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The Rise of Chinese Private Sector Investment in Africa
Chinese investors have been wary of the African market. For a long time, China's cash-rich venture capital, private equity, and corporate investors have preferred the stability in the U.S. or the cultural familiarity in Southeast Asia's markets. Africa, in their view, ...
“We’ve Been Waiting for China to Go All-in in African Digital in Full.”
The Bloomberg BusinessWeek Podcast featured an interview in their weekly show with TechCrunch journalist Jake Bright who's broken of the deal news around the recent spate of Chinese venture capital investments in African start-ups. The discussion with Bright that focuses on ...
Is Africa’s Increasing Attractiveness a Signal of Guaranteed Success?
By Timothy Karikari in Beijing and Julie Frimpong-Ansah in Accra A month ago, more than twenty African leaders including the continent’s largest economies Nigeria and South Africa were guests of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the 7th Tokyo International Conference ...
2019 Oxford Economics Africa Risk-Reward Index
Oxford Economics' annual African investment risk assessment report is a useful companion with the EY Attractiveness report to evaluate foreign investment trends in Africa, albeit not specifically focused on China. Three Recommendations From This Year's Risk-Reward Index:
Dr. Enga Kameni: Africa Needs to Come Together if it Wants Better Trade Deals with China
Dr. Enga Kameni, Manager of Legal Services of the African ExportImport Bank (Afreximbank) delivered an interesting presentation at Boston University's Global Development Policy Center last week where he spoke about the importance of the broader China-Africa relationship and explained why it's important that African states restructure their economic ...
[AUDIO] Chinese Money Is Helping Africa to Become Next Manufacturing Powerhouse
Author Irene Yuan Sun argues in her now book that Africa is poised to become the world's next manufacturing boosted by Chinese investment and production expertise. With costs steadily rising in the PRC, more and more companies are looking to offshore production ...
China's 'Belt & Road' Trading Strategy Presents New Challenge to U.S. Influence in Africa
The implementation of China's ambitious "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) trade agenda in Africa is now fully underway. The launch of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya, the opening of the new navy base in Djibouti ...
Can the U.S. Under Donald Trump Compete With the Chinese in Africa?
With United States foreign policy in turmoil amid countless White House scandals and a demoralized State Department, Africa's role in the current U.S. foreign policy agenda remains a mystery. Not once since he took office
How Rwanda Attracts Chinese Money and Migrants Without the Lure of Natural Resources
It is a widely-held perception that Chinese investment in Africa is guided by a strategic foreign policy agenda focused on securing vast amount of natural resources. This narrative fits nicely with an outdated Western ...
As China & Other BRICS Slow Their Investments in Africa, Turkey Ramps Up
Remember when the BRICS were going to power the global economy? Well, the past few years have not been kind to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. With the exception of India, the other members of this once elite ...
China's Growing Appetite for African Real Estate
Amid a prolonged economic downturn and a weakening yuan, Chinese investors have steadily turned their focus to buying overseas assets. While there are a number of complicated reasons behind the massive capital outflows over the past 18 months, the fact remains that both individual ...
FOCAC 2015: Making sense of the numbers
By Kai Xue Beijing, China -- The China-Africa relationship was re-launched with fresh impetus at the recently concluded FOCAC. China announced at the forum a commitment of US$60 billion in funds over the next 3 years to support economic relations. That’s a dramatic increase of 3-times from the headline ...