An increasingly popular mobile payment service called M-Pesa is turning Kenya into a potentially lucrative e-commerce market in Africa.
A few years ago, for Wang Fengzhai any mention of Africa conjured up just two words: poverty and disease. In that regard, Wang, a university student, was similar to many millions of his Chinese compatriots.
To some, Africa is still the "Dark Continent", characterized by an abundance of gold, diamonds, silver, coal and oil but plagued by illiteracy, poverty and primitivity. To the enlightened, it is a brilliantly shining star, albeit smaller than the rest of the galaxy but growing much faster than the bigger stars.
China will keep sending medical workers, technology and relief supplies to help African countries with Ebola outbreaks as they are needed, says Cui Li, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma says China has supported the country both in cash infusions and experts in the fight against the disease, adding that the Chinese have "come at a time when we needed them most". "You (China) have demonstrated to us that you are our special friends", he noted.
China will continue its 50 years of medical cooperation with African countries, focusing on helping the countries to improve their capacity to fight infectious diseases, according to China's top health authority.
Zhang Liubo says he was shocked to see people outdoors when he first arrived as part of the Chinese medical team to fight the highly contagious and deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.
On the team dispatched by the Chinese government to West Africa to combat Ebola, China's top virologist, Gao Fu, who's also a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, played different roles.
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At the inaugural Africa investment summit in Hong Kong 18 months ago, fund managers in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland were given a rundown on the blossoming opportunities in the continent.
Two years ago, China and Kenya opened a path to enable a major bourse on the Chinese mainland to successfully collaborate with the African country's growing exchange.
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