Congo’s Gecamines and Entreprise Generale du Cobalt Sign Mining Deal
February 9th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on a recent deal between the DRC’s Gecamines and Entreprise Generale du Cobalt: Congo’s state mining company Gecamines and its subsidiary Entreprise Generale du Cobalt (EGC) have signed an agreement granting EGC exclusive mining rights to five mining areas, the firms said on Wednesday. Created by government decree in December 2019, […]
Read more »Indonesia And China’s Trains
February 9th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on China’s significant investment presence in Indonesia: China’s huge leverage in Indonesia has impacted Indonesia’s economic development. Over a decade, China has never been absent as the main of Indonesia’s trading partner. In the Jokowi era, for example, the Chinese investment reached nearly US$8 billion by 2022. According to the Indonesia […]
Read more »America Should Not Allow its Trade Programme with Africa To Die
February 8th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an argument that America’s Growth and Opportunity Act should be reimagined and made fit for an era of renewed great power competition in Africa: It is often said that Africa does not matter to America. Unlike China, the US does not pursue a policy of exporting surplus industrial capacity to […]
Read more »For First Time in Two Decades, U.S. Buys More From Mexico Than China
February 8th, 2024
Via The New York Times, a report on data showing that the United States bought more goods from Mexico than China in 2023 for the first time in 20 years, evidence of how much global trade patterns have shifted: In the depths of the pandemic, as global supply chains buckled and the cost of shipping […]
Read more »Fancy a Safari? African Countries On Hunt for Lion’s Share of Chinese Tourists
February 8th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on African tour operators’ efforts to lure more Chinese tourists: After three years cut off from China’s sprawling pool of cash-strapped travellers, tourism operators in countries such as Tanzania are moving fast to lure them back However, Africa remains a niche travel destination, and there are abundant challenges […]
Read more »DRC: Trafigura, Ivanhoe Sign Copper Export Deal via US-Backed Corridor
February 8th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the recent announcement that two firms, Singapore-based Trafigura and Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines, signed a major deal to export copper along a US-backed rail route from Democratic Republic of Congo to Angola: Two firms, Singapore-based Trafigura and Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines, signed a major deal to export copper along […]
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