BRICS Leaders Meeting | Kenyan Journalist: Looking forward to the summit contributing to strengthening multilateralism | BRICS | Journalist
International Online Report: Johannesburg, South Africa is about to hold the first offline meeting of BRICS leaders in over three years, marking the first time the BRICS summit has entered Africa after five years. Moses Audianbo, a senior political affairs journalist for the Kenyan newspaper Star, stated in an interview with international online journalists that various sectors in Africa highly look forward to this summit and hope that it will create new opportunities for cooperation between BRICS countries and the African continent, and contribute to the realization of inclusive multilateralism.
Moses Audianbo, Senior Political Affairs Journalist for the Kenyan Star newspaper
Moses Audianbo pointed out that the upcoming BRICS summit provides an opportunity for African countries and emerging economies to exchange and share development achievements, create development opportunities for Africa, and discuss solutions to the problems and challenges faced by African countries. "This summit brings new opportunities for cooperation between the BRICS countries and the African continent, opening the door to many countries willing to take this cooperation train, and providing more diverse development paths for African countries that may still be constrained by conservative views." Moses Audianbo also expressed particular concern about how the BRICS countries plan to eliminate obstacles to cooperation with each other.
Moses Audi Anbo analyzed that under the framework of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation, cooperation between Africa and China has yielded fruitful results: both sides have made significant progress in cooperation in areas such as agriculture, healthcare, poverty reduction, digital transformation, green development, humanities education, and security. He emphasized that these practical experiences will provide reference for cooperation between BRICS countries and African countries, and contribute to the key issue of "strengthening inclusive multilateralism" in promoting the achievement of this BRICS summit.
Moses Audianbo praised that African China cooperation has had a huge positive impact on the infrastructure construction of African countries, helping Africa to open up and modernize in production, transportation, and other fields, greatly promoting economic growth and common prosperity in Africa.
He told reporters, "I have witnessed how Africa China cooperation has profoundly changed my country, Kenya. I want to start with the Sika Expressway, which was built with the assistance of China. This excellent project connects Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, with the main agricultural areas in Kenya. Also, the Mombasa Nairobi Railway, which was built by Chinese enterprises and opened to traffic in 2017, is the largest infrastructure project in Kenya since independence, and has driven people and goods exchanges between Mombasa Port and countries in the hinterland of Africa, such as South Sudan, Burundi, and Congo. With the help of China, a wide traffic trunk line has been built, and Kenya's strategic position in Africa has also been improved accordingly."
Audi Amber said that some Western powers have slandered and slandered China's investment in Africa, and these noises have tarnished the great achievements of Africa China cooperation. "Facts speak louder than words, and our cooperation has yielded fruitful results, effectively helping Africa change its backward appearance from multiple fields and levels."
Moses Audianbo believes that there is still room for further improvement in exchanges between the African continent and China and other emerging powers.