Trade, finance and infrastructure in the Kenya–China relationship.
President William Ruto will in his second trip to China make another attempt to secure infrastructure funding after his initial request in October for $1 billion financing to unlock stalled projects failed to sail through. State House in a statement on Sunday said President Ruto’s priorities as he attends the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2024
REUTERS Chinese lenders approved loans worth $4.61 billion to Africa last year, marking the first annual increase since 2016, an independent study showed on Thursday. Africa secured more than $10 billion in loans a year from China between 2012-2018, thanks to President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but the lending fell precipitously from
BY DENNIS MUNENE Digital economy is emerging as a key driver of global economic growth. This is what a recent report unveiled in Nairobi by the China-Africa Economic and Trade Research Institute and the Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co., Ltd. Big Data and AI Laboratory, in partnership with the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce found. Anchored
Kenya and China are exploring bilateral cooperation to achieve five million kilos of tea traded between the two countries annually. This emerged during Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi’s tour of China, where he attended the launch of the China-Kenya Tea Trade Centre and the signing ceremony of partnership between Kenyan orthodox and specialty tea manufacturers
A delegation of the ruling United Democratic Alliance arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, May 21, for a 10-day visit at the invitation by the Communist Party of China. The delegation was led by Secretary General Cleophas Malala and was accompanied by Amb Willy Bett for the first outward visit by the ruling party. Kenya Embassy
