As the first and third largest exporters globally, China and Germany will prove crucial drivers of trade along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road. Together these form the Belt and Road Initiative, a landmark shift in the global economic order that will touch over 65 countries across four continents.

Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's largest lender, said on Wednesday that it plans to finance $3 billion worth of projects in partnership with the China Development Bank in the countries and regions taking part in the Belt and Road Initiative.

A panel de experts set out their vision of an industry worth US$15,000 million a year in a country that is the world’s leading copper producer.

German Economy Ministry has approved the takeover of German aerospace supplier Cotesa by Chinese company Advanced Technology and Materials (AT&M).

Largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe and multinational energy giant, Siemens has committed to investing over $200 million in Ghana’s energy sector.

China has a serious shortage of airline pilots, the Gulf region needs more pilots. So what about cutting pilots needed in half in just requiring one human in the cockpit.

Predictably, the Kyrgyz government has pulled out of the "Smart City" project. The official reason given was the failure to prepare the project documentation and feasibility study on time.

The German government is set to invest US $86.2m in Zambia’s energy sector for its development. This is after every stakeholder in the Zambian economy agreed on the need to prioritize energy development.

Li Shufu, the billionaire chairman of privately-owned Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd., has acquired a 9.69% stake in Daimler AG, owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, becoming the German company's largest single shareholder.

Ties between China and Iran are expected to deepen as Tehran seeks to benefit from the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative and Beijing needs Iranian oil supplies.