Dr. Wekesa is a senior lecturer at the Wits Centre for Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and deputy director at the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the same university. An undergraduate alumnus of the University of Nairobi, he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in international communication from the Communication University of China, Beijing, China in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Wekesa worked as a journalist in Kenya rising to the position of editorial director of a government newspaper. He was awarded a Commonwealth Press Union’s Harry Brittain Fellowship in 2002 and is the inaugural Africa Visiting Fellow at the University of Southern California's Africa Initiative.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: History.- Chapter 2: Diplomacy and international relations.- Chapter 3: Infrastructure.- Chapter 4: Natural resources.- Chapter 5: Trade and investments.- Chapter 6: Media and Information and Communication Technology.- Chapter 7: Education.- Chapter 8: Culture.

Dr. Wekesa is a senior lecturer at the Wits Centre for Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and deputy director at the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the same university. An undergraduate alumnus of the University of Nairobi, he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in international communication from the Communication University of China, Beijing, China in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Wekesa worked as a journalist in Kenya rising to the position of editorial director of a government newspaper. He was awarded a Commonwealth Press Union’s Harry Brittain Fellowship in 2002 and is the inaugural Africa Visiting Fellow at the University of Southern California's Africa Initiative.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: History.- Chapter 2: Diplomacy and international relations.- Chapter 3: Infrastructure.- Chapter 4: Natural resources.- Chapter 5: Trade and investments.- Chapter 6: Media and Information and Communication Technology.- Chapter 7: Education.- Chapter 8: Culture.

Dr. Wekesa is a senior lecturer at the Wits Centre for Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and deputy director at the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the same university. An undergraduate alumnus of the University of Nairobi, he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in international communication from the Communication University of China, Beijing, China in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Wekesa worked as a journalist in Kenya rising to the position of editorial director of a government newspaper. He was awarded a Commonwealth Press Union’s Harry Brittain Fellowship in 2002 and is the inaugural Africa Visiting Fellow at the University of Southern California's Africa Initiative.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: History.- Chapter 2: Diplomacy and international relations.- Chapter 3: Infrastructure.- Chapter 4: Natural resources.- Chapter 5: Trade and investments.- Chapter 6: Media and Information and Communication Technology.- Chapter 7: Education.- Chapter 8: Culture.