Nanyang Technological University in Singapore published on 9 December 2021 a commentary titled "Africa Finds Itself in a Position of Advantages as the West Attempts to Blunt China's Influence" by Johan Burger and Amit Jain.
The authors acknowledge that American and European programs to aid Africa are significantly different than China's Belt and Road Initiative, but still argue that Africa is in a unique position to exercise agency in its dealing with China as well as the West.
