Sino-African cooperation in multipolar world has bright prospects: Kenyan expert

STORY: Sino-African cooperation in multipolar world has bright prospects: Kenyan expert SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER MWANGI KAGWANJA, President & CEO of Africa Policy Institute, Kenya 2. various of Shanghai City 3. various of BRI projects in Africa STORYLINE: The rise of new productive forces underscores China's commitment to people-centered green development, aimed at ensuring both the prosperity of mankind and the well-being of our planet, said a Kenyan observer at an international forum on democracy held in Beijing. Furthermore, Peter Mwangi Kagwanja added that China and Africa have very bright prospects for cooperation in a multipolar world. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER MWANGI KAGWANJA, President & CEO of Africa Policy Institute, Kenya "A multiple world means building consensus and harmony, fair, and just rules and equality and greater interdependence among member states. The multipol

Chinese, Kenyan participants attend forum to discuss modernization pathways

STORY: Chinese, Kenyan participants attend forum to discuss modernization pathways SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:57 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of participants signing in and communicating outside the forum 2. various of the forum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, President and chief executive officer of Africa Policy Institute 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HASSAN KHANNENJE, Director of the HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DENNIS MUNENE MWANIKI, Executive director of the China-Africa Center at Africa Policy Institute STORYLINE: Representatives from China and Kenya on Tuesday attended a forum held in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, where they discussed viable pathways for both sides to pursue in their quest for modernization. Themed "Modernization Paths for China and African Countries," the Hong Ting Forum-Dialogue in Nairobi, which attracted participants including diplomats, scholars, and media

Community with shared future represents China's efforts for world development: experts

STORY: Community with shared future represents China's efforts for world development: experts DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute 3. various of BRI projects 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAKEEL AHMAD RAMAY, CEO of Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LEVENTE HORVATH, Director of Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University in Hungary STORYLINE: International experts have said China's vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind will boost world development amid challenges. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute "Solidarity for development, solidarity to confront epidemics, solidarity to eradicate poverty, and solidarity to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This is where now the Chinese leadership came up with this idea of buil

China-Africa cooperation helps with Africa's development: Kenyan expert

STORY: China-Africa cooperation helps with Africa's development: Kenyan expert DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:58 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kenya 2. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute 3. various of development projects in Kenya 4. various of China STORYLINE: A Kenyan expert said that China's success in poverty alleviation has become a model for African countries, and the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative has led to better opportunities, growing businesses, and greener environments in the continent. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute "How did we move from hopeless Africa to Africa rising? We moved because of China-Africa cooperation. Development is freedom. If we don't develop, we will not get freedom. Today, China is working with Africa, in terms of supporting the continent's development, why? Because it has lifted itself from poverty up to now. That is very important because it has also enabled Ch

Private Western lenders to blame for African debt burden, urged to do more on relief

STORY: Private Western lenders to blame for African debt burden, urged to do more on relief DATELINE: July 20, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:56 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director of Nigeria-based Center for China Studies 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BEATRICE MATIRI-MAISORI, Economics Senior Lecturer at Riara University based in Kenya 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): COSTANTINOS BT. COSTANTINOS, Professor of public policy at Addis Ababa University 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BEATRICE MATIRI-MAISORI, Economics Senior Lecturer at Riara University based in Kenya 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director of Nigeria-based Center for China Studies 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): UHURU KENYATTA, Kenyan President 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director of Nigeria-based Center for China Studies 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute based in Kenya STORYLINE: According to a report released by UK-based charity Debt Ju

BRICS cooperation injecting impetus into global development: experts

STORY: BRICS cooperation injecting impetus into global development: experts DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI, Former chairman of Mumbai-based think tank Observer Research Foundation 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy institute, Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist STORYLINE: Experts have said BRICS cooperation is injecting impetus into global development and helping build a community with a shared future for mankind. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business "The BRICS not only plays a development role focused on developing countries, but contributes significantly to humanity's development by establishing a more just and egalitarian world. The BRICS countries need to reinforce ac

What BRICS cooperation means for world

STORY: What BRICS cooperation means for world DATELINE: June 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the BRICS countries 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute, Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Turkey 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): B. R. DEEPAK, Professor and sinologist at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director, Center for China studies, Nigeria 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Russia): ILIA GONCHAROV, Commentator, Sputnik, Russia 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): WANG LEI, Director of Center for BRICS Cooperation Studies, Beijing Normal University 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business, Brazil 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director, center for China studies, Nigeria 11. S

Experts applaud "BRICS Plus" cooperation model

STORY: Experts applaud "BRICS Plus" cooperation model DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EVANDRO CARVALHO, Brazilian professor at Getulio Vargas Foundation 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): LUIS ANTONIO PAULINO, Professor at Sao Paulo State University STORYLINE: "BRICS Plus" cooperation model promotes globalization and strengthens multilateral cooperation and development, experts from Kenya, South Africa and Brazil have said. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute "There is needed to transform BRICS into a south-south multilateral framework that can counter all demonic tendencies within the world that are a threat to globalization trends in the world. And we have seen a lot of these anti-globalization trends. And you need a powerful movement, like 'BRICS Plus,' to c

BRICS should re-engineer world to maximize prosperity shared across civilizations: expert

STORY: BRICS should re-engineer world to maximize prosperity shared across civilizations: expert DATELINE: June 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the New Development Bank (NDB), or BRICS bank 2. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute STORYLINE: Peter Kagwanja, CEO of Africa Policy Institute, a pan-African think tank has said that the BRICS should be an organization that re-engineers the world to maximize on prosperity that is shared across civilizations. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute "It (BRICS) must be an organization that fulfills the needs of humanity that contribute to creating an equitable, prosperous world order. The BRICS must re-engineer the world in order to get greater peace, to maximize on prosperity that is shared across civilizations and also to ensure that the future is that of a shared destiny for mankind. It should not be business as usual. There must be some movement that tr

"BRICS Plus" promotes globalization, multilateral cooperation: Kenyan expert

STORY: "BRICS Plus" promotes globalization, multilateral cooperation: Kenyan expert DATELINE: June 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of street view of BRICS countriesSOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy InstituteSOUNDBITE 2 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy InstituteSOUNDBITE 3 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute STORYLINE: Peter Kagwanja, CEO of the Africa Policy Institute (API), a Nairobi-based pan-African think tank, said BRICS has shocked the world "because it is providing an alternative center of power over and above the American-led West." Kagwanja made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua. He added that the "BRICS Plus" cooperation model promotes globalization and strengthens multilateral cooperation and development. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute "There is needed to transform BRICS into a south-south multilateral framework that can counter all demonic t