The South China Morning Post published on 8 September 2022 an article titled "China Aims to Lift Africa's Space Ambitions in Drive to Beat US Domination" by Jevans Nyabiage.
China is ramping up its efforts in Africa to expand sales and cooperation in the area of space and satellite launching. So far, France has won $2.6 billion of Africa's $4.5 billion spending on satellite projects, but China is second at $872 million.