China pledges $51 billion for Africa infrastructural projects and job creation
China’s President Xi Jinping used the China-Africa Cooperation Summit, FOCAC, to pledge $51 billion over three years to support infrastructural projects and job creation in Africa — a move that experts say is proof that the Asian nation is strengthening its cultural, political and economic ties to the continent. For insight, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to Paul Nantulya, a specialist on Chinese affairs and analyst at Africa at the Center for Strategic Studies.
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