The Sixth Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (TICAD) was held in Nairobi in late August, and elicited heightened geopolitical debate. Established in 1993, this was the first TICAD conclave convened in Africa, a development whose significance was not lost… Continue Reading
This feature was produced by Botswana journalist Baboki Kayawe with a reporting grant provided by the China-Africa Reporting Project, and was first published on Mmegi Online. Darkness envelops the whole village. The sky is clothed in a jet-black blanket as dark as the vast… Continue Reading
This article was written by Kenyan journalist Allan Olingo Ogunah with a reporting grant provided by the China-Africa Reporting Project, and was first published in The East African. It is around midday when I meet Idris Luwasa outside the cotton… Continue Reading
This article was produced with a reporting grant provided by the China-Africa Reporting Project by Rwandan journalist Daniel Nzohabonimana. He also produced the video below and a series of photographs that can be viewed on Flickr. In the outskirts of… Continue Reading
In early July CNN published an extensive feature by Jenni Marsh on the recent trend of Africans leaving Guangzhou; of hundreds or thousands of them “giving up on the Chinese dream” amid a dollar drought and slowing economy in Africa,… Continue Reading
This article was produced with a reporting grant from the China-Africa Reporting Project by Kenyan journalist Moses Wasamu, and was first published in the The Standard; a longer version appeared on the author’s blog. Chinese motorcycles are now a common feature in every… Continue Reading
This article was written by Kenyan journalist Allan Olingo Ogunah with a reporting grant provided by the China-Africa Reporting Project, and was first published in The East African. It’s a chilly Monday morning and Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, is… Continue Reading
An intense geopolitical battle is simmering in East Africa over cross-border infrastructure. In this two-part analysis, Wits China Africa Reporting Project’s Bob Wekesa traces the genesis of the intra-East-African strife, touching on the interests of China and other external players.… Continue Reading
This article was produced with a reporting grant provided by the China-Africa Reporting Project by Ugandan journalist Francis Mugerwa, and was first published on OilinUganda.org. Thirty-nine year old Kenneth Rwakatiina had never dreamt of building a permanent house. The herdsman… Continue Reading
This article was produced with a reporting grant provided by the China-Africa Reporting Project by Ugandan journalist Fredrick Mugira, and was first published on New Vision. In Muko Sub County in the Western district of Kabale, a group of farmers… Continue Reading