The Ghana News Agency posted on 18 February 2026 an article titled "Africa-China Relations Need Critical Review--Prof. Amoah" by Edward Acquah.
Prominent associate professor of political science at the University of Ghana, Lloyd George Adu Amoah, recently gave a key public lecture on China-Africa relations. Amoah, who has a doctorate from Wuhan University in China, called for a critical reassessment of the relationship. He described current China-Africa relations as "heavy on form and very light on substance."
Amoah identified three phases of China-Africa relations with the last one beginning about 2011 when China became the world's second largest economy. This phase has been marked by China's "obsession with the maintenance of its new superpower status." He warned that trade with China may lock Africa into a source for commodities and result in diminished manufacturing opportunities.
Amoah added Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows constitute less than 5 percent of its global FDI stock and they are concentrated in resource rich countries and sectors such as mining and construction.
