#tanzania — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/424212/ Manufacturers decry scrap metal smuggling at the borders #KenyaNews #ScrapMetal #ScrapMetalCouncil #ScrapMetalSector #ScrapMetalSmuggling #star #StarNews #StarNewsKenya #StarNewspaper #StarNewspaperKenya #Tanzania #TheStar #TheStarKenya #TheStarNewspaper #UnscrupulousDealers

https://www.europesays.com/africa/424160/ Manufacturers decry scrap metal smuggling at the borders #KenyaNews #ScrapMetal #ScrapMetalCouncil #ScrapMetalSector #ScrapMetalSmuggling #star #StarNews #StarNewsKenya #StarNewspaper #StarNewspaperKenya #Tanzania #TheStar #TheStarKenya #TheStarNewspaper #UnscrupulousDealers

https://www.europesays.com/ie/686207/ Why sleeping less than apes helped humans become Earth’s dominant species #Chimpanzees #CircadianRhythms #DavidRSamson #Éire #EvolutionaryAnthropology #HadzaTribe #IE #Ireland #LightHygiene #REMSleep #Science #Sleep #SleepAndHumanEvolutionLab #Tanzania #TheSleeplessApe:TheStoryOfSleepInHumanEvolution #ToroSemlikiWildlifeReserveInUganda #UniversityOfTorontoMississauga #Wildlife

💻🌍 Six laptops from “PCs für Alle” are now in use in #Tanzania:
🎓 Four at AMUCTA University in Tabora
🏫 Two at Manus Dei Secondary School in Kibwigwa
👉 Digital education knows no boundaries.

💻🌍 Six laptops from “PCs für Alle” are now in use in #Tanzania:
🎓 Four at AMUCTA University in Tabora
🏫 Two at Manus Dei Secondary School in Kibwigwa
👉 Digital education knows no boundaries.

https://www.europesays.com/africa/422601/ 90 years younger: Lawyer Khaminwa busts a move as he celebrates birthday #birthday #family #JohnKhaminwa #KenyaNews #life #star #StarNews #StarNewsKenya #StarNewspaper #StarNewspaperKenya #Tanzania #TheStar #TheStarKenya #TheStarNewspaper

https://www.europesays.com/africa/422460/ 9/11 exhibit detailing terrorist attacks, aftermath now available for viewing at Tusculum University | Local News #AirlinerAccidentsAndIncidentsCaused #FilmedMurder–suicides #PoliticalViolence #September11Attacks #SuicideAttacks #Tanzania #Terrorism #ThePentagon #TusculumUniversity #UnitedStates #WorldTradeCenter #WorldTradeCenter(1973–2001)

https://www.europesays.com/africa/422290/ Billionaire Offered ‘Gold Mines and Cows for $7.9M Tanzania Island Resort #NewYorkPost #syndication #Tanzania #Video

Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/tanzanias-first-official-wildlife-corridor-links-savanna-elephants-to-rainforest/

#Tanzania #environment #forest #rainforest #wildlife #elephants

"Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest"

#Tanzania #Elephants

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/tanzanias-first-official-wildlife-corridor-links-savanna-elephants-to-rainforest/

https://www.europesays.com/afrika/52582/ Fortschritt in Tansania: Lake Victoria Gold #Fortschritt #frei #Gold #Goldmine #Imwelo #Lake #Tansania #Tanzania #Victoria

https://www.europesays.com/africa/420789/ Tanzania: Yas Donates Maternity Supplies to Kaliua District Hospital #Africa #Business #CurrentEvents #EastAfrica #economy #news #politics #sports #Tanzania #trade #travel

#Tanzania NAS | #Agroecology Coalition

https://agroecology-coalition.org/tanzania-nas-2/

#Tanzania NAS | #Agroecology Coalition

https://agroecology-coalition.org/tanzania-nas-2/

#Tanzania NAS | #Agroecology Coalition

https://agroecology-coalition.org/tanzania-nas-2/

#Tanzania NAS | #Agroecology Coalition

https://agroecology-coalition.org/tanzania-nas-2/

#Tanzania NAS | #Agroecology Coalition

https://agroecology-coalition.org/tanzania-nas-2/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/420767/ Tanzania: Mzinga Urges Miners to Seek Explosives Permits #Africa #Business #BusinessAndFinance #CurrentEvents #EastAfrica #economy #mining #news #politics #sports #Tanzania #trade #travel

