The Africa Center for Strategic Studies published on 3 September 2021 an analysis titled "The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at 21: Where to Next?" by Paul Nantulya.
The next FOCAC summit occurs this year in Senegal. FOCAC 2021 takes place in a context of growing questions over how Africa's ruling elites manage their relationships with China. This is spurring growing calls to overhaul the partnership, including revisiting FOCAC's institutional architecture.
