Growing together with a Chinese Company, Hisense South Africa helps build local workforce skills
Like Stephens, Marlon Jacobs joined Hisense SA Industrial Park when it was established in 2013, starting out as a general worker with no experience in refrigeration. Today, he is an Assembly and Quality Technician at the Fridge Factory in the park.
Harare forum told Africa’s partnership with China should plans beyond technology transfer
Abigail Ncube, a gender specialist in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, said China-Africa cooperation presents an opportunity not only to expand access to technology but also to build the skills that can enable Africa to participate in the modern digital economy.
Trump tells Americans to brace for higher fuel prices after unrepentant Iran told Washington to accept defeat
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran had not decided to resume talks with the US. He told Iranian news outlet Shahrara News in an interview published on Saturday that Washington must meet conditions on the strait in order for shipping to resume in the waterway that handled one-fifth of the world’s oil before the war.
How China’s new ‘unity with diversity’ law provides vital lessons for Africa that is riven more than 2,500 languages
Drawing on years of field research in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Hu views the legislation as a codification of the country’s experience in combating separatism, countering terrorism and extremism, and promoting ethnic unity and progress.
Dead president in mortuary, successor seeks re-election: Why US, China are keeping an eye on Zambia’s presidential election
China has heavily invested in Zambia’s copper sector, while the US has shown new interest in the country as part of President Donald Trump’s focus on critical minerals to ease China’s dominance in that area.
Zambians vote is presidential election billed as a referendum on President Hichilema’s handling of economy
Many Zambians say they don’t feel the benefits as unemployment, food prices and an unstable electricity supply continue to strain household budgets. Hichilema says he needs another five years to create jobs, improve infrastructure and expand public services.
African exporters reap early benefits 100 days since China’s zero-tariff programme came into force
The steady hum of automated production lines echoes through a Chinese-invested avocado oil processing plant in Kenya’s Athi River Export Processing Zone, where freshly harvested avocados are stored, ripened, sorted and cold-pressed into extra virgin avocado oil destined for the Chinese market. On May 1, China fully implemented a zero-tariff...
Xiplomacy: How China’s President Xi Jinping’s foreign relations are driven ordinary people’s social and economic needs
During his visit to Tajikistan in September 2014, Xi attended a ceremony marking the commencement of a China-Tajikistan joint thermal power plant in Dushanbe. Seeing the difficulties faced by local people due to shortages of electricity and heating, Xi said he had experienced hardship himself and empathised with them. Projects truly benefiting local people were the best ones, he added.
Rest of the world lower forest as China’s economy starts new five-year plan with resilience, new growth drivers
With many international institutions lowering their forecasts for major economies, China’s first-half performance was particularly notable given the size of its economy, officials said.
Official data show consumption expenditure contributed more to China’s economic growth than capital formation and net exports
Retail sales of services grew 5.3 per cent year on year in the first half, outpacing retail sales of goods by 4.2 percentage points, Wang said, noting that service segments including tourism, consulting and leasing, as well as cultural, sports and leisure activities, all maintained double-digit growth.
