In a speech last week, a Chinese official said that China will waive repayment of interest-free loans for 17 African countries.

China plans to take more steps to facilitate agricultural imports from African countries, said Chinese officials, including easing sanitary and phytosanitary measures. While some progress has been made already, obstacles still remain, including Chinese regulatory red tape and the productivity of African exporters.

As of July 1, China started allowing imports of citrus fruit from Zimbabwe, the first kind of fresh fruit authorized for import from Zimbabwe.

Recent news reports indicate that Kenya's partnership with Huawei is moving ahead with the development of a 5G network.

Over the past few weeks, there have been news reports about developments related to Huawei and 5G networks in Ethiopia and Angola. In Ethiopia, Reuters reported that State-owned operator Ethio Telecom launched a 5G mobile phone service, with Huawei as its equipment supplier for the network. And VoA reported on

According to a recent notice, China will suspend imports of poultry products from Gabon.

China's Customs recently announced that it will start allowing fresh avocado imports from Kenya.