Former Chinese ambassador to Kenya Sun Baohong. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP Traditionally, the Chinese officials have been guarded, often ignoring media requests altogether or giving delayed updates. But faced with negative publicity about mounting debt and...

While U.S. government officials celebrate what they must consider to be a win in their battle against the low-cost, high-performance networking vendor Huawei and other Chinese hardware manufacturers, the country is at risk of falling seriously behind in the broader,...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte celebrate a joint memorandum of understanding signed in March 2019 in support of Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative, which aims to weave a network of ports, bridges and power plants linking China with...

MEI Group chairman David Wang at a media on Tuesday. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG China-based publicity and international events company Mie Group has initiated talks to buy a stake in Kenya’s events planner and business consultancy Global Exhibitions Inc (GEX). Mie...

Hong Kong (CNN Business)China's vast economy showed new signs of weakness last month, raising the likelihood of increased government efforts to stimulate growth as the trade war with the United States escalates. Key indicators of economic activity, like industrial...

THE Federal government has allayed the fear of many Nigerians who have reservation about the financial assistance being given to the country by China Exim bank due to property take over by the Chinese. China has taken over infrastructures in many African countries...

JKIA arrivals and departure terminal. Two Chinese companies have written to the Kenya Airports Authority demanding Sh17 billion compensation for the JKIA Greenfield Terminal project that was cancelled in March 2016 (see P6). Amazingly, Sh4.3 billion has already been...

Lucia Hau-Yoon says taking time to build a relationship helps to close business deals with the Chinese. (CNN)Lucia Hau-Yoon has spent nearly 30 years teaching Africans the art of mastering business dealings with the Chinese. A crucial part of this strategy is learning...

Exactly a year ago, if a New Yorker wanted to get to Nairobi , they were looking at around 24 hours of flight time and at least one plane change under the best of circumstances. But last October, Kenya Airways' new direct changed all that, shaving 10 hours off that...

EMBARINGO, Kenya — On a sticky morning on the slopes of Mount Kenya, Solomon Wambogo Munyua sprinkles water on the long and sturdy green shoots of the garlic crop he planted in January. His farm is just one-eighth of an acre, perched on the humid mountainside in the...

55 minutes ago The Republic of Congo may soon be eligible for badly needed support from the International Monetary Fund. It follows an agreement by China to restructure debts owed by the Central African nation. Congo has been under financial distress since 2014 and...

Italy throws its support behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative. America is slowly awakening to the growing menace of China’s plans for economic supremacy. In 2013 Chinese President Xi Jingping launched an international investment program that became known as the...