Chinese companies are inextricable from their country of origin regardless of their ownership. How is China managing its brand in Africa, and how have rival powers sought to influence it?
Africans are rightly calling for investment in value added industries. Could China's investment in manufacturing prove to be a refreshed form of Import Substitution Industrialisation?
There has been a great deal of comment in Africa about Hilary Clinton’s statement made in Nairobi regarding China’s role on the continent. Here I explain why she doesn't really mean it.
The G8 summit came and went last week and was a relatively low key affair. It is testament to the rise of countries such as China, India and Brazil that the G8 no longer retains the same importance.
While China's aid to Africa is not purely friendly, nor is anyone else's. All foreign actors share similar motives in Africa, it's their capabilities that are different. Discourse should be about who does what, not either or.