https://www.europesays.com/africa/420747/ Tanzania: Prisons Women Urged to Pursue Leadership #Africa #Business #CurrentEvents #EastAfrica #economy #news #politics #sports #Tanzania #trade #travel #WomenAndGender

https://www.europesays.com/africa/420727/ Tanzania: Hosting 153rd Ipu Assembly – What Tanzania Stands to Gain Now and for Years to Come #Africa #Business #CurrentEvents #EastAfrica #economy #news #politics #sports #Tanzania #trade #travel

https://www.europesays.com/africa/420708/ Tanzania: Iringa RC Urges JKT Graduates to Use Social Media Wisely #Africa #Business #CurrentEvents #EastAfrica #economy #education #news #politics #sports #Tanzania #trade #travel

https://www.europesays.com/africa/420685/ Tanzania: Atuwa Dives Against the Tide #Africa #Business #CurrentEvents #EastAfrica #economy #environment #news #OceansAndRivers #politics #sports #Tanzania #trade #travel

Precursori dimenticati: la storia di un popolo che inventò l’acciaio sulle sponde del lago Vittoria
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=45148

#tecnologia #storia #antichità #africa #tanzania #heya #bantu #metallo #ferro #acciaio #siderurgia #metallurgia #forni #fornaci #rituali #tecniche #tradizioni #società #studiosi #archeologia #scavi #esperimenti #costruzione #riscaldamento

Precursori dimenticati: la storia di un popolo che inventò l’acciaio sulle sponde del lago Vittoria
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=45148

#tecnologia #storia #antichità #africa #tanzania #heya #bantu #metallo #ferro #acciaio #siderurgia #metallurgia #forni #fornaci #rituali #tecniche #tradizioni #società #studiosi #archeologia #scavi #esperimenti #costruzione #riscaldamento

Precursori dimenticati: la storia di un popolo che inventò l’acciaio sulle sponde del lago Vittoria
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=45148

#tecnologia #storia #antichità #africa #tanzania #heya #bantu #metallo #ferro #acciaio #siderurgia #metallurgia #forni #fornaci #rituali #tecniche #tradizioni #società #studiosi #archeologia #scavi #esperimenti #costruzione #riscaldamento

Precursori dimenticati: la storia di un popolo che inventò l’acciaio sulle sponde del lago Vittoria
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=45148

#tecnologia #storia #antichità #africa #tanzania #heya #bantu #metallo #ferro #acciaio #siderurgia #metallurgia #forni #fornaci #rituali #tecniche #tradizioni #società #studiosi #archeologia #scavi #esperimenti #costruzione #riscaldamento

Precursori dimenticati: la storia di un popolo che inventò l’acciaio sulle sponde del lago Vittoria
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=45148

#tecnologia #storia #antichità #africa #tanzania #heya #bantu #metallo #ferro #acciaio #siderurgia #metallurgia #forni #fornaci #rituali #tecniche #tradizioni #società #studiosi #archeologia #scavi #esperimenti #costruzione #riscaldamento

https://www.europesays.com/afrique/202372/ Air Tanzania reprend ses vols Dar es Salaam–Moscou ce 7 septembre #Économie #reprend #Salaam–Moscou #septembre #Tanzania #Tanzanie #vols

https://www.europesays.com/africa/403100/ Honeybee innovation opens new frontier in cancer detection #detection #Diagnosis #education #honeybees #innovation #Insects #JaffetMbowe #MbeyaUniversityOfScienceAndTechnology #Tanzania

https://www.europesays.com/africa/402730/ MUST’s honeybee innovation opens new frontier in cancer detection #detection #Diagnosis #education #honeybees #innovation #Insects #JaffetMbowe #MbeyaUniversityOfScienceAndTechnology #Tanzania

Jorden rundt på 40 spørsmål

Denne uken starter vi med aktuelle spørsmål om idrett og politikk før vi fortsetter med en animert ferd jorden rundt.

1. I hvilken sørlandsby foregår det en politikkfestival i starten av august hvert år?
2. I hvilken engelsk by er det friidretts-VM sommeren 2026?
3. Hvem løp på det norske stafettlaget som vant gull på blandet 400 m stafett under friidretts-EM i 2026?
4. I hvilken idrettsgren vant bergenseren Beatrice Nedberge Llano bronse under friidretts-EM i 2026?
5. Hvilken gruppe kunne melde at We Are the Champions i 1977?

