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Chinese Companies Are Changing The Way They Operate in Africa

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By Elisa Gambino, Costanza Franceschini
| buff.ly
African governments and other local actors have a crucial role to play in shaping the activities of Chinese firms. By Elisa Gambino and Costanza Franceschini Subscribe for ads-free reading For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost $50 billion to African transport projects. Most came from Chinese development finance institutions.
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Chinese companies are changing the way they operate in Africa: here’s how

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By Elisa Gambino, Costanza Franceschini
| The Conversation Verified
For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost US$50 billion to African transport projects. Most came from Chinese development finance institutions. Six years ago, this started to change as Chinese lenders began to pull back. Since 2019, they have committed only US$6 billion for the development of Africa’s infrastructure.
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TheConversation.com: Africa’s ports race is hyped as ‘development’ but also creates pathways for plunder

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By Ricardo Reboredo, Elisa Gambino
| Dehai News
Ports have long been integral to Africa’s connectivity with the rest of the world. Yet over the last 15 years, a new stage in maritime infrastructure planning and development has begun. Between 2004 and 2019, over US$50 billion was spent on this infrastructure – roughly 13 times more than was spent between 1990 and 2004. Ports reflect more than simple economic imperatives. They are crucial in creating and reinforcing social, political, and cultural systems.
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