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How Do TICAD and FOCAC Differ?

by Cobus van Staden

While TICAD and the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) hone in on similar areas of cooperation (training, connectivity, infrastructure), their approaches differ in important ways. 

This article by Peter Fabricius for the South African think tank the Institute for Security Studies lays out key differences:

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