News
Zambia’s President Pleads For Debt Relief From China As Country Faces Economic Downturn
In a recent conversation, Zambia’s president, Edgar Lungu, has asked China’s president, Xi Jinping, for debt relief and cancellation. The matter of their conversation was revealed in a statement issued…
Report: The United States Marginally Beats China As The Most Influential Country According To A Survey Of Young Africans
A recent survey commissioned by the South Africa’s Ichikowitz Family Foundation titled African Youth Survey 2020 has revealed that Africa’s youth approve of China as one of the most influential…
OPINION & ANALYSIS
Empowering Local Communities: Leveraging China’s Rural Revitalization Models for African Development
Africa has long sought inspiration to empower its economy and people and one key model worth imitating is China’s rural revitalization model
CULTURE
African Art And Artifacts Return Home Thanks To Chinese Investment
The rise in demand and negotiations for restoring looted African objects is being lead by African museums, archaeologists, and art collectors.
A Shared Reality: Asia and Africa’s Anti-Blackness Fuels $10B Skin Whitening Industry
Asia and Africa’s beauty markets share a reality that is little discussed. It is the enormity of their respective skin whitening markets. Asia’s skin whitening market is valued at $7.6…
BUSINESS
Are The Chinese Taking Over Africa’s $4B Wax Print Market With Cheaper Textiles?
The simple answer to the question of whether the Chinese are taking over Africa’s wax print business is, yes. But the story of the origin and ownership of African print…
LIFESTYLE
All Roads Lead To Nowhere Else, But China
No travel during Chinese New Year 2021? Here is how a South African living in China celebrated the holiday and coped with feeling homesick.