Chinese Vice Premier, Sun Chunlan (left) with President Akufo-Addo (right) A Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Sun Chunlan, has applauded the stability of the Ghanaian economy and development taking place under the government of the President of the...

Nations have dismissed claims Beijing has pulled the plug on US$1.3 billion of funding for infrastructure projects, but the lack of return on previous investments are putting a strain on relations, observers say African nation has defaulted on US$2.2 billion worth of...

On 23-24 October, over 40 African leaders and some 3,000 businessmen gathered in Sochi, Russia for the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit. It came on the heels of Russia’s concentrated effort in recent years to boost its political, economic and security clout on the...

People play soccer at the Marina business district car park in Lagos Nigeria. Image: Bloomberg Africa is poised to become the “land of opportunity” for bond and equity investors should the US and China strike a trade deal, according to Bank of America. “At a minimum,...

Chinese construction companies have won a high percentage of Kenya's recent infrastructure contracts. REUTERS/Noor Khamis The competition between the US and China over infrastructure projects - and their financing - is hotting up in Kenya. So is the rhetoric. The...

Credit: REUTERS/Thomas White JOHANNESBURG, Nov 7 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand dipped in early trade on Thursday, extending a slide from the previous session, sparked by a possible delay in the signing of a U.S.-China trade deal to ease a dispute that has weighed on...

Kenya’s Twiga Foods raised a total of $30 million in October from lenders and investors led by Goldman Sachs. This adds to the list of African startups the U.S. financial firm has backed, including e-commerce venture Jumia and South African fintech startup Jumo ....

The battle for political and economic influence between the U.S. and China is playing out across Africa, and Beijing’s growing presence is troubling Western policymakers, experts say. Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region on the planet, and China has placed...

In a move that is set to significantly boost the export of African products to China, Standard Bank, Africa’s largest financial services organisation, has launched a new export proposition that eases challenges and supports exporters in accessing the Chinese market....

Kenya’s Twiga Foods raised a total of $30 million in October from lenders and investors led by Goldman Sachs. This adds to the list of African startups the U.S. financial firm has backed, including e-commerce venture Jumia and South African fintech startup Jumo ....

"The Trudeau government’s limited presence, concentrated as it is in a few mineral rich countries, suggests that Canadian aid and trade with Africa may be driven more by a narrow set of Canada’s resource extraction corporate interests than by any real desire to...

China's President Xi Jinping (front C) walks with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (front China is a big winner in Africa these days. When it comes to infrastructure investments, that is, which are beginning to change the old continent. It is a winning model...

All Xi wants. China’s increasing state-backed media presence in Africa has stoked fears among Western observers. But current evidence shows the plan to increase Chinese soft power through official outlets who portray the Asian giant in a positive light has had limited...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 4, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS...