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From Pioneers to Professionals: African Brokers in a Maturing Chinese Marketplace

by Heidi Østbo Haugen Abstract Brokers have played a key role in the establishment and development of African trading communities in China. Nigerians were the first African business people to settle in the commercial hub of Guangzhou, South China, in the 1990s. They initially focused on trade in used vehicles and spare parts but soon […]

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Chinese Traders In Kampala: Status, Challenges, and Impact on Ugandan Society

by Ward Warmerdam & Meine Pieter van Dijk Abstract Chinese petty traders are the most popular and yet most controversial foreign population that most Africans meet and engage with on a regular basis. Although the quality of their goods is suspect, their contribution of affordable goods to some African societies is recognized. There has been much […]

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