CHINAFRIK – AFRICA'S ECONOMIC MODEL AND BLUEPRINT FOR DEVELOPMENT.
CHINAFRIK as a concept is defined as ''the process wherein developing states in Africa adopt economic measures from China and localize such measures for their respective development.
While the developed countries of the world worry over the management of technological breakthroughs and volatile economic landscapes, many developing and underdeveloped nations are cringing in poverty, hunger and starvation, woeful health conditions, high maternal and child mortality rates, energy crisis, youth restiveness, and high incidences of corruption, among others.
Most Africa countries, unfortunately, find themselves in the latter categories. The failure of African nations to develop and match such countries as the Asian Tigers, who started the race to nationhood with us, is essentially a leadership problem, a self-imposed crisis of underdeveloped psyche that makes our leaders enslaved to primordial instincts. They focus on power acquisition as a means to self aggrandizement; undoing and sometimes, complete elimination of perceived enemies.
Consider a report by GOLDMAN SACHS: The rise of the BRICs(Brazil, Russia, India and China). Goldman Sachs had to say in its original report, ''Dreaming with BRICs: The path to 2050,'' published in 2003; that: China's economy will surpass Germany in the next few years, Japan by 2015 and the United States by 2041. India's growth rate will be the highest – not China's- and it will overtake Japan by 2032. Taken together, the BRICs could be larger than the United States and the developed economies of Europe within 40years.
According to the Goldman Sach’s report, the economy of China overtook Germany's a year earlier than expected, and has ...
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...and athlete, and the South globally reckoned in international diplomacy and academics. Consolidating efforts by the AU and sub-regional bodies in this respect over a reasonable period of time will take the continent to her rightful position among the comity of nations. The common practice of employing the services of foreign expatriates in human and infrastructural projects needs to be discontinued henceforth by African leaders. Until we begin to believe and pride in ourselves as a people, much of our desired expectations will not begin to materialize. Juxtaposing and applying the principles inherent in both 'Glocalization' and CHINAFRIK will result in an African continent that the citizenry will be proud of. It is our individual and collective responsibility to make Africa a continent of global recognition in human and infrastructural development. Let’s DO it NOW!
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over-looked especially with very dependent countries like China. The issue of worldwide energy security threat has stirred global attention. China in the last decade has been going under one of the fastest industrial developments in history, with their claims of wanting to build several New York size cities throughout the country, China plans to connect the whole country though the rail system to unify and bring industry to the country as a whole. China biggest growth is in the transportation and textile
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2 II. HISTORY OF CHINA IN AFRICA 4 III. THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES 6 IV. CAUSE FOR WORRY 10 V. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY 14 I. INTRODUCTION In the global media and especially in the US print media, there is hardly a single day that passes without the mentioning of China and either its internal
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and investment in African markets. Since 2009, China has been the African continent’s largest trade partner, having surpassed the United States. Chinese presence in Africa takes the form of a multi-faceted approach, with the Chinese offering developmental loans, investing in agriculture and industry, and funding the construction of public infrastructure such as roads, railways, airports, and hospitals (Council on Foreign Relations).
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The topics before the African Union Committee are: Food Security, Development and NGO Accountability, and China and India’s role in facilitating economic development in Africa. South Africa is strongly committed to collaborating with the various members of the international community. We believe that it is necessary to undertake joint actions based on international law to ensure that lasting multilateral solutions can be applied. This will address and improve the living conditions of millions of
a letter to his son addressing the feeling of an African-American living in America. He makes it clear that the African-American body is always vulnerable. Coates communicated with his son about his childhood in the ghettos of Baltimore and how he had managed to live in such harsh environment. A child in a different country also experienced similar occurrences and learned to coped with the street rules. The author includes many examples of African-American bodies under attack and it also relates
China’s foray in Africa is not just influencing governments’ economic and trade policies but indications show that this influence permeates in the social sphere as well. While African governments strive to work on policies attractive to the Chinese investors and tourists, socially, there is a rise in the number of local institutions that wish to cash in on the rising number of Chinese locally by offering courses in Chinese cuisines and recipes. Utalii College in Kenya, is a leading training institution