South African abalone is being driven to near-extinction by a clash between drugs, the environment and the fishing industry. How the fight over the most sought after delicacy in Asia embodies the developmental dilemma in post- apartheid South Africa. By Crystal Chow.… Continue Reading
By Shi Wenjing. Wenjing is a TV journalist and director at CGTN and was a participant in the Africa-China Reporting Project’s African Journalism Workshop for Chinese Journalists in October 2016. This post captures some of her reporting during the Workshop. Face #1 Charles Nkomo… Continue Reading
Initiative will open the door to international trade, and continent should make the most of its opportunities This article was originally published on China Daily on 14 April 2017. Bob Wekesa is a post-doctoral fellow at Wits Journalism. A major… Continue Reading
By Yu Meng. The launch of the biggest ever steel mill in South Africa with Chinese investment and expertise is being delayed by a sluggish local steel industry, hostile peers, and low return on investment expectations. Will the huge new… Continue Reading
By Moses Wasamu. The much-awaited Standard Gauge Railway, at a cost of US$3.1 billion (Ksh. 380 billion) the most expensive infrastructural project ever in Kenya, will be launched in June, six months ahead of schedule. The first batch of six… Continue Reading
By Emeka Umejei. Chinese media expansion into Africa has elicited widespread debate among scholars and practitioners on its impact on journalism and democracy on the African continent. These concerns are informed by the modus operandi of the domestic media in… Continue Reading
Trump will not be able to bring many jobs back to the United States. “Made in China” has the know-how, experiences and customers, and now it’s able to cut production cost further by moving to Africa where labour and tariffs… Continue Reading
By Huang Hongxiang. One China-Africa observer from the US recently pointed out that “Chinese companies in Africa are not that different from western companies on environmental protection, labor treatment and so on. The biggest difference is really about them being… Continue Reading
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