By Steven Akabwayi In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which emerged to be one of the most significant and greatest projects of the 21st century according to experts. By June 2023, over 152 countries and organizations had signed agreements related to BRI including the African Union as bloc. […]
By Steven Akabwayi “Uganda and China have established deep-rooted and unshakable political mutual trust that have seen remarkable achievements in bilateral Economic Cooperation” These were President Museveni’s remarks in 2019 in an interview with People’s Daily an official Newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). After approving the national vision […]
The people of the People’s Republic of China as well as the people of Uganda have got a striking similarity which; as I have come to notice, has been largely under looked in most Sino-Ugandan (African) studies. We as Africans call it Ubuntu; the belief that the individual is an inherent part of the whole […]
Last week, the world leaders gathered in Chinese capital Beijing as leaders from over 150 countries, and representatives of international organisations met in Beijing for the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The event also marked 10 years of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Jointly implemented by participating partners, BRI which was […]
On average, an African woman spend up to 5 hours per day collecting firewood. A study funded by Finnish ministry of foreign affairs on Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) contends this prevents women and young girls from engaging in productive economic activities, school and at times exposes them to physical violence. MCFA attributes this […]
By Alan Collins Mpewo Looking to the earlier years before 2023 looks nearer, like yesterday, and yet when the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched in 2013, making it thus far would seem unachievable. It is 10 years now that the initiative has endured. It has withstood all possible forms of hurdles along the […]
Often times, many people’s answers to a question on the purpose or importance of International Relations in the global scene would be primarily along the lines of maintenance of global peace by fostering mutual respect and goodwill among global states. This despite being somewhat an incomplete answer is not wrong at all upon a perusal […]
By Steven Akabwayi Increasingly, China is becoming a beacon of hope for the African continent. Now that the BRICS is here bigger, and better than before with the addition of two African countries with Egypt and Ethiopia joining South Africa, China will leverage this opportunity to strengthen its economic foothold on the African continent. Speaking […]
Last week, a team of Ugandan medical experts from district hospitals arrived in Beijing China. Funded by the Chinese government, the team will spend three weeks in China at one of the country’s top Universities, Tsinghua University to attend a Seminar on Health Care and Public Health. This will boost their public health knowledge and […]
By Steven Akabwayi On 4th-6th September this year, the Kenyan government with AU co-hosted the inaugural Africa climate summit in Nairobi. The three-day summit brought together leaders and investors from Africa and beyond to share experiences and solutions for a sustainable, resilient Africa. The event focused on Adaptation and resilience, renewable energy, sustainable development, and financing for […]