Nairobi, April 15 -- Chinese expatriates and earnings from China firms in Kenya have dipped as Beijing continues to recalibrate its relations with the continent amid high debt levels in most African countries, new data shows.

The data from Johns Hopkins' China Africa Research Initiative shows that the Chinese firms in Kenya raked in revenues of Sh274.1 billion ($2.106 billion) from the various projects they had in the country by the end of 2022.

This was less than half of their peak earnings of Sh591.8 billion ($54.55 billion) in 2016, pointing to a slowdown in Chinese activities in Kenya.

Because most of the financing from Beijing for various projects and contractors come together, the number of Chinese workers on contract dropped to ...