Xi kicks off Africa tour with Tanzania deals

Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off his tour of Africa on Sunday in Tanzania with the signature of more than a dozen trade and cooperation agreements with the country, Reuters reported. The deals include plans to jointly develop a port and trade complex, a loan for telecom development and an interest free loan to the Tanzania government. Xi is expected to lay out his vision for relations between China and Africa in a speech today in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Xi will then travel to South Africa on Tuesday and Wednesday.