WASHINGTON — When U.S. President Joe Biden visits Angola in early December, he will put into focus his legacy infrastructure project aimed at securing crucial supply chains on the African continent. Called the Lobito Corridor, the project is the centerpiece of his administration’s strategy to counter China’s clout in global development. The Lobito Corridor is…
By Jessica Donati (Reuters) – Joe Biden sets off for Angola on Sunday on a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major, U.S.-backed railway project that aims to divert critical minerals away from China. The project, partly funded with a U.S. loan, links the…
President Joe Biden’s visit to Angola – the first by a U.S. president to the southwest African nation – centers on a rail corridor for transportation of valuable minerals from the heart of the continent to a burgeoning Angolan port. VOA White House Correspondent Anita Powell reports from Washington. Source link
THE WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden is “excited” to make his first trip to the African continent next week and will first stop briefly in the small island nation of Cabo Verde before making landfall in the Southwest African nation of Angola, a top White House official told VOA Friday. “He is excited…
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) hosted its first automotive industry supply chain summit in Hong Kong on Wednesday, which attracted dozens of EV makers and government officials to discuss how Hong Kong can help carmakers from the mainland expand overseas. Chinese carmakers face a series of challenges when developing their businesses overseas, including…
Chinese companies are ready to return to Sudan at a moment’s notice, according to a Chinese official, once security and stability are restored in the northeast African nation engulfed in a civil war. Multibillion-dollar Chinese oil and gas projects have been stalled or destroyed since the fighting began in April last year. Chinese-built and funded…
Cantonese speaker Adekunbi Hassan Salako did not know that an Instagram video about Africa would get tens of thousands of likes from Hongkongers. Starting his reel, Salako says: “This is for those who think Africa has nothing. “A lot of people asked me if there are a lot of animals to see in Nigeria. Actually,…
NEW DELHI — Analysts interviewed by VOA expressed skepticism over China’s recent decision to eliminate tariffs for goods from least developed countries with diplomatic relations with Bejing, including 33 in Africa, next month. The move was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing in…
Johannesburg — President-elect Donald Trump talked tough on China during his campaign, vowing to impose higher and sweeping tariffs on imports from the Asian giant. Beijing will now also be closely watching the incoming administration’s movements further afield, in Africa, where U.S.-China rivalry is high. Experts disagree on what a second Trump term will mean…
Lagos, Nigeria – Kola Alawada shelters from the rain beneath the shade of a phone accessories kiosk in Computer Village in Lagos, his old Android phone with a cracked screen clutched in his hand. The sprawling, chaotic marketplace in southwestern Nigeria is Africa’s largest technology hub, where streets lined with shopping plazas and informal stalls…