Tanzania Wooing Chinese Tourists With New Documentary
April 7th, 2024
Via Semafor, an article on Tanzania’s efforts to use media to attract Chinese tourists: Tanzania is once again turning to film to attract tourists but this time focused on visitors from China. A new documentary, dubbed “Amazing Tanzania,” is scheduled to premiere in May featuring Chinese actor Jin Dong, who is also a tourism goodwill ambassador […]
Read more »Tanzania’s Richest Man Wants To Be Africa’s Biggest Farmer
March 14th, 2024
Courtesy of Forbes, a report on one man’s vision to transform Tanzania into an agribusiness powerhouse: Puffing on a nicotine vape and seated on a white leather chair in his $50 million home in Dubai, Mohammed “Mo” Dewji is waxing poetic about his plans to mechanize farming 2,500 miles away. “I want to make Africa, […]
Read more »Africa’s Energy Frontiers Draw Chinese Investors
February 28th, 2024
Via Energy, Capital, and Power, a look at Chinese investment interest in Africa’s energy potential: As the continent’s largest trading partner, China has played an active role in harnessing Africa’s energy resources and developing critical infrastructure to date. As the country seeks to secure future energy supplies – as well as foster regional diplomacy in […]
Read more »China Plans To Spend $1B To Revamp Tanzania-Zambia Railway
February 10th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report that China plans to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway in race to control critical mineral trade routes: The Tazara rail line, first built in the 1970s with Chinese funding, will be updated through public-private partnership The project connecting Zambian copper belt with Dar es Salaam will compete […]
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 »Zambia Plans New Railway to Spur Trade With Africa’s Great Lakes
January 21st, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on Zambia’s planned new railway: Zambia plans to build a new rail connection to link a Lake Tanganyika harbor to an existing line that runs to neighboring Tanzania, boosting trade with three other nations that share borders with the world’s longest freshwater lake. The southern African nation’s Transport and Logistics […]
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