By Dan Large, Research Director, Africa-Asia Institute, School of Oriental and Africa Studies; Professor Chris Alden, London School of Economics; and Dr Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, St Peter’s College, Oxford. The three have jointly edited a volume of essays entitled ‘China Returns to Africa’ (Christopher Hurst & Co, London, August 2008).
Accelerating China-Africa trade and diplomatic relations are the dominant topic in the Africa-Asia nexus – even if India and Japan have taken the spotlight with grand African summits...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
Asia's more buoyant economies could help cushion the effects of the West's credit crunch on Africa
If Asia's economic growth has offered African exporters a fast-growing
and lucrative market and its hyper-economies - China and
India - have become important sources of investment capital,
then this time...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
African economies may not be hit by the economic crisis in the West
Chaos in Western-dominated capital and money markets has spared Africa so far. Many economists believe that Africa might be largely insulated from the first wave of damage from...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 |
- JAPAN
- AFRICA
Japan's new government lacks the Africa credentials of its predecessor, but Premier Aso promises to reform Japan's policies
Just a day after he was elected by the Diet, Japan's new Prime
Minister Taro Aso flew to New York to address the United
Nations General Assembly. Although he does...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 |
- JAPAN
- AFRICA
Japanese businesses are realising that success in Africa is hard to come by
Japanese companies in Africa are struggling to increase their
market share against pressure from Chinese and Western
firms, a new survey by the Japanese External Trade Organisation
(JETRO) has found. Some...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
Geographic and sectoral 'special economic zones' are China's keys to opening African markets to increased trade
African states are competing to host China's special economic zones in the expectation they
will bring in billions of dollars of investments and create tens
of thousands of jobs -in...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 |
- AFRICA
- ASIA
- FISHING
African states are at last taking action against the clandestine trawlers pillaging their fishing stocks
Members of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa
have committed themselves towards the establishment of a multinational coastguard service to patrol the largely ungoverned seas off Africa's...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 |
- AFRICA
- ASIA
- COMMENTARY
Those African regimes seeking to emulate the Chinese model should remember that real development starts at home, argues Senegalese writer Adama Gaye
Sports and politics rhymed perfectly as the organisation of
the Beijing Olympics confirmed China's global rise. And
the impressive harvest of medals won by China's athletes lends
credibility to claims that...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 9 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
The two banks backing up Chinese investment in Africa
SINOSURE: China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure)
was established in December 2001 through a merger between the
People's Insurance Company of China and the insurance arms of
China Exim Bank....
Vol 1 (AAC) No 9 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
The mighty Chinese banking triad
CHINA EXIM BANK: Established in 1994 under the Policy Banks
Law, China Exim Bank is currently the third largest export credit
agency in the world. China Exim Bank is tasked...