ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Twice-weekly discussion about China's engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journalist Eric Olander and Asia-Africa scholar Cobus van Staden in Johannesburg.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
54 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
492 episodes
since March 24, 2020
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~74.69% of listeners are from United States.
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US
74.69%
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IE
10.87%
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DE
2.14%
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KE
1.89%
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GB
1.56%
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HK
1.52%
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NL
1.39%
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EE
0.60%
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CA
0.50%
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CH
0.48%
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FR
0.42%
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BE
0.31%
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IN
0.27%
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ES
0.23%
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ZA
0.22%
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JP
0.17%
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BR
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BY
0.16%
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TR
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NO
0.16%
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IT
0.13%
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AE
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AU
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SE
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Others
1.62%
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
China is deepening its engagement with Africa as geopolitical competition intensifies, with President Xi Jinping meeting the leaders of Botswana and Togo in Beijing. The visits highlight Beijing's sustained diplomatic outreach and growing interest in African copper supplies, alongside its push to s…
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China's engagement across Africa is increasingly shaped by both high-level geopolitics and competition in everyday markets. Somalia's renewed ties with Beijing are being driven in part by the Somaliland question, particularly its growing relationship with Taiwan. At the same time, Chinese companies…
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China's influence in Africa's media landscape increasingly operates through content-sharing agreements, journalist training, paid placements, and support for local broadcasters. These "below-the-line" strategies give Chinese narratives a pathway into African newsrooms that extends well beyond the r…
China-Africa trade is surging and could top $400 billion this year, but the headline figure obscures a relationship that remains heavily concentrated among a small number of countries and increasingly tilted toward Chinese exports.
Much of what Africa sells to China is still made up of commodities…
Quite often, foreign leaders travel to China without a clear strategy for turning high-level diplomacy into tangible economic gains. This was on display earlier this year when U.S. President Donald Trump's much-hyped summit yielded few actionable outcomes.
Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah…
China's popularity across Africa remains strong, with new Afrobarometer polling showing Beijing again outperforming the U.S. and Europe in public perception. But those favorable views are far from straightforward, shaped by perceptions of China's development success, frustration with Western powers…
Young Africans increasingly see China as an important partner, but their support comes with clear expectations about what that relationship should deliver, according to findings from the recently published 2026 African Youth Survey.
China's infrastructure, investment, and visible economic presence…
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