(bilde)

1. I hvilken engelsk valgkrets vant Nigel Farage duellen mot Count Binface sommeren 2026?
2. I hvilket land ligger havnebyen Split?
3. Hva heter den svenske kompassprodusenten som er oppkalt etter det latinske ordet for «skog»?
4. Hvem i The Big Bang Theory har et kortvarig forhold til en Nord-Koreansk spion?
5. Hvilken doktor anbefalte Sing Hallelujah i 1992? Hva studerte han til å bli på universitetet i Lund?
6. Hvilken oransje barnetv-karakter er en blanding av orangutan og elefant?
7. Hva heter bjørnen i Jungelboken?
8. Hva het halvøyen som ble invadert av styrker fra England, Australia og New Zealand under 1. verdenskrig?
9. Hvilken tegneserie/tegnefilmfigur vil blir kalif i stedet for kalifen?
10. Hvem ville bli «Big In Japan» i 1984?

(bilde)

1. Hva heter den eldste steinbroen i Praha?
2. Hva heter Disney-filmen om en kinesisk kvinne som kler seg ut som soldat for å ta farens plass i den kinesiske hæren?
3. Hva heter hovedstaden på Papua Ny-guinea?
4. Hva heter den spanske sørkysten østover fra Gibraltar?
5. Hvem sang om at I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) i 1988?
6. I hvilken australsk by ligger Bondi Beach?
7. Hva heter den sveitsiske nasjonalhelten som måtte skyte en pil gjennom et eple på sønnens hode?
8. Hvilken europeisk mikrostat regnes som verdens eldste republikk?
9. I hvilken by foregår handlingen i Romeo og Julie?
10. Hvem sang Orincco Flow (Sail away) i 1988? I hvilket land ligger mesteparten av Orinocco-elven?

(bilde)

1. Hvilket over 4 830 kilometer langt dalsystem i Afrika, fra Mosambik til Libanon, har oppstått fordi kontinentet sprekker opp?
2. Hva heter den karakteristiske fjelltoppen som ligger på et nes i Rio de Janeiro, oppkalt etter en matvare?
3. Hvilken innsjø renner Jordanelven ut fra, og hvilket hav ender den i?
4. Hva heter det store tempelet som ligger på Akropolis i Athen?
5. Hvilken gruppe sang om en Bad Moon Rising i 1969?
6. Hva heter Bosnias tre naboland?
7. For hvilket klubblag, i hvilket land, skal Cristiano Ronaldo spille for til høsten?
8. Hva heter latinamerikas høyeste fjell? Hvilket land ligger det i?
9. Hva betyr det franske ordet pied på norsk?
10. Hvem sang om Quinn The Eskimo i 1968? Hvem har skrevet låten?

(bilde)

1. Hvilken ungdomsfarao fikk graven sin åpnet i 1924?
2. Hva er de to hovedingrediensene i moules-frites?
3. I hvilket land ligger Ngorongoro-krateret?
4. Hva het ubåten til Kaptein Nemo? Hvem skrev bøkene om kapteinen? Hva heter den første og mest kjente av de to bøkene om kaptein Nemo?
5. Hvilken rapper hadde en megahit med Gangnam Style i 2012?

Svar

1. Arendal (Arendalsuka)
2. Birmingham
3. Amalie Iuel, Henriette Jæger, Andreas Kulseng og Karsten Warholm [4p]
4. Sleggekast
5. Queen
6. Clacton
7. Kroatia
8. Silva
9. Leonard
10. Dr. Alban; Tannlege [2p]
11. Fantorangen
12. Baloo
13. Gallipoli
14. Iznogoud
15. Alphaville
16. Karlsbroen/Karlův most
17. Mulan
18. Port Moresby
19. Costa del Sol
20. The Proclaimers
21. Sydney
22. Wilhelm Tell
23. San Marino
24. Verona
25. Enya; Venezuela [2p]
26. (Den østafrikanske) Riftdalen
27. Sukkertoppen
28. Genesaretsjøen/Tiberias; Dødehavet [2p]
29. Parthenon
30. Creedence Clearwater Revival
31. Kroatia, Serbia og Montenegro [3p]
32. Al-Nassr; Saudi-Arabia [2p]
33. Aconcagua; Chile [2p]
34. Fot
35. Manfred Mann; Bob Dylan [2p]
36. Tutankhamon
37. Blåskjell og poteter [2p]
38. Tanzania
39. Nautilus; Jules Verne; En verdensomseiling under havet [3p] (Takk til Sunniva for fint spørsmål)
40. PSY

Maks poengsum: 54

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As #EastAfrica’s oceans change, coastal women build new livelihoods

By ALLAN OLINGO, July 5, 2026 at 10:36 pm

MALINDI, #Kenya (AP) — "The unfinished restaurant is still little more than concrete walls and wooden beams. As her daughter sweeps away the last piles of sand, 54-year-old Nuru Mohammed directs women hanging fishing nets to serve as decor. In a few days, the beachside restaurant on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast will open, offering another way to earn a living.

