Coronavirus: how Africa’s traders are making a long-distance relationship work with China


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Businesspeople on the continent are pivoting as pandemic restrictions mean it is much more difficult to travel to Chinese manufacturing hubs Some importers are basing representatives offshore and looking online to keep supply lines open Businesspeople on the continent are pivoting as pandemic restrictions mean it is much more difficult to travel to Chinese manufacturing hubs. If it were not for the coronavirus , Samuel Karanja and the members of the association he represents, would be travelling to and from China to source products to sell in Nairobi. Several times a year, Karanja, a trader and head of the Importers...