Africa's role in the world must be looked after by Africans, not just chinese. The japanese are on the continent to look after their own interests as well as those of other Asian countries like turkey and india. What you need is capacity on the african side to balance that encounter and up with an arrangement or agreement that looks after both interests. It cannot be done from the other side. And i also have to say that our votes have come in. Things have really shifted during the debate. Very few people now are left with an indifferent view of it.
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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