" 'For us women, this is hope,' says Mohammed, who, for most of her life, was one of the few fisherwomen in Malindi, a town northeast of the port city of #Mombasa. 'It will help support many families that have depended on the ocean for decades.'

"Across East Africa’s coast, fisherfolk are increasingly turning to tourism, #EcosystemRestoration and other conservation-based businesses, reinventing their relationship with the sea as #ClimateChange, #overfishing and declining ocean health threaten their livelihoods.

"In Kenya, women are turning restored #MangroveForests into sources of income through #beekeeping and #ecotourism. In #Tanzania’s #Zanzibar archipelago, fishing communities are protecting #CoralReefs through locally managed closures. In #Mozambique, #SeaGrassRestoration is creating jobs while reviving marine habitats. Together, these efforts are redefining resilience, not as leaving the ocean behind, but as restoring it while building enduring livelihoods.

" 'Communities that depend on the ocean are also its best stewards,' said Andreane Martel, project director for a conservation program dubbed #ReSea. 'When local people, especially women, lead conservation, they protect #biodiversity while creating more resilient and inclusive livelihoods.' "

Read more:
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/as-east-africas-oceans-change-coastal-women-build-new-livelihoods/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LTBNs

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateResilience #OceansAreLife #Stewardship

https://www.europesays.com/africa/348094/ East African Community pushes for a single digital market #€ #BorderDataFlows #CommerceStrategy #cross #DataSharing #DigitalIntegration #DigitalMarket #DigitalTradeRules #EastAfricanCommunity #InfrastructureChallenges #RegionalDigitalEconomy #regulations #RegulatoryEnvironment #SingleDigitalMarket #Tanzania #Technology #TechnologyFirms

Il meccanismo della larva che riemerge dagli abissi a popolare i vortici nel cielo del Mozambico
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=44887

#animali #insetti #creature #laghi #africa #malawi #mozanbico #tanzania #ecologia #comportamento #abissi #immersione #emersione #vortici #sciami #natura #studi #scienza #ricerca #scoperte #evoluzione #riproduzione

Spent half the night at the hospital with my little girl. 💔 Temp showed 37.7°C, though she felt like she had a strong fever. They gave her meds to bring it down and we’re back home.

Big bill after big bill — the last one was the breaking point, we didn’t pay it and left.

The “mzungu price” again. 🙃 TiA.

#Africa #Tanzania #Hospital #NomadLife #travellife

Remote Sensing, Real Impact - Technology-Driven Conservation At The Jane Goodall Institute
(How the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] is using satellite imagery and spatial technology to help people and animals thrive.)
--
https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/conservation-at-the-jane-goodall-institute <-- shared technical article
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https://www.iceye.com/blog/government/solutions/how-the-jane-goodall-institute-uses-iceye-sar-to-protect-ecosystems <-- shared technical article
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[this post should not be seen as endorsement of a particular provider and/or approach]
“Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research at Gombe National Park in Tanzania began in 1960, and transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the relationship between humans and animals. Dr. Goodall dedicated her life to conservation and community empowerment. Her recent passing marks the end of an extraordinary career in ethology and conservation science. Yet her legacy lives on powerfully through the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] and the countless individuals and communities she inspired worldwide. Her pioneering work revealed that chimpanzees make and use tools, have complex social structures, and possess individual personalities; discoveries that fundamentally challenged our understanding of what it means to be human, for the better…
The institute's current work embodies Dr. Goodall's profound philosophy: that humanity can only reach its full potential "when our clever brains and our compassionate hearts are connected."
This principle guides every aspect of JGI's conservation science strategy, from analyzing satellite data to providing local communities with the tools they need to strengthen their environment. Dr. Goodall's vision that conservation must be rooted in compassion, scientific rigor, and respect for local communities continues to shape the institute's innovative approach to using technology for conservation action.
As time has gone on, geospatial technologies have become increasingly indispensable to this mission, enabling JGI to monitor forest health in real-time, map critical chimpanzee habitats and migration corridors, and measure the tangible impact of community-led conservation initiatives. But perhaps most importantly, these technologies help the communities understand that the lives of people, animals and their shared environment are all interconnected…”
#ConservationTechnology #illegal #Deforestation #hunting #mining #GombeNationalPark #remotesensing #radar #earthobservation #chimpanzee #conservation #communityempowerment #JaneGoodallInstitute #JGI #satellite #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #habitat #destruction #migration #corridors #monitoring #conservationscience #strategy #resource #cloudcover #alerts #foresthealth #protection #SAR #vegetation #ecosystems #rainforest #greatape #disease #foodsecurity #DRC #Tanzania #CongoBasin #nationalpark #ranger #parkranger #security #safety #alerts #wildlifetrafficking
@JaneGoodallInstitute @iceeye

