May 6, 2025 Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) participated in the just-ended... ASCIR Calls for a Digital Education Transformation Framework for Africa at the T20
April 30, 2025 By Pamela Carslake, ASCIR African economies are increasingly at risk... Lessons for Africa From the U.S.-China Trade Conflict: Diversify or Be Disrupted
March 18, 2025 China’s 2025 “Two Sessions” prioritized education as a driver of... China’s “Two Sessions”: Leveraging Education for Innovation and High-Quality Growth in 2025
February 18, 2025 Amid the emerging rivalry between the U.S. and China for... Navigating the U.S.-China AI Competition: An African Perspective
October 23, 2024 China is a growing destination for African students, but many... Homecoming: The Journey of China-Trained African Professionals
September 9, 2024 Executive Summary This white paper presents a comprehensive analysis of... Addressing the Root Causes of Coups in West Africa: Exploring China’s Role as a Strategic Partner
March 26, 2024 South Africa, like many other countries in Africa has been... Advancing Africa’s Just Energy Transition: The role of Research and the Private sector – a case study of South Africa
February 29, 2024 Download this report here. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT The 1955 Bandung... BUILDING A STRONG POST- PANDEMIC GHANAIAN ECONOMY THROUGH TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH CHINA
January 17, 2024 The Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) sent a six-member... ASCIR at the AUDA-NEPAD Africa Policy Bridge Tank Inception Conference on Africa’s Futures
December 11, 2023 ASCIR’s Executive Director, Pamela Adwoa Carslake, was at the Beijing... ASCIR at the 16th Beijing Forum
December 8, 2023 The Afro-Sino Centre participated in a two-day hydrogen energy conference,... ASCIR at the Hydrogen Energy Conference in South Africa
June 15, 2023 The maiden edition of the Biennial Media Forum on Natural... MAIDEN EDITION OF BIENNIAL MEDIA FORUM ON NATURAL RESOURCES,ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SCIENCE
May 15, 2023 by Mandira Bagwandeenoriginal post on LSESeptember 9th, 2021 A topic... Of the ties that bind: China’s party diplomacy in Africa
May 15, 2023 by Mandira Bagwandeenoriginal post on gga.orgJune 30, 2022 As the... China Merchants Group exporting its Shekou Model of port – industrial development to Africa
May 15, 2023 by Mandira Bagwandeenoriginal post on Daily MaverickMarch 28, 2023 China’s... Leveraging green panda bonds for Africa’s energy transition
April 3, 2023 One of the emerging themes in the Africa-China discourse is... Anti-Chinese Populism: Threats to Chinese Megaprojects and Businesses in Africa?
March 23, 2023 Original: Opportunity for Africans post Call for papers The 2023... CA/AC Early Career Scholars Workshop 2023 in Accra, Ghana (Fully Funded)
March 22, 2023 “…it remains the first and foremost task to help the... Patriotism Builds a Resilient Nation: a reflective walk through ‘Luxunism’, along the Suzhou river and Sihang warehouse
March 9, 2023 Sharing the China Experience – Opportunities and challenges of Integrating... From Africa to China and Back
January 29, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0vtL3X4xs Prof Dr Adams Bodomo speaks on African linguistics and world geopolitics | Citi Breakfast Show
January 29, 2023 The Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang begins a five-nation, week-long... Growing Importance of China-Global South Cooperation Calls for A More Equitable Approach to Promoting Infrastructure-Led Development
January 21, 2023 Introduction Education aid does not bring about self-reliant development in... Why Education Aid Does Not Bring About Self-reliant Development in Africa
January 21, 2023 By Jocelyne Kenne Kenne and Adams Bodomo1 This policy brief... How Language Holds Back Chinese Migrant’s Integration Into African Society
January 21, 2023 Introduction Evidently, cities around the world are confronting myriad of... How Fourth Industrial Revolution can Aid Sustainable Development in African Cities: Lessons from China
December 15, 2022 The Atlantic Council in collaboration with the Afro-Sino Centre of... Report Launch: Co-existing and competing with China in Africa – Indian Perspectives in Ghana
June 13, 2022 Africa needs an African mobile device manufacturing policy The mobile... AFRICA-CHINA TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION- AFRICA’S POSITION AMIDST CHINA’S EMERGING DOMINANCE
June 13, 2022 Chinese foreign policy makers pay a great of attention to... People-to-People and Civil Society Organizations Engagements in Africa-China Relations
March 14, 2022 The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE),... AITI-KACE signs MoU with ASCIR to intensify research in ICT
March 7, 2022 The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE)... AITI-KACE SIGNS MOU WITH ASCIR TO INTENSIFY RESEARCH IN ICT
November 18, 2021 Origin: theB1m Africa is undergoing a railway renaissance – and... Why China is building Africa’s railways
September 9, 2021 Origin: LSE The Chinese state is the poster child of... Don’t blame China for the rise of digital authoritarianism in Africa
September 6, 2021 The Oxford Business Group’s Agriculture in Africa 2021 Focus Report... Agriculture The Gateway to Trading Parity with China?
August 30, 2021 With China’s Belt and Road Initiative expanding around the world,... African views on US-China competition in Africa
August 4, 2021 The Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) as part of... ASCIR hosts Forum on Socio-Environmental Implications of Ghana-China Relations
August 2, 2021 Source: The Conversation Aid, trade and foreign direct investments typify... How the Bui Dam set up China’s future engagement strategy with Ghana
June 25, 2021 The Executive Directors of the Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations... ASCIR Visits Burkina Faso
June 3, 2021 SOURCE: China Africa Project Website There’s ample evidence of a... A 2021 Update On What We Know About Chinese Lending to African Countries
June 3, 2021 Source: China-Africa Project Ghanaian Attorney General Godfred Dame announced that military forces... Ghana AG: Chinese Nationals Arrested for Illegal Mining Will Not Be Deported and Will Instead Do Prison Time in Ghana
May 23, 2021 The empirical motivation for the argumentation in this paper comes... Identity packaging in Africa – China cross-cultural communication
May 7, 2021 The Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) based in Ghana... Africa-China Relations: Analysing the World in Africa and the Challenges of Development
May 4, 2021 The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, recently recycled the... The Peddling Narrative of Debt Diplomacy in China-Africa Relations
April 14, 2021 A much needed African-based research centre focused on extensive research... Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) Launched
July 22, 2020 China has been accused of neo-colonialism in Africa, with many... Zambia Case Study: Chinese Labour Practices Marring Relations on the Continent?
April 15, 2020 China’s active presence in Africa has been polemical, resulting in... Cracks in Afro-Sino Partnership?
March 30, 2020 “This is a Chinese product so it will not last.”... Playing the Long Game – Chinese Soft Power
November 9, 2019 Russia recently hosted a two-day Russia-Africa summit in Sochi. In... Russia – Africa Summit
