JOHANNESBURG, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Chinese lending to Africa nearly halved to $2.1 billion in 2024, the first annual decline ...
Chinese lending to Africa dropped to $2.1 billion in 2024, marking a shift from large infrastructure projects to smaller, ...
New data show China sharply cut loan commitments to the continent in 2024, the first such decline since the Covid-19 pandemic, as it moves away from debt-heavy megaprojects toward smaller, yuan-denomi ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China is advancing its "health silk road" in Africa by initiating major offshore projects to manufacture essential medicines, such ...
For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost ...
South Africa accounted for just under one-third of Chinese module exports to Africa in June 2025, according to Ember. Image: JUWI Renewable Energies. Africa imported over 15GW of solar panels from ...
As China marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of its global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), new data show lending to Africa has fallen to its lowest level in almost two ...
Half-baked and shoddy projects, labor exploitation, debt traps and devastating environmental damage are part of the Chinese Communist Party portfolio. And people are noticing. In 2014, the China ...
The Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) has now identified 23.4 GW of operational solar projects across the continent but when taking into account Chinese PV export data, estimates total ...
Africa’s steel industry is undergoing a significant transformation, fueled by growing demand and increased foreign investment, particularly from China. In 2024, the continent’s steel market reached 39 ...
For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost ...