The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has shortlisted three bidders for the Batoka Gorge hydropower project, a $4.5bn hydroelectric scheme located […]
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Chinese multinational group, Touch Road International Holdings, has revealed plans to construct two hotels in Harare and Victoria Falls. The group […]
China has approved construction of one of its tallest dams, a 239-metre hydroelectric structure on the upstream section of its […]
Hailing itself as the first Chinese enterprise to build a long-span bridge in Europe, contractor Sichuan Road & Bridge Group […]
Government launched the construction of five community technical colleges on Saturday in Traditional Authority Nkagula in Zomba which will be […]
- China is Africa’s biggest and strongest ally and in recent years has pumped millions of dollars into the continent.
- At the close of the 2018 China-Africa Forum for Cooperation (FOCAC) summit held in Beijing, the world’s second biggest economy announced that it had set up a new R900 billion ($60 billion) kitty meant for Africa’s development.
After two years of work, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) unveiled the longest railway tunnel in East Africa this week. […]
Large, state-owned builder China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has won a $398m contract to build a new oil terminal at Kenya’s main port of Mombasa.
Chinese energy firm Tebian Electrical Apparatus (TBEA) is set to invest in a $209m hydro power project in Gabon alongside the […]
A massive financial injection involving billions of rands from the People’s Republic of China into the province could provide a […]
A group of 50 Special Economic Zone (SEZ) practitioners and supporting sector specialists from the Department of Trade and Industry […]
Ameri Metro, a US company set up to invest in high-speed rail schemes, has offered to make $10bn available for […]
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has signed a memorandum of understanding to help Uganda build and operate nuclear power plants, […]
Zimbabwe has signed a US $1bn deal with Sinosteel Corp in a development that will see the Chinese firm building a 400MW […]
China is set to construct a new ECOWAS Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. This is after they signed a memorandum of understanding with […]
Egypt and China’s clean energy company, TBEA Sunoasis, started construction of four solar power stations at the Benban Solar Energy […]
The $200m headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa was celebrated as a gift to the continent from […]
Serbia began work on a China-funded railway line on Tuesday to try to improve the Balkan country’s infrastructure, an effort […]
China’s 2016 ban on “bizarre” building designs has not stopped a shopping centre in the city of Jiangsu from taking […]
Zambia has launched construction of a China-funded mega-road project connecting the southern and central parts of the country to the […]
China is widely admired for the speed at which it has urbanised and built out its national road and high-speed […]
China’s R&F plans to invest up to $2-billion to revive operations at Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco), the southern African nation’s industry and commerce […]
The European Union has set duties of up to 35.9% on imports of hot-rolled steel from China to counter what it says are excessively […]
China has announced that the world’s largest floating photovoltaic (PV) facility has been completed and linked to the national power grid. Long blamed for […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will lead a 25-member delegation drawn from all special economic zones (SEZs) in South […]
Harare City Council is set to partner one of the largest state-owned companies in China, Sinohydro Corporation, in a deal […]
South Africa’s Special Economic Zones (SEZ) programme is attracting billions in foreign direct investment, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob […]
The Chinese company that will operate business on the standard gauge railway has committed to employ up to 3,000 Kenyans […]
A multi-billion-shilling industrial park is set to be constructed at Kenya’s Export Processing Zone (EPZ). Two Chinese companies – CIFAL International and […]
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Ethiopia Parliament approves China loan agreements for infrastructure - [http://cynthiaburnham.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/handshake.87122244_std.jpg][/caption]Ethiopia's parliament on Tuesday approved three loan agreements worth over US$380 million made with the Chinese government and the Export-Import Bank of China to finance major infrastructure constructions in Ethiopia.
The Zimbabwean government has approved a US$1 billion loan facility from the Exim Bank of China, facilitating work to commence on […]
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The Capanda, one of the existing dams on the Kwanza (Eribeto/Creative Commons)[/caption]The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has granted a loan of US$4.5bn to Angola to finance the construction of the Caculo Cabaça dam, the largest power project in Angolan history.
RIOZIM chose a state-owned Chinese company to design a $2.1bn power plant it plans to build in Zimbabwe, which faces […]
China grew its cement exports to Kenya tenfold in the first half of 2016 even as contractors of flagship projects […]
The European Union (EU) will impose duties on imports from China of steel bars used to reinforce concrete at rates higher than initially proposed, the EU’s […]
According to Construction Review Online, Nigeria and China have concluded a contract agreement worth US$11.117bn for the construction of the […]
According to Engineering News, despite talk that the Chinese economy was in trouble and that China’s investment in Africa had […]
Crowds were delighted as the delayed opening of the $5.4bn expansion of the Panama canal yesterday as the first ship […]
A special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe last week to present three designs for a new $145m legislature China
China will have to spend $1 trillion over the next five years to alleviate the environmental stress brought by the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 3, 2015. (Xinhua/Li Tao) […]
The Volta River Authority in Ghana has proposed the construction of a 700MW coal power plant in Ghana. The project […]
China is developing floating nuclear power stations to support its construction activities in the South China Sea, according to an […]
As the world reels from a flood of cheap Chinese steel, other countries including Japan and South Korea are selling […]
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has confirmed to Pretoria News that Longkou Fanlin Cement had been approved for sale in the country.
Africa’s leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Company and other cement importers are in for tougher times in Ghana, following plans by […]
South Africa’s cement industry is facing a new imports challenge, this time from Chinese producers.Donald Mackay, a director at XA […]
China has started building a naval port in Djibouti, the tiny African country located at the crucial junction of the […]
A new wave of Chinese investments is sweeping across the globe and Africa can expect Chinese investments to increase to $100 billion by 2020
Algeria’s Transport Ministry, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC)
While Africa-friendly China’s economic growth languishes at 25-year lows, Standard Bank joint CEO Sim Tshabalala has deviated from popular economic […]
The future of East Africa’s biggest port project, Bagamoyo in Tanzania, was thrown into confusion last week after a government […]
FAW is a silver sponsor for African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo 2016. Africa’s leading construction, concrete and cement show […]
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and state-owned China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) yesterday signed an agreement for the […]
Chinese state-owned rail giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has signed agreements together worth approximately $2.7bn
The air pollution and traffic congestion that make life miserable in China’s biggest cities can only be tackled by building […]
China has pledged to boost the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway construction project in Kenya from the capital Nairobi […]
XCMG is one of China’s construction machinery manufacturers with the most diversified and most complete product variety. At present, XCMG […]
Chinese fibre maker YOFC is injecting R150-million into a local manufacturing facility in Durban’s Dube Tradeport Special Economic Zone to produce
The relationship between China and Africa is based on more than just trade – it is a partnership that is […]
Despite rumours that Russia was in the lead to take the deal, Nuclear energy regulators in South Africa and China […]
The total value of China’s built environment has overtaken that of the US for the first time, reaching $48 trillion […]
The slowdown in China and the associated ending of the commodity super cycle is having a major influence on the immediate growth prospects for Africa says Professor Mthuli Ncube,
Chinese steel being imported into the UK could be putting lives and buildings at risk, as well as jobs. Additives in some Chinese steel used to reinforce concrete
Global cement consumption is expected to record sustained growth in 2015, with further gains forecast for 2016, according to analysis presented […]
China Railway Construction Corp Ltd (CRCC) has signed two deals worth a combined $5.5-billion for construction projects in Africa, Xinhua […]
China has announced it will finance construction of a 60,000 capacity stadium in Ivory Coast in readiness for the 2021 […]
China and Africa face “historic opportunities” as the Chinese market for basic industrial materials is saturated while less-developed African countries […]
China, which currently boasts the world’s largest building (the New Century Global Center), and soon the world’s tallest pair of […]
China, the continent’s largest trading partner, has offered a spirited defence of its aid to Africa, rejecting charges of “concrete […]
International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde has warned that African economies could be hurt by a slowdown in China’s economy […]
It is exactly 130 years since Gen Charles Gordon was hacked to death on the steps of the governor-general’s palace […]
Construction of a second container terminal at Abidjan port is set to commence after by China’s Eximbank loan to Ivory […]
Freight logistics utility Transnet signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with locomotives manufacturer CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive (CSR) on Thursday, […]
The planned 1,402 km coastal rail line from Lagos to Calabar got underway last week, with the signing of $11.97 […]
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)has voiced its concern upon learning of Minister of Water and Sanitation (DWS), […]
Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina has invited Chinese business to invest in South Africa, while embracing the country’s […]
South Africa has been ranked third, after China and Brazil, in a new country-by-country assessment of 55 renewable-energy markets in […]
South Africa has been ranked third, after China and Brazil, in a new country-by-country assessment of 55 renewable-energy markets in […]
Landlocked Mali aims to diversify its mining sector away from gold with Chinese-built rail projects worth $9.5-billion that would link […]
Tanzania and China have signed investment deals to build a $1-billion satellite city and $500-million financial centre in Dar es […]
Everything you need to know about the fair – bauma China 2014 is only a few weeks away. The organisers […]
Uganda could rely on income from future oil exports to finance an $8-billion railway if funding talks with China fail […]
Expansion of the East-West road at the cost of US$1bn is expected to be completed before the end of this […]
Zimbabwe signed a $1.5-billion deal with China’s Sinohydro Corp on Friday to expand a coal-fired power plant to tackle the […]
Tanzania will start construction next year of a $3-billion coal and iron-ore mine and a 600-MW coal-fired power plant, a […]
Photo: Mariaan Webb Namibia has picked China’s Shanghai Electric as the preferred bidder to build a $1.2-billion gas-fired power plant, […]
Morocco‘s State power utility ONEE has obtained a $300-million loan from China Exim Bank to finance a 318 MW coal-fired […]
Uganda is hoping to secure an $8-billion loan from China to build a railway network to revamp the country’s transport […]
Uganda is hoping to secure an $8-billion loan from China to build a railway network to revamp the country’s transport […]
Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) has set aside US$331m for roads in the city which presently has a […]
Mali has signed agreements with China totalling $11-billion, most intended to finance two major railway projects linking the land-locked country […]
The Ethiopian Government has awarded a US$700-m contract for the construction of a new Gebba River Dam along Gebba River […]
Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies confirmed on Friday that China’s Hebei Iron and Steel Group would partner with […]
Upgrading of Tassia Estate a housing development scheme in Nairobi, including construction of a 90.4-km tarmac road with culverts, a […]
China will help Zimbabwe build special economic zones and industrial parks to jump-start exports and a struggling economy, its ambassador […]
Chinese companies and banks were once seen as bold and fearless as they invested in countries Western investors deemed too […]
China Sunlight Africa will provide the Zimbabwean government with US$52m to be used in the construction of Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland to help provide
The UK government has opened the way for massive Chinese investment in major infrastructure projects after signing a series of […]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang applaud the signing of the Standard Gauge Railway agreement at State […]
China intends to stop the production of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) 32.5 grade cement. Liu Ming, an official of the […]
Hong Kong-listed property development group Shanghai Zendai has outlined ambitious plans for the development of an R84-billion 22-km2 “city” on […]
South Africa’s inclusion in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) alignment, South Africa enabled expansion of its […]
The big debate about how fast China’s economy will grow this year can find some answers in the real world, […]
