Andrea Ghiselli, Fudan University, posted on Twitter on 15 May 2023 four charts concerning China's investment and contracts in Sub-Saharan Africa through 2021.
Chinese FDI stock in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked in 2018 and then flatlined. The value of construction and engineering contracts for Chinese companies in Sub-Saharan Africa mostly flatlined since 2014. The number of Chinese contract workers in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked in 2014 and has been declining since.