Infographics
Visual Stories: Sino-African Trade
A second infographic from Ivan Cole’s website, Afrographique, features a topic that came up in several interviews with market women, specifically cloth traders, in Ghana: China’s influence in African trade. According to ChinaDaily.com, China’s trade with Africa in the first half of 2012 expanded much faster than China’s overall foreign trade. During the first five months of this year, China’s imports from Africa rose by 25.5% to $49.6 billion, while its exports to Africa grew by 17.5% to reach $30.9 billion. The above infographic depicts Read more…
