Africa-China 2025: Tracking Priorities on Both Sides

President of China Xi Jinping and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend the China-Africa Leaders' Roundtable Dialogue on the last day of the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. ALET PRETORIUS / POOL / AFP

2025 marks a quarter-century since the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. Since then, Africa-China engagement has been nothing short of transformational – both changing skylines across the continent and reshaping the role of the Global South in world politics more broadly. 

2025 is also an important implementation window for initiatives decided at the latest FOCAC summit in September. The anniversary happens as the world faces rapid geopolitical and economic changes. 

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