In Yaounde’s Mimboman neighborhood, 29-year-old martial artist Martin Mangwandjo trains scores of students with precision and power, despite using crutches due to a congenital condition. Inspired by Chinese martial arts films as a child, he taught himself before receiving formal instruction from Cameroonian and Chinese teachers. His breakthrough came when Read more
Li Wen, a young teacher from southwest China’s Sichuan Province, never expected her work to take her across continents. Now based in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, Li is one of the volunteer teachers at the Confucius Institute at the University of Namibia, helping meet the country’s growing interest in learning Chinese Read more
The Chinese Embassy in Kenya and the Kenya-China Economic and Trade Association (KCETA) recently donated 11 million Kenyan shillings (about 84,800 U.S. dollars) to support renovations and infrastructure upgrades at MCEDO Beijing School in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. The ceremony also saw the Chinese embassy award one-year scholarships to 20 students Read more
Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has unveiled a new smartwatch in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, targeting urban consumers seeking to enhance their health and fitness. The launch event recently, attended by senior industry executives, fitness enthusiasts, innovators, and content creators, showcased the Huawei Watch GT6 and the TXZ Tablet, underscoring rising Read more
China’s expanded zero-tariff policy for African goods is creating a major opportunity for Uganda’s coffee sector, with Ugandan coffee entrepreneur Nelson Tugume saying it offers a far more favorable business environment than high-tariff markets and is already driving rapid export growth. With China’s rising demand and new partnerships—such as Uganda’s Read more
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off the country’s first dried chili shipment to China, one year after the two countries signed a bilateral agreement allowing the agricultural product to access the Chinese market. Museveni flagged off the 11-tonne consignment recently in the eastern district of Kamuli, where some local Read more
Standing shoulder to shoulder in a gleaming laboratory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, African and Chinese health experts pored over advanced equipment as they took part in a training session on laboratory detection and genome sequencing. The three-week program, delivered mainly by Chinese health experts at the Chinese-built Africa Centers Read more
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding has reaffirmed China’s support for Zimbabwe’s economic and social development, as the southern African country seeks to attain an upper-middle-income economy under its Vision 2030. Zhou made the remarks in an interview with the media recently after a seminar organized by the Chinese Embassy Read more
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with both sides reaffirming their commitment to deepening the China–Nigeria Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. In a statement by the Chinese Embassy in Abuja, it highlighted that both President Tinubu and Ambassador Yu commended the steady, and Read more
China, African Union (AU), and United Nations (UN) officials have called for further deepening of China-Africa cooperation to build peace and common security in Africa and beyond. The appeal came at a high-level seminar early this month at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with discourse focused on the Read more