WINDHOEK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China's zero-tariff market access arrangement for Namibia presents a significant opportunity for the southern African country to diversify exports, expand agricultural trade, and stimulate investment in export-oriented sectors, Namibian economic analysts said Tuesday. In a joint analysis released on the Brief Namibia online publication Tuesday, Namibian experts Robeth Simon and Hasekiel Johannes said the new zero-tariff arrangement could create stronger opportunities for non-mineral exports, particularly beef, mutton, goat meat, seafood, grapes, dates, blueberries, and deep-sea red crab.
WINDHOEK, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's agricultural cooperation with China and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is contributing to farmer training, poultry production and agricultural skills development through technical support and knowledge-sharing programs, officials have said. Namibian and Chinese officials made the remarks during a visit Sunday to the Tsumis Arid Zone Agricultural Center (TAZAC) in Namibia's Hardap Region, where Chinese agricultural experts are working with local staff and farmers under the China-FAO-Namibia South-South Cooperation project.
People visit the exhibition area of Africa's Travel Indaba 2026 in Durban, South Africa, May 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Wei) DURBAN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and African tourism operators sought new partnerships and business opportunities at the recently concluded Africa's Travel Indaba 2026 in Durban, as African destinations stepped up efforts to attract travelers from China's growing outbound tourism market.
NAIROBI, May 17 (Xinhua) -- In the lush green countryside of Murang'a County in central Kenya, Jeff Ngigi Mburu relished the majestic canopy of his Hass avocado trees, swaying to the rhythm of the afternoon breeze. The young farmer enjoyed chatting with several laborers from nearby villages whom he had hired to pick mature avocados for delivery to a collection center and later to a Chinese-owned processing factory for avocado oil based on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