India Safari Tours: The Ultimate Guide to Wildlife Adventures in India for 2026-27

https://indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/india-safari-tours-the-ultimate-guide-to-wildlife-adventures-in-india-for-2026-27/

Aviation weather for Musoma airport (Tanzania) is “METAR HTMU 051600Z 30010KT 9999 FEW024 26/19 Q1017” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/htmu/en #musomaairport #airport #musoma #tanzania #htmu #muz #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl

Time is money, and the British Empire loves money

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2085714/time-is-money-and-the-british-empire-loves-money

https://www.europesays.com/africa/223065/ Study: Only 26pc of women believe they have right to economic autonomy #AminaMsengwa #DorothyGwajima #NBS #Tanzania #TGES #WEN

https://www.europesays.com/africa/223036/ Tanzanian conjoined twins set for life-saving surgery in Riyadh #AbdullahAlRabeeah #AngerinaMagori #SCTP #Tanzania

https://www.europesays.com/africa/150232/ East African leaders set June 2026 deadline to remove trade barriers #barriers #billion #customs #EAC #market #states #Tanzania #trade #Ugandan

#National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions Reports ‘Exceptional’
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/ireland.html#ITTN

Naval #Technology’s parent company #GlobalData moves
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#70

Air #Tanzania plans eight new aircraft as #Tanzania expands
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Tanzania

Explosions heard above #Doha as Euronews journalists
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc-continents.html#Europe

#Scientists created a digital library full of ants
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/science.html#5

Stitched Textile Collage Retreat (Pau, #France)
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/media.html#4

✒️ Lope De Vega dijo: "No sé yo que haya en el mundo palabras tan eficaces ni oradores tan elocuentes como las lágrimas."

Y creo que no hay mejor frase para expresar lo que este viajero sintió al descubrir por sí mismo el proyecto de la escuela en la que colaboramos en Tanzania. Viajar con nosotros es hacerlo de otra manera. ✨

#escuela #colegio #safari #voluntariado #tanzania #kenia #sudafrica #uganda

After the coronation

By Michaela Collord

In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.

Good text on the background to the current situation in #Tanzania @africasacountry

#africa #africanStudies

https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/after-the-coronation

德國維基媒體協會攜手東非在地社群，共創開放知識新篇章！

德國維基媒體協會（Wikimedia Deutschland，WMDE）近期在東非展開一系列 Wikidata 基礎能力培訓活動，與 #烏干達 、 #肯亞 、 #坦尚尼亞 等地的維基媒體社群合作，推動在地知識的結構化整理與資料連結。這些活動不僅強化了在地編者的技能，也促進了 Wikidata 在非洲的多語言、多文化應用。

完整報導可參閱：https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/09/29/building-wikidata-capacity-in-east-africa-insights-from-wikimedia-deutschlands-outreach/

#Wikidata #維基數據 #維基資料
#Kenya #Uganda #Tanzania
#WMDE #WikimediaDeutschland

https://youtube.com/shorts/qR596md-zHA?si=9DdNpg98XB5bFTzM

Jane Goodall Dies at 91: A Pioneer's Life and Polarizing Views

Linktr.ee/562AlexD

#JaneGoodall
#DiscloseTV
#Conservation
#Chimpanzees
#Ethology
#Wildlife
#EnvironmentalAdvocacy
#WorldEconomicForum
#PopulationControl
#Science
#Legacy
#JoeBiden
#Tanzania
#Nature
#In

Die Flugpaten Eheleute Bakari vom gemeinnützigen Verein "Tupo #Tanzania e.V. - Sparte Zanzibar" berichten von einer weiteren Brillenspende in #Sansibar:
"Jambiani Mfumbwi ist ein Ort an der südlichen Ostküste Sansibars. Die Frauen betreiben Seegras-Farming bei Ebbe im Watt. Dabei wird eine spezielle Algenart an Schnüre gebunden, die im Meer verbleiben und dort wachsen.
...weiter im nächsten Post (1/3)
#labdoo #sansibar #zanzibar #tansania #seegras #ernte #sonnebrille #danke #charity

