Has Africa gained from China's infrastructure plans?
Has Africa benefited from China's Belt and Road Initiative?
An episode of the Focus on Africa podcast, hosted by BBC World Service, titled "Has Africa gained from China's infrastructure plans?" was published on October 20, 2023 and runs 30 minutes.
October 20, 2023 ·30m · Focus on Africa
Summary
As China marks the tenth anniversary of its Belt and Road initiative in Beijing, we look at benefits for African countries. What are the continent's losses and gains from working with China?Also Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed has again said, his country needs its own seaport. Ethiopia is landlocked. So what would he need to do, to make that possible and at what cost?And how Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum went from running in borrowed shoes...to breaking world records.
Episode Description
As China marks the tenth anniversary of its Belt and Road initiative in Beijing, we look at benefits for African countries. What are the continent's losses and gains from working with China?
Also Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed has again said, his country needs its own seaport. Ethiopia is landlocked. So what would he need to do, to make that possible and at what cost?
And how Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum went from running in borrowed shoes...to breaking world records.