Africa does not accept responsibility. The present of china framed it. We is proice perspective. As i laid it out earlier, he's looking after chinese interests. Nothing will ever change when the americans go in westing,. When europeans go in West Africa and so on. They are looking after the interests of those countries - theyare citizens. So we never of indebtedness. That i is an individual, my family, my nation. Can i take on is my responsibility to calculate. It's entirely up to me. And that is ato detaners are no different from anybody else.
Between 2007 and 2020, China invested $23 billion into infrastructure for nations across Africa, $8 billion more than the other top eight lenders combined. But in its pursuit of energy security and raw materials the Chinese government and Chinese companies have locked resource-rich African states into loans and contracts which could start to squeeze them hard in ten or so years’ time. Is Chinese investment good for Africa? Joining us to debate the question is Dr Nkosana Moyo, former Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the African Development Bank and former Minister of Industry and International Trade for Zimbabwe. We also are joined by Stephen Chan OBE, Professor of World Politics at SOAS University of London. Hosting the discussion is the historian, author and broadcaster, Rana Mitter.
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