Chinese investment in Africa

As a Chinese company works to complete Kenya's first international sports complex since 1987, basic details from the cost to the companies involved remain unclear.

China has built a media network to spread information to its advantage in a region that has increasingly become a theater of great power rivalry.

Viewing China’s relations with individual African states as a single unified policy is misleading both for China and for those watching from afar.

While FOCAC showcased ambitious plans for mutual economic growth, a more intricate dynamic lies beneath, reminiscent of an octopus’ embrace – tightening, entangling, and often constricting. 

Despite criticism and skepticism, China seems to be Africa’s last hope, if not its best bet.

Despite the broad scope of topics covered at FOCAC, one crucial area remains notably underrepresented: mining and critical minerals. 

Is Beijing’s rumored plan for a base in the African country moving closer to fruition?

President Lourenço’s visit took place amid the talk of growing global competition between the United States and China in the Southern African region.

There has been much talk of a perceived slowdown in BRI lending, but African leaders are still looking to China to advance development goals.

There are substantial commonalities in Beijing’s engagement between the two regions, but also differences that provide insights into how China-based entities make, and adapt, policies.

Across the continent, China is doubling down on energy investments even in the face of local opposition and violent conflict.

The third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) will need to build on past lessons and successes to really reshape China-Africa trade.

Even while China chairs the U.N. biodiversity conference, its companies are damaging crucial ecosystems in Uganda.

If African countries like Tanzania have any say in the matter, rumors of the BRI’s death are greatly exaggerated.

Beijing has succeeded by responding to African governments' precise needs, against a backdrop of lingering mistrust of the West.

China’s infrastructure projects abroad often suffer from misinterpretations of the local political climate.

The Lagos-Ibadan train line joins a list of disjointed infrastructure projects taken up on the African continent by Chinese firms.

A focus on a supposed drop in Chinese financing overlooks the commitment to strengthen relations in other key areas of importance to African leaders.

While loans take the lion’s share of the focus, Chinese FDI in Africa has also been growing at a rapid clip.

For China, the establishment of banks in Nigeria presents an opportunity to further integrate itself with the financial systems of the African continent.

China’s report on the private sector in Africa reveals two challenges and two elephants in the room

The biggest beneficiary of the new trade bloc may be China rather than Africa.

China's presence in Africa's smallest country is far more extensive than just a military base.

Even as China built up its influence, it remained deeply vulnerable to negative counter-narratives from the United States. That’s the paradox of hegemony.