South Africa vows to expand its trade portfolio to create more balance and tackle a growing trade deficit which heavily ...

FOCAC 2024 marked a milestone, but 2025 is the year that will test whether upgraded ties can deliver real outcomes.

South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on China to urgently open it’s market to more local goods to cut an ...

Total trade between China and Africa was worth $296bn in 2024. Yet the value of what China exported west ($179bn) was much higher than what Africa sent east ($117bn). This year, partly as a result of ...

The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the Chinese government had blocked a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employee ...

According to the China Africa Research Initiative, Chinese loans to Africa dropped from $29.4 billion in 2016 to $8.9 billion in 2018.

While the relationship between South Africa and China has mutually benefited both nations through increased trade and ...

Nearly US$51 billion was allocated by China for lending and investment in Africa at the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit held in Beijing earlier this month. More than half ...

China has granted up to $178 billion in loans to 52 African nations over the past two decades, according to the School of Advanced and International Studies' China Africa Research Initiative.

African Union Chairman Moussa Faki denied that China has a monopoly on business in Africa, adding, “I think the Africans are mature enough to engage in partnerships of their own volition which ...

South African central bank chief Lesetja Kganyago flagged that dollar depreciation because of US tariffs and deflation in ...