Friday, October 20, 2023

China is Africa's Preferred Partner for Digital Infrastructure

 The Centre for International Governance Innovation published in October 2023 a study titled "Navigating Africa's Digital Partnerships in a Context of Global Rivalry" by Folashade Soule.  

The study highlights how African governments are choosing their digital partners.  Africa's choice of China as its preferred partner for digital infrastructure has more to do with China offering a suitable mix of financial and technological value and the lack of viable Western alternatives, than geopolitics.