Investment: African Start-Ups Take Off
2018 was the year of the take-off of African start-ups. According to the study conducted by the investment company Partech, published in late March, the start-ups of the continent attracted $ 1.163 billion in...
China Can Beat the US in The African Tech Battleground if Its Investors Form...
In the US-China trade war, Africa is turning into a technological battleground. In particular, China’s “Digital Silk Road” ambition to link emerging markets with hi-tech telecommunications hardware infrastructure has sparked fears in Africa. In...
Economic Recovery, a Priority for Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank highlights in its new report the slowdown in growth in the region, which remains stuck below 3% and offers its solutions to address the many challenges. The growth of the area...
Trump Backed Libyan Strongman’s Attack on Tripoli, U.S. Officials Say
President Donald Trump indicated in a phone call with Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar last week that the U.S. supported an assault on the country’s capital to depose its United Nations-backed government, according to American...
Is DAESH Making Inroads in DR Congo?
The recent attack which DAESH claimed responsibility for is the latest chain of emerging links between the terrorist group and the Allied Democratic Force, a shadowy Ugandan-led group in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
China Gives AU $2m for Capacity Building Efforts
The African Union Commission, AUC, on Wednesday confirmed receipt of two million dollars from the Chinese government. The amount was handed over via a cheque from the Ambassador of China to the AU, Liu...
As Sudan Grapples With a Post-Bashir Future, Regional Powers Circle
In the battle to determine the future of Sudan after the ouster of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir, two foreign powers closely allied to the U.S. are playing an outsize role: Saudi Arabia and the...
Sudan’s Feared Intelligence Chief Resigns in Another Victory for Protesters
Sudan’s powerful intelligence chief resigned on Saturday, two days after the president was ousted, as huge crowds of demonstrators remained encamped outside the country’s military headquarters. By Friday night, the general who appeared to...
African Leaders Attend Belt and Road Forum in Beijing
In this week, some African leaders went to Beijing to attend BRI forum between April 25 27. Besides the forum, some leaders had negotiated private with Xi Jinping like the presidents of the Kenyan...
China’s Africa Discourse Goes Global
Despite China-Africa ties evolving and going through periods of disengagement as well as engagement, the discourse has not changed much internally: It consistently articulates China and Africa as long-term friends united in an anti-hegemonic...
