Chinese investment in Africa

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.