Chinese investment in Africa

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.

A legal review of the public debate sparked by a Nigeria-China commercial loan agreement.

In Ethiopia and Kenya, the attractive illusion of the “China model” has had grave financial consequences.

“Among the general public in Africa, scenes of discrimination from Guangzhou prompted fury on a scale I have not witnessed before.”

Ethiopia, with dreams of being a textile and apparel manufacturing hub, is following China's blueprint for industrial parks.