My Ghana Electronic Desk

Smart grab The Sunon Asogli Power Plant is the Shenzhen Energy of China’s first and major investment in Africa. By Edmund Smith-Asante, GUANGZHOU & SHENZHEN The Asogli Power Plant co-founded by the Shenzhen Energy Group. Shenzhen Energy Company Limited’s ¥1.38 billion investment in Ghana’s power sector makes the country the largest beneficiary of investment from the Guangdong Province in Africa, officials from the province’s foreign office have said.

Smart grab Leading ICT brand Huawei Technologies says its attention to and heavy investment in research and development is largely responsible for its success on the global market. By Edmund Smith-Asante, SHENZHEN One of the ICT equipment on display in the company's showroom. Leading ICT Company Huawei Technologies has attributed its success in the telecommunication industry to its uncompromising stance on research and development which currently involves 45 per cent (80,000) of its about 180,000 employees.

Smart grab Organisers of the world’s largest trade fair, the Canton fair, have expressed optimism that more African countries would take advantage of the fair which has so far attracted only four countries from the continent. By Edmund Smith-Asante, GUANGZHOU One of the many entrances to the fair complex. PICTURE BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE Every year since 1957 the world’s business community has gathered in Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province of China to exhibit their goods and look for more buyers but no business in Ghana has ever taken part.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Ms. Gao Xiangyang (left) explaining   some issues to two African journalists from Ethiopia and Malawi The Deputy Director General of the African Affairs Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Ms Gao Xiangyang, has indicated that the CPC appreciates its fruitful relations with Ghana’s two major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), as well as 58 other political parties from 40 African countries.

Smart grab The Chinese government has stated that it has no strings attached to its assistance to Africa but desires a sincere and mutually beneficial relationship with the continent. By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING There are no strings attached to China’s assistance to Africa as is being alleged, the Deputy Director General of the African Affairs Department at China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, Mr. Dai Bing has stated.

Smart grab The Chinese government has asked for greater collaboration with the Ghana government to fight destruction of the environment by some of its nationals and not to allow a few miscreants to destroy the long-standing relationship that has existed between the two countries. By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Mr Dai Bing speaking with some journalists during a break in the meeting. The Chinese government says it is unhappy about the destruction of the environment by some of its nationals in Ghana and has indicated its readiness to collaborate with authorities in Ghana to stop it.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING   Mr. Charles Kayonga, the Rwandan  Ambassador to China speaking at the genocide commemoration. African journalists have been cautioned against pushing an agenda of ethnicity in the discharge of their duties since it had the tendency to incite people into violence.