Africa To Have Six Cities With Over 10 Million Inhabitants by 2035
August 24th, 2024
Via North Africa Post, a report on the continent’s rapidly growing population: Amid a rapid population growth, Africa will count six cities with over 10 million people by 2035, the Economist Intelligence Unit said. With the continent’s population boom, Angola’s capital, Luanda, and Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, will join the metropolises of Cairo, […]
Read more »Egypt’s New Capital City To Get $1 Billion Hydrogen-Powered Skyscraper
August 19th, 2024
Via Newsweek, a report on a planned new hydrogen-powered skyscraper in Egypt’s new capital city: Egypt’s new capital city is getting a $1 billion skyscraper which will be powered by clean hydrogen, according to the Saudi-controlled real estate firm that’s building it. The temporarily named New Administrative Capital (NAC), initiated by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, […]
Read more »Egypt and China: A Partnership For The Future
August 16th, 2024
Via Ahram Online, commentary on the growing China-Egypt partnership: President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s visit to Beijing last May to participate in the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum and his meeting with President Xi Jinping have marked the culmination of the special relationship that has bound the two countries for several decades. As such, the joint statement issued during the […]
Read more »Rise of Chinese Surveillance Tech in Africa: Development or Espionage?
July 11th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, commentary on the growing deployment of Chinese CCTV equipment in African cities: Chinese technology companies like Huawei and ZTE are contributing to smart city development on the continent, but analysts warn that their tools provide authoritarian governments with the means to spy on citizens and promote repression. More than a […]
Read more »China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Reportedly To Invest $375M In Egypt
June 14th, 2024
Via Zawya, a report on Chinese plans to invest in Egyptian ports: China’s COSCO Shipping Ports is planning to invest $375 million in Egyptian ports during 2024, including Ain Sokhna port, the company’s Chief Accountant Zhao Fengnian said, according to Asharq Business. The new investments aim to increase the capacity of COSCO’s containers across different […]
Read more »The Economics of Famine
June 8th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on soaring prices for goods in the Gaza Strip: Prices for basic goods in the Gaza Strip have spiralled after the closure of its border crossing with Egypt worsened wartime scarcity, sending the cost of a single cigarette as high as $20 and forcing families to sell jewellery […]
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