The increasing role that China is playing in building Africa’s infrastructure and managing its economy has become the subject of much discussion not only within Africa but also abroad. To capture the true scale of China’s irresistible ascent within Africa – its evolution, methods, actors and relations with EU and United States – Afronline.org, in collaboration with three African newspapers (Addis Fortune, Ethiopia; Sud Quotidien, Senegal and Les Echos, Mali) has interviewed Jonathan Holslag, head of research at the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies (BICCS).
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India lacks the material capabilities and the profile to emulate or directly compete with China in Africa. At the same time, it cannot ignore Beijing’s formidable influence and areas where both actors’ interests are increasingly clashing. The solution could reside in a long-term exploration of specific sectors in which India’s relatively untapped added value can be transformed into a strategic advantage over China.
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President Jacob Zuma has declared to world leaders that Africa is open for business. Addressing the G20 business leaders in Toronto yesterday on the eve of the G8 and G20 Summits, Zuma said Africa can no longer be viewed only as a destination for development aid.
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Despite international conventions prohibiting the export of dangerous waste to developing countries, enormous quantities of outdated and destroyed electronic equipment from Europe end up in Ghana’s Agbogbloshie dump each week.
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BRUSSELS – Tensions between the European Union and Africa have once again erupted, with Namibia accusing the Brussels elite of resorting to bullying tactics in trade negotiations.
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Twelve thousand people working on Côte d’Ivoire’s banana plantations face uncertainty as the European Union begins implementing a new agreement governing tariffs on bananas.
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