Early in the pandemic, China sent doctors and protective equipment to Burkina Faso – a small deployment that showed how its older health channels were repurposed.
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Ebola, 2014: When China Sent a Mobile Lab to West Africa’s Front Line
Most donors sent money and statements. During the worst Ebola outbreak on record, China sent a mobile laboratory and 59 people to run it.
Six Decades of Medical Teams: China’s Oldest Pledge to Africa Endures
The newest headlines about China in Africa are railways and ports. One of the oldest threads is quieter and far older: a doctor at a rural clinic.
SADC transport and ICT integration — the lived regional economy for regional operators
A tourist planning a multi-country SADC itinerary — Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, then a transfrontier park spanning two or three borders, then a coastal stretch in another member state entirely — experiences regional integration as a series of very concrete questions:...
Liberalised skies and AI infrastructure: the lived regional economy and what comes next
Bulawayo, the city that hosted this week's ministerial dialogue on liberalised skies, sits two hours by road from Victoria Falls, one of the region's most visited tourism assets and a place whose entire commercial model depends on exactly the kind of...
Year of Exchanges: Africa and China bet ties between people outlast concrete
China has built more than 10,000 km of African railway. Its quieter wager for 2026 is that scholarships and training, not freight tonnage, decide whether the relationship endures.
35th trade ministerial across SADC — the lived regional economy for regional operators
A tourist can already cross between several SADC member states on a single regional visa in parts of the Kavango-Zambezi conservation area, yet a business traveller moving between most other pairs of SADC capitals still needs a separate visa, a separate currency and...
Teen Sprinter Books Ticket to World Stage
Wazha Matakule’s 21.24 over 200 m has booked a place at the World U20 championships – and put a spotlight on the thin training and sponsorship behind Botswana’s young sprinters.
Inclusive Afro Tech: DJs Break Barriers in Botswana’s Nightlife
Nightlife is rarely designed with access in mind. A GIMC Afro Tech show puts a wheelchair-using DJ and women DJs on the decks, and asks venues to keep up.