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The China in Africa Podcast

The China-Global South Project

Twice-weekly discussion about China"s engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journalist Eric Olander and Asia-Africa scholar Cobus van Staden in Johannesburg.

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58:37

China, Europe and the Geopolitics of African...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/03/18

Both China and the European Union have identified renewable energy as a key part of their engagement strategies with Africa. At FOCAC last year, the Chinese vowed to increase investment in solar, hydro, and other green technologies while the EU made sustainability a centerpiece of its new Global Gateway development initiative. With both sides pursuing similar objectives, it's not surprising renewable energy is now being seen as yet another front in the larger great power rivalry dynamic with African

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53:35

An Update on China-Kenya Ties With Journalist Eliud...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/03/11

China's ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian sat down with a local reporter Eliud Kibii from The Star newspaper earlier this month for a rare one-on-one interview. Chinese diplomats tend to be quite media shy so it's news whenever they do speak in unscripted environments with the press. Eliud joins Eric & Cobus from Nairobi to discuss his exchange with the ambassador and to get an update on the current state of Sino-Kenyan ties. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: CAP on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject

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01:11:16

China Exim Bank's Controversial Loan to Expand...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/03/04

New research from AidData at the College of William & Mary in the United States provides the first insight into the loan contract between China Exim Bank and the Ugandan government for the expansion of the Entebbe International Airport. This is the same airport at the center of an almost year-long controversy over whether China would seize the facility due to a loan default. That allegation is, of course, not true and the contract confirms that the airport was never in jeopardy of being surrendered

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01:09:07

U.S., European Tech Competition With China in Africa

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/02/25

Challenging China's dominance in Africa's tech sector was one of the key takeaways from this month's Europe-Africa summit and a key component of the EU's Global Gateway infrastructure agenda. But it's not going to be easy given the enormous breadth of Chinese technology engagement in Africa that goes back decades. Western governments are going to find it even more difficult to compete in this market given the rapid expansion of Chinese corporate activity in Africa's digital sector. University of

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43:21

Chinese Demand for Illegal Rosewood Leads to...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/02/18

Cameroon is just one of a growing number of African countries that is facing a deforestation crisis due in part to the trade in illegal Rosewood. Large organized crime syndicates are felling vast numbers of these prized trees, smuggling them across the border to Nigeria where they are laundered and sent mostly to buyers in China. It's widely known in the industry that most African Rosewood is illegally harvested yet that doesn't discourage Chinese buyers as they look the other way -- which is a

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40:45

Chinese Corporate Communications in Africa

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/02/11

Over the years, Chinese companies in Africa have earned a reputation for not very being good in how they communicate with local stakeholders, particularly with local media and civil society groups. While that remains true for the large state-owned construction and mining companies, it's definitely not the case for a growing number of consumer-facing private companies that now employ sophisticated corporate messaging strategies. The Paris-based, Africa-focused strategic communications agency 35° Nord

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01:17:38

The Future of Chinese Infrastructure Finance in Africa

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/02/04

Nigerian Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi acknowledged this week that he will no longer rely on China to fund two major railways and will have now have to look elsewhere for the money. The minister's comments shouldn't come as a big surprise, though, given the plunge in overseas development lending by China's two major policy banks in recent years. China is now largely out of the business of loaning large amounts of money to build major infrastructure projects in Africa and is instead focusing

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01:02:31

An Update on Chinese Diplomacy in the Middle East...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/01/28

It's been a frenetic start of the year in Chinese diplomacy in the Middle East. Right after he returned from a five-nation tour of Indian Ocean states, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted half a dozen foreign ministers from Persian Gulf states, Turkey, and the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Separately, China is also playing an active role in the ongoing Iran nuclear talks. Now that China is the Persian Gulf's largest energy customer, Beijing has a lot at stake an ensuring the

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59:24

How China's Economic and Security Interests Converge...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/01/21

China-Africa trade smashed a new record in 2021 and surpassed $250 billion. This was a dramatic increase over the $187 billion that the two sides the previous year. But those enhanced trade ties come as security conditions worsen for Chinese stakeholders in a growing number of Africa countries, namely Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Paul Nantulya, a research associate at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C. is closely following both trends and joins Eric & Cobus

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01:07:15

Investigating Chinese Corruption in the DRC Linked to...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/01/14

China's role in the landmark Congo-Hold Up corruption scandal was relatively small compared to those of other actors that were found to have funneled millions of dollars to former Congolese president Joseph Kabila and his associates. Nonetheless, investigators found that Chinese entities were responsible for at least $55 million in illicit payments connected to the $6 billion Sicomines resource-for-infrastructure deal back in 2007. The Washington, D.C.-based NGO The Sentry was among the lead

