By Bob Wekesa On February 12 2015, South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA 2015). Apart from the pomp, ceremony and drama that has become the hallmark of SONA, a geopolitical reading… Continue Reading
By Bob Wekesa As Kenyans were resuscitating themselves from the stupor of end of year holiday festivities and coming to terms with the fact that New Year 2015 is here with us, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi came calling. The… Continue Reading
Wits Journalism’s China-Africa Reporting Project is offering reporting grants to Chinese journalists interested in unpacking the China-Africa relationship. The grants include funding and logistical support to visit Johannesburg and travel within sub-Saharan Africa to conduct research for an article or series of stories for publication or broadcast in China-based media. Continue Reading
As numerous reports and articles have pointed out in the build up to the event, the summit is recognition that Africa is going another direction, away from the United States, which can no longer be ignored. That direction is China. Continue Reading
by Hu Jianlong On the evening of 18 May, the Africa Philanthropy Forum was held at a congress hall near the Lingshan Buddha — East China’s largest Buddha statue. The climax of the event was when Gu Xiulian, a former… Continue Reading
The creation of a $50 billion development bank and $100 billion reserve fund is expected to top the agenda at the summit. According to Bloomberg, “the initiatives are born out of frustration with a lack of participation in global governance, particularly in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.” However, Bloomberg also notes that the initiatives are still not enough to “revive the group’s waning clout.” Continue Reading