Jevans Nyabiage

3 days ago | scmp.com | Jevans Nyabiage

China is increasingly channelling its energy investments in Africa into renewable projects, with solar and wind power now accounting for 59 per cent of its energy projects on the continent, according to a report by UK-based think tank ODI Global. The report found one-fifth of China’s overall energy sector and also a fifth of renewable energy investment and construction activity had taken place in Africa, amounting to US$66 billion between 2010 and 2024.

4 days ago | scmp.com | Jevans Nyabiage

China is hosting nearly 100 young and mid-career African military officers from 40 countries as part of its long-term strategy to deepen defence ties across the continent. The delegation, including officers from Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania, will stay until May 15 and visit top military academies in Beijing, Changsha and Shaoshan to learn about China’s military systems and modern technologies, according to China’s Ministry of National Defence.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Jevans Nyabiage

As tariffs, foreign aid cuts and the closure of foreign missions dent the US’ image in Africa, China is positioning itself as a more reliable development ally on the continent, particularly as a counter to what it calls American “bullying”. In mainstream media, online and in meetings with senior officials, Chinese diplomats are campaigning to rally opposition against US trade policies under US President Donald Trump.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Jevans Nyabiage

Across Africa’s bustling commercial hubs, from Nairobi’s Eastleigh market to Lagos’ Alaba district, a financial transformation is quietly unfolding. Local traders are increasingly sidestepping the US dollar in favour of China’s currency, creating informal yuan payment networks to do business with the world’s second-largest economy. In Eastleigh, a sprawling commercial hub northeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, traders have established a localised system for settling payments for Chinese imports.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Jevans Nyabiage

1 hour agoNairobi, Kenya – Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, is often reduced to images of poverty – rusted tin rooftops, open sewers and overcrowded homes. But a community project is using ballet as a means to build the confidence of the children living there. Hidden within Kibera's maze of …