Dennis Munene Mwaniki is Director of Research and Executive Director of the China-Africa Centre at the Africa Policy Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a PhD candidate in Development Economics at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (UCASS). He completed Master of Arts in International Conflict Management at University of Nairobi in 2019. As a governance and international relations consultant, he has more than 10 years of experience in promoting peace and security, supporting sustainable development and ad-dressing global challenges. Some of his studies include “China-Africa Cooperation on Climate Change and Energy Transition”, “Africa’s Industrialization Process, Challenges, Op-portunities and the Role of the Energy Sector”, “Research on the Resources, Development, and Utilization of Key Minerals in Africa”, “China-Africa Energy Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. He speaks English and Swahili.