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01:00:44

Taking Stock of Wang Yi's Tour of East Africa &...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/01/11

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is back in Beijing after wrapping up the customary first overseas trip of the year that always begins in Africa. Wang spent almost a week visiting five nations in East Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean where debt, infrastructure and great power rivalry with the U.S. were among the key issues on the agenda. University of Nairobi political science lecturer Oscar Otele closely followed Wang's tour and joins Eric & Cobus to discuss the key highlights, particularly

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56:51

Why South Africa Remains China's Most Important...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2022/01/07

There was a flurry of Chinese diplomatic activity in Africa this week with Foreign Minister Wang Yi's first overseas trip of the year who went to Eritrea, Kenya, and the Comoros Islands. While eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean are becoming increasingly strategic theaters for Chinese engagement on the continent, in many ways they're still secondary to South Africa's overall importance. South Africa is the main gateway for the bulk of Chinese mineral imports from Africa, it's home to the largest

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01:05:36

The 2021 Africa-China Year in Review

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/12/24

Join Eric & Cobus for the annual Year in Review/Year Ahead Preview special episode where they each three stories that shaped Africa-China relations in 2021 and one story to watch in the year ahead. Plus, they also discuss the Trevor Noah controversy where the host of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show published a riff on China-Africa relations that was riddled with inaccuracies and misinformation. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: CAP on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter:

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01:02:48

Chinese Involvement in the "Congo Hold-Up" Corruption...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/12/17

19 media outlets together with five NGOs in the U.S. and Europe pored through 3.5 million leaked documents from a Gabonese bank to produce Congo Hold-Up, a landmark report that detailed breathtaking corruption in the DR Congo during the presidency of Joseph Kabila in the early 2000s. Chinese entities, including the joint venture mining company Sicomines, were implicated in the findings (although Sicomines denies any allegation of corruption), specifically relating to the dealings of one man, Du Wei

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01:29:51

DOUBLE EPISODE: Andy Mok Reflects on FOCAC Plus a...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/12/15

With the end of the year fast approaching and time running out to get everything into the last remaining shows of the season, we're bringing you a special double episode this week. First, join us for an in-depth discussion with Andy Mok, a senior research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing for a Chinese perspective on the recent FOCAC conference plus his insights on how African countries should best manage the increasingly acrimonious great power rivalry between the U.S. and

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48:24

With China on the Sidelines, What's Next for African...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/12/10

For much of the past two decades, China was among the largest sources of African infrastructure financing. But that is no longer the case. In his recent keynote address at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation conference in Senegal, Chinese President Xi Jinping never mentioned the world infrastructure and the topic was largely absent from the final declaration. The timing of China's withdrawal from the space couldn't be worse as the demand for new roads, power, and railways across the continent

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50:13

Why the Era of Low-Cost Imports From China May be...

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/12/08

The ongoing supply chain disruptions are having a profound impact on the types of goods that consumers in Africa and other Global South countries can access. It used to cost just $1,000 a container to ship low-cost socks, shoes, electronics, and other goods that once flooded African markets. Today, the shipping cost for that same container is now $8,000 and rising -- making it possible to send only high-value goods from China that can offset those surging shipping costs. Walter Ruigu, managing

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48:29

FOCAC 8 Recap & Review

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/12/03

The eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation conference wrapped up this week in Senegal. The event itself generated a lot of news but it was far from the only thing going on this week. The Europeans sought to try and upstage FOCAC with their new Global Gateway infrastructure initiative that they revealed on the last day of the Dakar forum, plus Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made an unannounced trip to Ethiopia and a controversy over the Entebbe International Airport in Uganda hung over FOCAC

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45:35

China's Growing Role in Multilateral Development Banks

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/11/26

While China has dramatically curtailed its bilateral development financing in Africa and other regions around the world, Beijing is increasing its engagement in multilateral and regional development banks around the world, including the African Development Bank among others. This points to an important, yet little understood trend about China's growing influence in international financial institutions. Two reports have come out recently, one from the Center for Global Development and the other from

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58:08

FOCAC 8 Preview: The Trade Agenda

The China in Africa Podcast ·

2021/11/23

Trade issues are widely expected to top the agenda at next week's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ministerial conference in Dakar. African countries will be looking for China to further widen its market to agricultural and processed raw materials and China is seeking ways to reduce the gaping trade surpluses that it currently maintains with most countries across the continent. Yike Fu, a research and policy analyst at Development Reimagined based in Hangzhou, and Patrick Anam, a trade lawyer and

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