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China tech sector helps Africa youth build ICT skills

Huawei and AVIC take lead in establishing programs that expose students to global business practices Over the past decade, Chinese enterprises operating in Africa have launched various programs aimed at empowering the continent’s young people by equipping them with practical skills to help the development of their countries’ economies. Huawei’s Seeds for the Future program…

It’s time for continent to give youth a chance

Cooperation with China offers chances for young people to secure capital to engage in fields that are crucial to Africa’s development Young people are the core of any given society. They make up what some call the active population. And all countries with aging populations are struggling to revive their active population. This is the…

All that glitters is not sold

Secondhand clothes That’s why they call me Second Hand Rose … I’m wearing secondhand shoes Secondhand hose All the girls hand me their secondhand beaus … Once while strolling through the Ritz, a woman got my goat She nudged her friend and said, “Oh, look, there goes my last year’s coat!” It seems poor old…

Alibaba points the way for Africans in e-commerce

Through inspiration from the eFounders Fellowship, formed through a collaboration between Alibaba Group and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, many young Africans are investing in technology with a keen focus on e-commerce to address challenges affecting their communities. The program, launched last year, seeks to train 1,000 entrepreneurs from developing countries, 200…

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Youth play key role in social, economic development

Young people can contribute much to fostering Sino-African relations for the betterment of the peoples of both sides Young people can play a significant role in enhancing social and economic development and fostering Sino-African relations, given that both sides have relatively young populations with a long life ahead to take their respective economies to new…

Bloom of youth – EUROPE

President Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of Africa’s young people to Sino-African ties Africa’s young people hold the key to the continent’s future and, with the support of governments, should play a more active role in shaping the continent’s ties with China, experts and officials say. Adhere Cavince, an expert on China-Africa relations at…

Chinese wine lovers thirsty for imports

Nation’s new appetite has grabbed the attention of global producers and is almost certain to determine the world market’s future The impact of increasingly prosperous Chinese consumers on world commodity markets is, on one level, a matter of arithmetic. Take wine. Per capita annual consumption of the grape-based tipple in China is a sober one…

What Estonia can teach about e-society

China can learn much from the tiny Baltic country of 1.3 million people, which has been a pioneer in creating a digital government Estonia is a tiny European Union country in northeast Europe, just next to Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Russia. So we can say – jokingly – that Estonia and China are almost neighbors,…

Tax cuts needed to attract investment

China should focus on building a positive business environment for foreign investors through equal treatment and lower costs A lot of media friends have asked me what impressions I have of the fairs I’ve attended, from the Canton Fair in the early 1970s to the first China International Import Expo, which was held in Shanghai…

Education technology fueled by quest for learning

Education technology is big news, both for China and the rest of the world. The fusion of two vital sectors for societal development has led to an interestingly positive impact on foreign nationals as well as China’s international development and cultural open-mindedness. Just one sector of education technology, online English teaching, is expected to grow…