Residents of the capital of Zimbabwe, Harare, may one day be able to toast an agreement between their city, the University of Technology of Zimbabwe and Tongji University of China with a glass of the improved water that the accord aims to deliver to them.
China's urbanization in the past 30 years is unprecedented both in speed and scale. There were about 200 cities and 3,000 towns by the end of the 1970s. Now there are 655 cities and about 23,000 towns.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda says he expects the country's economy to keep on steaming ahead, growing at more than 15 percent a year over the next few years, as China throws itself into the task of improving the country's infrastructure.
Q. What have you achieved on your current visit to China?
Three months ago, Yoweri Museveni entered the 30th year of his presidency of Uganda, a reign that makes him one of Africa's longest-serving rulers.
Development of relationship between China and Uganda
When Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, left China recently after taking part in the Boao Forum for Asia, he left the country with ties between China and Africa very much strengthened.
Whether they are in the lounge, in the kitchen or elsewhere in their homes, Africans are now being given a front-row view of how their world, and the world of trade, is changing.
Chinese mobile phone makers are stepping up their efforts to localize their products for the African market, setting up local production lines and pouring resources into research and development that has the continent's customers as its focus.
Lenovo, a company founded in China in 1984 by entrepreneur Liu Chuanzhi, has grown not only into the world's top seller of personal computers, but also has moved strongly into smartphones and such computer products as laptops and tablets.
It is a known fact that sub-Saharan Africa is showing strong signs of economic growth, partly driven by the demand for raw materials and resources, but also, which is critical for appliances markets, driven by a growth in population and the rise of the middle class. This is not only a fact, it is by its very nature a long-term given.
As economic globalization intensifies and the African economy maintains healthy growth, the African market is driving urbanization on the continent, where a huge demand for household products is increasing every year. Currently, Africa is becoming a hotspot for Chinese household electrical appliances businesses.
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