Donald Trump will be back in the Oval Office in just over a month after he is inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president on January 20th. While there’s concern in some African capitals that Trump may scale back U.S. engagement, there’s also a sense of optimism in some countries that he will shake up the system in ways that will give African leaders more access to U.S. policymakers.

What is certain, though, is the incoming president’s national security team is very hawkish on China, and that will no doubt find its way back to the center of U.S. foreign policy towards the continent.