this week.
August 27, 2026
Nigeria’s Exports to China Jump 81% After Tariffs End
Nigeria China trade hit US$17.4 billion in the first half of 2026 as exports to China jumped 81% to US$2.25...
August 26, 2026