Die Aufzuchtstation für Schildkröten auf #Sansibar, #Tansania erhielt eine weitere Laptopspende von @Labdoo_D.
Vielen Dank der Flugpatin Cara Metzner und Miriam von WorldUnite.
https://platform.labdoo.org/de/edoovillage?e=36533
Ihr verreist auch? Dann meldet euch gerne als Flugpaten bei Labdoo. Oder meldet ein von euch betreutes Projekt für IT-Spenden an.
#labdoo #worldunite #turtles #schildkröten #aufzucht #zanzibar #tanzania #reise #travel #flugpate #flight #sponsor #danke #thankyou
— in Muungoni, Zanzibar

This article does mention #Mining! Not surprising!

Promises and Pitfalls: #China’s Financing of the #AtewaBauxite #Mining Project in #Ghana

Author: Angela Benefo & Michael Addaney
Date Published: July 11, 2021

"The #AtewaForestReserve in Ghana is a possible site for the development of an integrated #BauxiteAluminum mine through a Chinese resource-backed loan. Despite the opportunities for infrastructure development presented by the loan, this project carries significant risks. This article draws attention to #environmental sustainability challenges and the #DebtTrap conundrum associated with the proposed arrangement.

"President Xi Jinping has touted China’s recently unveiled Five-Year Plan as his country’s pursuit of ‘ecological civilization,’ a vision of promoting environmental sustainability and enhanced human-ecological interactions within and beyond China. However, China’s ability to promote ecological civilization in developing countries in line with this Plan will be challenging due to China’s generally poor environmental protection record in such contexts. For instance, while China claims it is prioritizing environmental sustainability in Africa, the #extractive projects initiated by its private sector do not align with this stated goal. These projects serve China’s broader interests and often create environmental consequences and problematic debt, therefore requiring a more careful analysis. A Chinese-backed bauxite-aluminum mine planned for a forest reserve in Ghana highlights the debt-trap concerns and environmental sustainability challenges created by some Chinese investments.

The Challenges of #ChineseLoans across #Africa

"China continues to play an enormous role in financing massive infrastructure projects in Africa. As the world’s largest official #creditor, China and its subsidiaries have invested billions of dollars across Africa’s energy, transportation, and mining sectors. Despite China’s indispensable contributions to infrastructure development in sub-Saharan Africa, there are valid concerns over how African countries will repay these massive debts to China.

"Compared to other official lenders such as the International Monetary Fund (#IMF) and the #WorldBank, Chinese loans are less challenging to acquire. For instance, the IMF monitors the amount of debt held by a country and will not provide more loans until a country seeks debt relief. Chinese lenders have more lenient terms and allow low-income African countries to borrow large amounts without much accountability—issuing loans which may be considered too risky by the IMF and other international lenders.

"Historically, China has entered into strategic agreements with developing countries to finance development projects while collateralizing the country’s natural resources. The growing demand for external finance for important infrastructure projects—some of which are overly ambitious and unsustainable—poses great risks to African economies, which risk losing their collateral and the possibility of debt distress.

"Chinese loans are often characterized by lack of transparency. Chinese financiers set tough conditions for financing large infrastructure projects, taking advantage of vulnerable African leaders desperate to complete ambitious developmental projects. For instance, the construction of a $10 billion port project in #Tanzania was suspended after careful consideration of the terms and conditions of the Chinese loan. The project, which the former president John Magufuli called 'exploitative and awkward,' would have rented the port to the Chinese government for ninety-nine years as repayment.

"In Ghana, Chinese financing over the past two decades has spanned various sectors including power, information communication technology (#ICT), #transportation, and #agriculture. Chinese foreign direct investment is estimated to be three times the size of EU countries’ investment in Ghana. Some of these loans are backed by resources such as #cocoa and #oil. For instance, #Sinohydro has allegedly agreed to deliver $2 billion worth of infrastructure projects across the country, which Ghana would pay back with proceeds from the sale of refined bauxite. An estimated $646 million of the initial $2 billion loan have been approved for disbursement. The Ghanaian government also signed a loan commitment of $550 million in 2019. Entering these types of agreements with China demands careful consideration by the Ghanaian government."

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https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/07/11/promises-and-pitfalls-chinas-financing-of-the-atewa-bauxite-mining-project-in-ghana/

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