China-Africa Focus

China’s New Five- Year Plan Approved: Africa Anticipates Opportunities and Strategic Benefits

China’s New Five- Year Plan Approved: Africa Anticipates Opportunities and Strategic Benefits

Dear Editor, Last month, China held its 20th Central Committee meeting also referred to as the fourth plenary session. It was in Beijing from October 20th to 23rd, 2025. This vital political meeting has been the defining road for China since 1953 and has set the direction in social and economic development for the last 7 decades […]

Myths & Misconceptions: How the West biases our perception of China

Myths & Misconceptions: How the West biases our perception of China

By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi We are interesting animals, humans. Interesting! Nobel Laurette and profound cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman, author of “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, has argued that our brains are predisposed to give priority to bad news. That negative perceptions stick to our psyche faster than positive perceptions. If true, nowhere has this attribute of […]

Navigating the Trade Imbalance: Increased Cooperation with China Benefits Uganda and Africa

Navigating the Trade Imbalance: Increased Cooperation with China Benefits Uganda and Africa

By Shemei Ndawula Recently, the European Union(EU) Parliament issued a formal complaint against the Chinese People’s Republic regarding its trade deficit with China. This complaint has sparked global debate about the nature and impact of China’s economic engagement with the world especially with  developing nations. While the EU’s concerns are not without merit, in the new […]

China’s ‘Win-Win’ Cooperation with Global South Signals Shared Vision

China’s ‘Win-Win’ Cooperation with Global South Signals Shared Vision

China’s ‘Win-Win’ Cooperation with Global South Signals Shared Vision By Abubakar M. Zirabamuzale The term North/South divide, so often described by economists and scholars alike as the “Brandt Line”, has been around for 40 years now.  Initially, it didn’t seem to mean much since it was coined by the former German Chancellor Willy Brandt in […]

China-Uganda’s Win-Win Cooperation is Bearing Fruits

China-Uganda’s Win-Win Cooperation is Bearing Fruits

By Akech Sarah Elias In international relations and foreign policy, diplomacy is considered to be a major catalyst for good relations of countries and a step-in introduction and implementation of social-economic development projects of a country. Like in human beings, good cooperation and relations among countries which is always characterized by effective diplomacy, international relations […]

Huawei’s Global Partnerships can be Replicated in Uganda

Huawei’s Global Partnerships can be Replicated in Uganda

By Ernest Jovan Talwana On, 21st November, 2023, Huawei Technologies held its Huawei Sustainability Forum in which they showcased their global developments over the past two years as well their future developments and partnerships. This event marked an inflection point as it showcased the growing influence of Huawei in sustainable growth and development in the […]