ADDIS ABABA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Officials and business leaders have stressed the significance of the upcoming China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, for African exporters to effectively penetrate the vast Chinese market and to further deepen the Sino-African economic and trade ties. A high-level promotion event for the 140th Canton Fair was held at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Tuesday.
WINDHOEK, July 7 (Xinhua) -- China became Namibia's largest export market in May as the country's exports rose 25.9 percent month-on-month, official trade data showed Tuesday.
NAIROBI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 enterprises, including about 90 from China, recently participated in an expo in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, with visitors impressed with the quality, affordability and variety of the Chinese-made products. During the third China (Linyi)-Kenya International Commodity Exhibition in Nairobi, which ran from July 2 to 4, Linet Abuna carefully examined hardware, farm machinery and household products before stopping to exchange contact information with several Chinese exhibitors.
TUNIS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China has recently authorized the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited to jointly serve as the RMB Clearing Bank for Africa, which will empower China-Africa trade cooperation, Tunisian newspaper Tunisie Tribune has said. Thanks to this authorization, enterprises and financial institutions from 19 African countries will directly access China's onshore financial system and tap into its domestic liquidity support for the first time, it said in a recently-published article.
